Harlequins, Badgers and Cutthroats

Yellowstone River. Yellowstone National Park. August 19, 2015.  When I checked in with our guide Joe Moore about an excursion to the Yellowstone, he was clear that the hike that he had planned [...]

A Week in West Yellowstone

August 2015. West Yellowstone, MT. I’m three for three now. That is, I’ve taken at least a week every summer for the last three years to fish in West Yellowstone. This year, we rented [...]

The Blue – Two Years Later

Breckenridge, CO. August 6, 2015.  A little over two years ago, I fished the Blue River just below the Dillon Reservoir in 20 degree weather and caught some of the most beautiful rainbow trout I [...]

Summer Squall on Abaco

You don’t normally think of going to the Bahamas in June. However, this trip was a little unique because I bid on it during the Casting for Recovery annual fundraising event in Hamilton, [...]

Special Organization

Casting for Recovery was founded in 1996 in Manchester, Vermont, by a breast cancer reconstructive surgeon and a professional fly fisher (Gwenn Perkins Bogart and Dr. Benita Walton). Casting for [...]

Prime Punter

Patrick leads up the guide crew at Blackfly Lodge south of Marsh Harbor on Abaco Island in the Bahamas. Patrick was born on Abaco, but was sent to Rochester, MN for high school, where he still [...]

Boning up on Bonefish

Is the summer passing you by as quickly as it is for me? June was a crazy month with threats of flash floods on the Pine River where I was living, a fly-fishing trip to the Bahamas, and a trip to [...]

Remembering Phyllis Pool

I remember reading some words of wisdom several decades ago about friendship. The gist of it was that some people come into your life early and remain a part of it for the duration; with others [...]