lately, we’ve been trying to spend as many afternoons on the river as we can. snowshoes + flyrods = a good way to spend a chilly afternoon. today, we saw mallards, identified some barrow’s goldeneye (with our schmancy new book), and two bald eagles. fresh air is the best! Continue reading
sometimes itty bitty, sometimes not too shabby, often times nothing at all. thus far, fly fishing has been relaxing, exciting, infuriating, fascinating, and an all around really good excuse to be outside. don’t mind if i do go stand in a river and listen to the water rush over the rocks while attempting to convince … Continue reading
when i flew back from the mitten, fall was already thickening. it was a little shock, going from a michigan august to a rocky mountain fall. while our summer was short and cool, the august early fall was the perfect time to take fly fishing camping trips. we landed bowies (my first!), baby … Continue reading
if one’s afternoon fishing is interrupted by a bear, that’s a compliment to the fisherwoman’s fishing hole choosing abilities, yes? i think yes. {look veeeeeeery carefully. we were closer to each other, but i decided to scramble to the top of my side of the steep bank (and grab my camera), lest he try to … Continue reading
as i was whining about recently (oh, you didn’t catch that? i. so. totally. was. forgive me.), Jared and I have been working a lot. we took this friday and saturday off to go spend a night at (lower) savage lake. despite getting swallowed whole by mosquitoes, highlights included throwing flies around (Jared caught a … Continue reading
last saturday night, Jared and i went up the pan another 15 miles or so to sneak a little fly fishing into our weekend. we are in a season where we are spending a lot of our weekends working (are you a weekend worker? i find that my whole rhythm of rest is thrown of … Continue reading
the rugged range 