“I’m getting too old for this.” Those were the words spoken by one of my fly-fishing buddies as we hiked back to the truck over big rocks and up a hill that was steeper than it was on the way down...

Let’s assume that you have come into the possession of the basic accouterments to start fly-fishing: rod, reel, line, backing, leader, tippet and some flies (aka “stuff”). Let’s further assume you...

Not long ago, a friend of mine asked me to fish in a bass tournament that the local bass club was hosting. Having never done that, I jumped at the chance. After accepting the invitation, I let my...

Somehow my thoughts are being stolen. From time to time, just when I get a great column idea, a story with a similar topic will appear in some fly-fishing magazine. Well, it has happened yet again,...

It’s springtime. Accessibility to the high country is still iffy. The rivers at lower elevations have taken on the color of chocolate milk. And the new fly rod that was a Christmas gift has cobwebs...

Recently, the Dallas Chapter of Men Who Fly-Fish invited me to Texas for two days of fly-fishing. It was a typical MWFF outing. There was whiskey drinking, cigar smoking, tobacco chewing, card...

For those of you who stopped fishing the San Juan River because of the lousy river conditions from the Kiddie Hole upstream, you need to rethink your position. I say this from recent experience. I...

They’re back and scarier than ever. Who are they? They are the wonderful people who bring you the national elections every four years. During the last cycle, we witnessed huge sums of money raised,...

My wife is the smartest person I know, bar none. In fact, she is smarter than the smartest and cutest 2-year-old grandson in the world who currently is involved in a project figuring out how to put...

When I sat down to write this column, it dawned on me it was too easy to write. It was as if I had written these words before. So I checked two of my previous columns, and sure enough, I had...

In July, I wrote a column about stance and balance and how important they are. A friend of mine who fly-fishes suggested I write a follow-up column about how to achieve balance. My first thoughts...