September 2019

"If I were a bird, I would fly about the Earth seeking the successive autumns.” –George Eliot You are a bird, a migratory bird. You have flown about the earth and decided that there is no more splendid autumn than the one you have found in the Wood River Valley. After all, you have never seen water so beautiful, skies…

"The craft of angling is the catching of fish, but the art of angling is its receptiveness to these connections, the art of letting one thing lead to another until, if only locally and momentarily, you realize some small completeness.” – Ted Leeson from The Habit of Rivers All those who come to angling, no matter the skill level achieved,…

"Those who fish get to know and understand a river in a way few others can.” – W. D. Wetherell What does it mean to know and understand a river? Does it mean one knows each riffle, each seam, each bucket, or each trout by name? Does it mean understanding the cyclical nature of bugs and their importance to the…

"Success begets confidence and confidence begets success—and that fine upward spiral is the best restorative of streamside sanity.” ~ Howard T. Walden Each presentation is a feedback loop. The drift, the depth, the timing, the angle, the fly, the response of the fish…this and more informs my next presentation. No two presentations are alike. And whether the cast begets a…