It was a cup of coffee that fixed my issues with upland birds and waterfowl feathers. Cal Bird had a taste for strong brew and the shop’s pot was always bubbling .. I was usually the first person at the store and figured that if one of those neatly trimmed Styrofoam cups made the brownish [...]

I’ve been keenly watching water policy over the last couple of years. Much of that ground plowed to find compelling items for posting – yet has me brushing up against water usage and the building water crisis facing every state. … and it’s going to be every lawyer’s wet dream … Using EPA estimates, communities [...]

Little wonder that your typical Brownliner can get a little overbearing and evangelical, our beloved fish are tortured without mercy – just because they can be … … and while you smack your lips in anticipation of the still beating heart – spleen or other choice viand, what you don’t know is our fish fight [...]

It’s the spark that ignited open warfare in my household. Pots and Pans hurled with much force and even greater accuracy – while I backpedal giving the kitchen door a couple of measured three second bursts … I always figured our relationship would end bloody. She’d discover her favorite dish towels dyed florescent Puce, wadded [...]

Only 109 seconds to master both human nature and entomology. You’ll master aquatic, terrestrial, learned behavior – and be able to relate to your children as never before. No need to thank me, it’s what I do … Warning: Don’t drink coffee while watching, it may come out of your nose. … and all my [...]

With the casting club some four miles distant the round trip on a stingray was reserved for weekends. Weekdays it was the bathtub as trout stream surrogate. A young lad learning to tie flies has to make due. Each time the UPS truck squealed to a stop out front it disgorged some new material from [...]

With our faddish nature I’m always surprised fishermen aren’t more fashion conscious. Our weakness has always revolved around something new as a wholesale fix for all our fishing ailments. In the Eighties it was Polypropylene – lighter than air and a couple of turns on a hook shank would make a fly float all day. [...]

On the heels of safe sex comes “safe angling.” No condoms here as you’re already sheathed in rubber … It’s toxin-free angling with hook, line, and sinkers all biodegradable or pose a diminished hazard to ducks, geese, fish, small children, and pets. Kits comprised of circle hooks, lead-free sinkers, and protein enriched biodegradable rubber worms. [...]

I want to call him Wil E. Coyote – what with tiptoeing around a couple thousand pounds of hungry bear to snatch dinner … There’s a slim chance you could train a black Labrador to do something similar. It would at least give the worthless flea-bit lump a chance to earn his keep in between [...]

I see one of those “coat of many colors” yarns and I can’t dig the pocketbook out fast enough. The Good News is these mixed-color yarns are all the rage, the Bad News is fashion is capable of turning on its heel quicker than we can respond. I use a lot of mohair because it’s a [...]