Menhaden, often called the most important fish in the sea, need your help. Right now the Virginia General Assembly is considering legislation that will put management of menhaden where it belongs, in the hands of the professionals at the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC). If that sentence took you by surprise, you are not alone. […]
EPA throat punched the Clean Water Act
EPA is wrong, so very wrong. You can bet on gravity every time. Whatever is in our headwaters will ultimately end up in our own backyards. Headwaters and wetlands are some of the most important components to our network of streams and rivers. They’re like the capillaries in our bodies. If they’re unhealthy, so is […]
Umpqua's innovative packing material
I am always on the look out for companies that do what they can to remove plastic from the waste stream and when a recent shipment from Umpqua Feather Merchants arrived I was delighted to see the were an innovative packing material. My friend Brent Bauer director of product at Umpqua explained how it came […]
Guide's Day Off – Skidmore Fork
Taking a little time to commune with the natives.
My 12 “go to” trout flies in 2019
During this post Christmas, pre-New Year lull I started working on reorganizing my fly boxes. It is a semi seasonal ritual that I undertake as my days on the water guiding start to reveal the flaws in my previous attempts. As I contemplated the various organizational options, my mind wandered off and started thinking about […]
On the Wet Fly Swing podcast
Last September I was a guest on Dave Stewart’s Wet Fly Swing podcast. Dave is great host, we chatted for over an hour and covered a lot of ground!