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Before the Flood
With flooding rains predicted for Sunday-Monday this week, I decided to explore a new stretch of local water Saturday. As fate would have it, rain began as I drove to my destination, forcing me to take...
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It Was 1974
It was 1974. President Richard Nixon was less than three months from resigning in disgrace over the Watergate Scandal. Gas was fifty five cents a gallon, and sometimes you had to wait in lines...
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Time For A Cool Change
Today is the first day of fall, which in central Texas means only another month of 90+ degree temps. The calendar says bow season for deer and trout fishing is just around the corner, but I am having a...
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What Lies Beneath?
“Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” ~ Henry David Thoreau “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” – U2 Assuming Thoreau and Bono are both correct,...
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Old Dog, New Tricks
Years ago I met a man who told me he didn’t fly fish anymore because he had become an expert. He knew all the hatches in his area, and fly fishing had become blase. So he quit. He struck me as one of...
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Poppers
Poppers were my gateway drug to fly fishing. Although I have added (many) other types of flies to my arsenal in years since, poppers remain my favorite fly for warm water fish. My introduction to...
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Friday Night Lights – Spring Edition
Crappie fishing has long been a favorite of mine. Crappies were often my target in the spring when I was still part of the bass boat crowd. This was especially true when I had my kids in the boat,...
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Those Who Trespass Against Us
In Texas, over 95% of land is privately owned. Contrast that with Mineral County, CO, where 95% of the land is public, and you can see a vast difference in the potential to trespass,...
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Redemption
“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.”- Theodore Roosevelt I used to try fashion a life that was mistake-free. When I did err, a good bit of denial and/or...
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Going Native
“When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished.” – Theodore Roosevelt Several years ago, the trifecta of my involvement with Trout...
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A Few Flies Short
There is something oddly satisfying to me about carrying a completely full fly box to the river. The box I always have with me is a beefy one from C&F, designed to accommodate 940 flies, which...
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