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...

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 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...

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

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...

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, 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, I came to your home today not in hopes of any conversations, but rather to perform a task that has been eating at me for a good...

Dear Carp, Oh sweet beasts... how wonderful it was to be able to come visit with you this morning.  No, I did not have a princely sum of t...

Dear Carp, Yesterday was March 28th.  That date most likely holds no significance for you my friends, but in my life and the life of Charl...

Dear Carp, The promised rain begin shortly after daybreak this morning.  It was an event I have been excitingly waiting for.  However, the...

Dear Carp, Finally my friends, finally.  I could not wait to get home to write you this letter.  It's good news I think.  One the fr...

Dear Carp, There hasn't been much chance to visit with you this week.  The weather is in a most unsettled pattern and I am sure this h...

Dear Carp, Today we find ourselves three days into the fine month of February and I had yet to meet any of you this month.  Yesterday, a...

Dear Carp, I came to your home on this gloomy day in hopes that a conversation with one of you would brighten my spirit the weather has du...