Drifting The Prairie Ocean Outdoor Journal

No doubt about it... I have been terribly neglectful of this journal and my overall fly fishing life lately - a life that brings me tremendo...

This has been one of the most challenging carp by fly seasons Charlie or I have ever tried to deal with.  Challenging because of conditions,...

Most likely those that read my scribblings with some kind of frequent fashion have come to believe that I am one dimensional, with that dime...

Charlie has returned from Mexico and wasted no time at all in saying hello to his favored carp.  Charlie tells me the Mirror actually chased...

Quite often those that make the decision to pursue the art of fly fishing for carp are overflowing with excitement and exuberance.  Far too ...

I came to know Dusty Gilles several years ago through fly fishing at Blue River.  We both love the trout season at Blue, but once that ends ...

I loved pretty tail as a young man.  I love pretty tail now as an older man.  I own this fascination for pretty tail.  My philosophy, when i...

One of our favorite pastures to pursue carp is called the Honey Hole.  There are three sections at this stretch of creek - the main body, th...

The carp are still favoring the Aftermath pattern primarily the one with the chartreuse body.  However, one with a black cactus chenille bod...

I have been quite neglectful to this journal and to the carp that I so savor.  There is more than one reason, but primarily my work-life has...

Capturing a January or February carp here on this prairie ocean is a rare and rewarding experience.  So far, 2014 has been very kind this th...

As of last Thursday it had been a better part of a month since I had last fly fished.  I could feel myself getting sick from the situation. ...

When conditions are tough, then getting the carp to eat is also tough.  Right now the water in our carp creek is still quite cold and for th...

Van Stacey introduced his brother Marty to fly fishing this season at Blue River.  All in all, Marty has probably been a half a dozen times ...

Yesterday, I was on the Blue River catching trout.  I had the pleasure of meeting 37 beautiful Rainbow trout with a single pattern. Last n...

Dear Carp, In the world I live there are times that my kind seems to loose sight of any good sense we once owned.  This past week is a per...

Dear Carp, Sunday announced the arrival of the autumn season and it was with great gladness I found myself standing at the fringe of your ...

Dear Carp, In coming to you today, the second week in a row, I feel like a rich man.  As I stood at the fringe of your home the cool morni...

Dear Carp, On my most recent visit with your kind I found myself reminiscing about a time that Charlie and I came to your home together.  ...