Drifting The Prairie Ocean Outdoor Journal

Stepped into the creek at 12:30 today, which is the wrong time at this time of year.  It was hot... no, it was hot and humid.  The air was t...

There hasn't been much time, here of late, to go to the place of fly-fishing - the workshop for the soul.  In the last two outings, thre...

Like yesterday, today seem like a good day to ride the range in pursuit of carp.  Today is the 5th of May and it's more like the typical...

During this month of May, there seems to be a sense of excitement... a feeling of good times to come,  a feeling wrapped in the warming weat...

Prologue:  Rest assured, Charlie and I are carp crazy..., but beautifully so. Barry, Easy now you cow punched, mule dragged, sod worn, g...

Charlie my friend, I ink this paper in a mood similar to that of the heavy gray slate sky that hovers over us today.  For six days now, na...

Charlie hasn't had much time on the water in the last week or so.  Well... that's not exactly the truth... he has had time on the wa...

This fellow took an Elk Hair Caddis like a sipping trout would. Today was the most exciting day of my fly fishing for carp life.  If onl...