Drifting The Prairie Ocean Outdoor Journal

That one day off from the mercantile store didn't last long.  It seems the young man that was helping fell prey to the delights of summe...

There was only about thirty minutes of light left last evening, but I decided to go to the creek anyhow.  For the first fifteen minutes I di...

Since last Saturday there has been little time to get to the creek in hopes of holding conversation with the carp.  Miss Carol flew to Virgi...

Even though I got to the creek rather early this morning, by 7:30 it looked like I had fallen in the creek.  The humidity is so high here I ...

At 6:15 this afternoon the heat index was still at 104, but I decided to go to the creek anyhow.  Arriving at the pasture we call Courtyard ...

There are a number of blogs I read each week, and one of my favorites is Trevor Tanner's Fly Carpin .  Last week, Trevor published a pos...

Being in fine fettle yesterday morning, I planned to make it a day of extended talks with carp.  At five minutes after six, while dawn was s...

It is certainly heating up here on the prairie ocean and late in the afternoon around four or five is just too hot to fish.  Being somewhat ...