Drifting The Prairie Ocean Outdoor Journal

A Baker's Dozen It's hard to believe that today day forty of trout season arrived.  It seems like the season just started yesterd...

Avoiding The Pattern Fatigue Trap I admit it.  When it comes to my fly fishing life these days, I tend to be a little bit lazy.  Hasn...

Good New For An Already Pretty River It's always pleasing to hear some good news about one of our rivers.  Good news is something that...

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

The Colors That Carp Like It's trout season no doubt.  It's also chilly outside with the wind chill delivering a feel factor of 17...

Diners, Drive-Ins, Dives And Fly Fishing There's a stew on the stove-top, and as I peck on this laptop the stew is in the stewing stag...

No Trout Just Scout Anytime it comes a shower of rain, you can bet your bottom dollar that Charlie will go to the creek to scout for carp....

Standing In The River Under The Cold, Cold Rain The fly fisher continued to gather his gear and take to the transport outside.  Sitting on...