I’m on a kick to try new waters and fish in new situations. So, when Alex Bagdonas arranged for a float down a new river, I was ecstatic. Unfortunately for us, the coronavirus situation was becoming more clear and dire. We made do. Rather than carpool, we drove in separate cars. We wanted to make
Robert Christmann: ‘Adventures in Fly Fishing’
This is a guest post from blog reader Robert Christmann. Thank you, Bob! I have kept journals of some of my more memorable fishing trips so that, some day, when I’m sitting in my wheelchair at the nursing home needing my diaper changed, I can remember what it was like. I was on a solo
The White River’s Big Brown Trout
It’s hard to explain how big, how wide, and how overwhelming Arkansas’ White River appeared when we first came upon it. There was just so much water, all of it moving down at a good pace. With flows at 27,000 cfs, it was a volume of moving freshwater that you rarely see. Enormous and somewhat
Bamboo Fever
I have been fly fishing for nearly 20 years and, until recently, I had never cast a bamboo rod. This is intentional, and there’s a distinct reason. I was fully expecting that once I did so, the percentage play was that I would be fully engaged from that point forward. Bamboo was simply was not