There was a time when nothing – absolutely nothing – would stop me from getting to the river. I remember being an undergraduate student, and working the night shift at a local convenient store. My schedule was set. Classes from three or four in the afternoon until nine or so at night. Grab a quick […]

Click here to reach an outstanding video from a group of German bug chuckers. Beautifully shot and professionally edited, it is well worth your time, and likely to leave you wishing for spring to arrive.

When I was a boy I was terrified of the ice. Dad would take me to the pond, hockey skates in hand, and try as I might I just couldn’t make that first step off the firmament. The old man would throw rocks – veritable boulders in a child’s eyes – onto the ice to […]

The season started with an ominous and poorly spelled warning …

At the falls I tested both my luck and the new camera …

Avoided the shrooms …

Fished an old rod …

Fished a new rod …

Ben caught a decent fish …

Adam caught a decent fish …

Ben caught the same fish again …

The rainbows were cooperative …

Very cooperative […]

Just a quick note to wish everyone a very merry Christmas. I hope Santa is excessively generous, and that 2010 brings you many rising fish, bent rods, and tight lines.

I did something a few moments ago, that I haven’t done since this blog’s inception. I reread a few of my past posts, and having done so, I realize that my long diatribes offer little in the way of useful information. Nearly all my posts are particularly personal and some are entirely anecdotal. More than […]

I did something a few moments ago, that I haven’t done since this blog’s inception. I reread a few of my past posts, and having done so, I realize that my long diatribes offer little in the way of useful information. Nearly all my posts are particularly personal and some are entirely anecdotal. More than […]

I did something a few moments ago, that I haven’t done since this blog’s inception. I reread a few of my past posts, and having done so, I realize that my long diatribes offer little in the way of useful information. Nearly all my posts are particularly personal and some are entirely anecdotal. More than […]

A great video not only for its steelhead footage, but also for the … uhhh … riveting commentary. Everything you’ll see was recorded the week before Thanksgiving on New York’s, Salmon River. Enjoy!

My friends and I spent our formative years on the banks of the Hudson River. For the better part of our collective childhood and early adolescence, we explored the rivers’ coves, eddies, runs and pools (late adolescence was spent exploring girls). In time, we came to understand the river, and to know its fish (we […]