Mom’s surgery went well and I’m happy to say I returned home from New Hampshire this weekend. Mom is 82 and needed her carotid artery cleaned out. Too many whoopie pies I’m afraid! Having such a surgery at 80+ is risky. Lucky for us, mom is a healthy active 82 year old and the doctor … Read more
Early to bed last night early to rise today. This morning George stayed back at the cottage and sent us to the shooting range here at the Sea Island Resort (one more of “us” arrived today, Chip Shealy). I once hunted birds. I’m talking 30 plus years ago. Although we had an absolute blast shooting … Read more
A delicious homemade breakfast by Granny was our Valentines Day treat yesterday. Then at noon I headed for the Duluth Airport and made my way to Jacksonville, FL. Early this morning I caught up with my friend John McGraw and we took his rental an hour north on to the Georgia coast. For many … Read more
Happy Holidays everyone! Sorry to have gone dark since that last post from Borneo. Seems a few of you were worried about me and I appreciate your reaching out. (Photo not our house!) All is good. I walked in the door of our Hayward, WI house (with our new garage for the van and … Read more
I had a fantastic time fishing here in Georgia today. However, I was asked not to divulge any info or show much scenery by well-known Georgia angler, Fletcher Sams. Fletcher treated Austin Kane and I to the awesome experience. It’s a privilege when taken to cool places on this earth and very important to respect … Read more
I hit the pillow last night with a plan to fish a lake that has few muskies but big muskies. Granny and I were skunked here back in July but because it’s my birthday today, I felt the fish gods would deliver. But that’s not the way fly fishing works and I should know that … Read more
When you get home from an incredible trip like I had last week to land of the coaster brook trout, there’s a ton of work to be done from unpacking and re-sorting gear to editing photos and writing stories and blogs. But my phone rang last night and buddy Bob Butler said we needed to … Read more
I caught the early flight from Duluth on Monday morning. Duluth has a 5:15 AM one. It’s a bit early by my standards being you need to check in around 4 AM. But, I’ve figured out a way to make it less painless. I drive up the night before and park in the airport parking … Read more
Granny and I pointed the Ruby Van east on April 1st for a slow and easy drive home from the west coast. There was no more fishing involved. We had visions of tackling the Owyhee River in eastern Oregon, but when we got there, it was insanely crowded. I’ve never seen so many people fly … Read more
Todays’ driving challenges began first thing. After I made the coffee and Granny and I broke camp from our private little getaway, we had to drive the Ruby Van up out of the canyon over the rutted steep gravel road. We made it. But only by a hair. We came to a stop a couple … Read more
Why not end what has been an extraordinary year with a bang. The Drake Magazine chose a pretty cool picture for their Fall Season cover shot. Though the pike is by far the star here, its cool simply to be on any magazine cover. The shot was taken by Austin Trayser when I was being … Read more
Bob Butler and I have proven to be animals when it comes to our new chapter of living in Wisconsin. We have fished together a ton this year. We explored some neat places and improved our knowledge and game for catching all kinds of resident fish. But today’s float was our last of the season. … Read more