As the 2026 fishing season winds down, it is time to break down gear, clean it (especially fly lines), and store it until the water calls in 2…
Arriving at the boat launch at 4 p.m., the fishing partner had just launched the aluminum V-hull boat. It was a classic old-school Maine fishi…
The outdoor community thrives on trust and ethics. Since those two traits are interpreted differently by each individual, how they get execute…
Labor Day signals the end of summer. Family vacations are over. The three-day weekend is a last chance to get out and recreate before the fall…
As the Jeep turned off the pavement, the driver reached down and shifted into four-wheel drive. The road into the remote pond had deteriorated…
The first grasshoppers were spotted in the garden this week. That sighting quickened the pulse of this trout angler. Fly fishing with a grassh…
Over the 50-odd years of fly fishing, there have been many fly patterns studied and tied with the hope of catching a fish. Some of these flies…
Every fishing season is different. River conditions vary based on snowpack, rainfall, and air temperatures. Pond conditions vary as well. Ice …
Today is free fishing day in New Hampshire. Anyone can fish in the state’s waters without a license. It is a day funded by the excise tax that…
There is the memory of my dad sitting at the kitchen table and spooning coffee into my glass of milk and opening the paper bag and sliding a c…
