“On the best days on the river, the life of vibrating devices and glowing screens disappear, and all that matters is the temperature of the water, the speed of the...
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“For me, there’s more to fishing than the display of equipment and discussing nifty theories and knowing the Latin names of the insects our flies imitate— there’s the sudden tug...
“Most aquatic insects seem to obey no hard rule in the timing of their appearance, and Brown Drakes are no exception.” ~ Rene Harrop The Brown Drakes seem to be...
“Last night I took my two children to watch Live the Stream-The Story of Joe Humphrey, where they got to see the many facets of my 90-year-old mentor: husband, father,...
“Learn to be flexible. Don't start with a preconceived idea. Is the water clear? Are the fish spooky?” ~from Trout Tactics by Joe Humphreys Fishing success really depends on asking...
“There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home.” ~Roderick Haig-Brown...
“Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for.”— Ernest Hemingway from The Old Man and the Sea Born...
“The old man used to say that the best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. ~ Robert...
“Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!” ~Robin Williams For the skier, spring means the start of the thaw/freeze cycle and corn snow. For the angler, spring means March...
“Officially it was almost spring, but someone had forgotten to pass the news on to winter.” ~Robert Harris Winter has been very, very good to the Wood River Valley. The...
