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 [...]
Joan Wolff, An Inspiration
As Wikipedia states about Joan Wolff, ” Joan Salvato Wulff [is] known as the First Lady of fly-fishing, [and] has been casting since she was a school girl in 1937. She was National Casting [...]
Henry David Thoreau
“Everyone should believe in something; I believe I’ll go fishing.” Henry David Thoreau
Without a Doubt
While down in Southwest Colorado I had a tour of the new community garden at the Pine River Library in Bayfield. The thought and effort put in to the garden by the community and library staff [...]
American Rivers
One of the websites that I regularly follow deals with both educational topics about rivers as well as political issues. American Rivers has a great overview on rivers that talks about the key [...]
Good News on Rivers
The Crystal River. (Photo by Dave Dugdale) The Rio Grande River in New Mexico was made a part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in 1968 – one of the original eight. In March [...]
A Reigniting Passion
Joe Rayome was commissioned by my son, Michael Runyan, to do a watercolor of me fishing on the Little Wood River in Idaho. I believe watercolor is the perfect medium to express the essence of my [...]
Kiwi Writer and Filmmaker
Check out Derek Grzelewski’s blog for lots of reasons, but his September 23rd post includes some great diagrams on trout food and life cycles – especially for my friends who are [...]