Drifting The Prairie Ocean Outdoor Journal

The Duke Of Marabou Brown This morning, still not knowing exactly how clear some parts of the river was, I sit down at the tying vise and...

Garage Sale Flies Continued Going through the stash of garage/estate sale flies tonight I came across these pretties.  This time I knew...

The Ebb And Flow Of An Oklahoma Trout Stream In the first three weeks of November, Blue River was the beneficiary of extra trout.  Of cour...

Tuesday Afternoon With The Trout It was a pretty afternoon today on the river, even though it was a little airy again.  It was airy enough...

Favorable Circumstances For sure, today was going to be a non-fishing day for me because of the requirement the mercantile store had for ...

The Thanks We All Should Be Giving This Thanksgiving Tomorrow is Thanksgiving.  For Miss Carol and me, this Thanksgiving is kind of a wa...

And Oh... How The Rain Came You see that weather map above... the one on my boob tube last night.  That was the prairie ocean at 6 p.m. ...

To Overline Or Not To Overline - Is That Really The Question? If we ask a broad spectrum of the fly fishing community including fly casti...

Dependability It wasn't too long ago I asked Carol why in the world she married me?  Was it because she found me charming, charitable...

An Improving River Blue River is trying desperately to return to the color and complexion that many of us consider normal.  This morning th...

So Far Away From Me Thirsty... so thirsty.  Not for a drink of water, but rather for water to fish.  Water so near but I cannot seem to g...

Confessions Of A Fly Fishing Hoarder - Part 2 Indeed by hoarding is getting worse.  Each year, the accumulation seems to grow.  Sometimes ...

Bittersweet I don't really know if I come to the river Blue today to fish or simply reflect.  Perhaps I came to do a little of both.  ...

Derby Sunday Today, I took my time getting to the river.  Leaving my prairie home about an hour later than yesterday I hit the river Blue ...