TYING FOR SPRINGTo be completely honest, I often put the fly rod down and throw a spinnerbait when the water is higher than usual, and with any...
FIRST CAST MUSKYI got to the put-in earlier than I needed to. Christmas brought with it a blast of arctic air that nearly had the river on its knees....
"BAD CONDITIONS"Fish enough, and keep track of the weather and conditions, and certain patterns begin to emerge. Like, for example, when it’s worth going...
MURPHY, YOUR GIRLFRIEND, AND SALMONID AGGRESSIONIt is generally unwise to state rules in fishing, without qualifiers. I’ve learned so quickly in answering questions from clients on the...
19th ANNUAL VIRGINIA FLY FISHING AND WINE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO DOSWELLOn January 12 and 13, 2019, the Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival will return to the Meadow Event Park in Doswell, Virginia, luring...
STILL THE SAMEThe rapid was still in sight. Its white symphony took first chair to the wind, and the cold followed third—silent and subtle, but heard....
BACKCOUNTRY BLESSINGMy eyes snapped open mid-morning. The previous night found me restless—scouring charts, tables; interpreting the forecasts; weighing my...
THREE VIRGINIA OUTDOOR ADVENTURES TO BEAT CABIN FEVERSeems it’s getting harder and harder to find something we can all agree on these days, but one thing is for absolute certain—it’s cold....
A NEW VENTUREEveryone is endowed with a calling. A passion or purpose. Something that makes you individually and definitively you. Something that...
FOUR KIDS IN A MEXICAN RESTAURANTKids, they sat there waiting. Just three—an unbalanced number. One can talk to the other two but not with complete comfort lent by...