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Fly Fishing Starts with a Humble Beginning

January 2, 2010 Fly Fishing

While a pang of New Year nostalgia encompassed my thoughts yesterday, I sifted back through my old writings in an effort to reconnect with my former self. I came across a piece of paper I wrote describing my first outing with a fly rod that I thought I would share today. The way I see it, the beginning [...]

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Outdoor Adventures: Living The Dream

November 30, 2009 Outdoor Observations

I’ve been known to load up an SUV with bare essentials and fly solo for days on end (sometimes a week or more) adrift and 100% alone. I’ll grab fly fishing paraphernalia, a sleeping bag, a pillow, a few items of clothing, a single cooler for my diet coke addiction and food items if there’s any [...]

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My Fly Fishing Mentor: Casting an Idea

November 18, 2009 Fly Fishing

One of my favorite things to ask people I come across that either fish or fly fish is who was the person in their life that planted the idea or introduced them into the world of Fish. As I wrote recently, My Dad was my first Mentor in Fishing. Before fly fishing, I was a spinning reel girl, limited to [...]

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Guest Post: Salmon Fishing Showdown

November 16, 2009 Salmon Fishing

~”Salmon Fishing Showdown” is written by my 14 year old daughter Kaitlyn. Enjoy!~ This was my first time salmon fishing. Robert and my Mom, Rebecca, kept chuckling when they looked at me, for I hadn’t stopped grinning since the moment they told me we were going salmon fishing. I was imagining a leisurely fishing trip with [...]

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Murder of a Fly Rod: Till Death Did Us Part

November 13, 2009 Fly Fishing

My first Fly Rod was a Redington Redstart. I purchased it when I was in my twenties and at the time I was about as broke as a twenty year old could be. I knew I wanted to fly fish, I knew I didn’t want to buy my fly rod from K-mart and my soon to be full time Fly [...]

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Why I adhere to a strict Hip Waders only Policy: Temptation

October 31, 2009 Fly Fishing

Ask a thousand people how they want to die and 995 people will say, “peacefully in my sleep” as the preferred method of departure. From that predictable point the various ways one can bite the bullet are endless. Each individual harbors personal death preferences and for me, death by drowning is extremely low on my desired ways of walking toward the light. When I first started [...]

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Outdoor Journal: Tales of Tree Stand Terror

October 28, 2009 Rebecca's Field Journal

Morning and Evening Hunt~  6 Bull Elk 12 Cow 7 Moose So many Mule deer I lost track The morning hunt was utterly unremarkable. Nothing to even report. This evening I was banished to the tree stand. I knew this moment would come despite my reservations and feeble attempts at hinting that I wasn’t so sure [...]

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Fishing Mentors: My Dad Inspired Me

October 26, 2009 Fly Fishing

There are two people I can credit with mentoring my fishing evolution. Today’s entry is about my first mentor. I credit my own Father with introducing me to the Great Outdoors and specifically, fishing. He christened me when I was a 6 week old baby with a Mepps Treble hook to the forehead and I [...]

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Outdoor Journal: Elk Hunting

October 22, 2009 Rebecca's Field Journal

First Day of Elk Hunting—-Finally!! Morning Hunt Animals Seen: 3 Moose (1 Huge Bull Moose) 9 Deer 1 group of 3 bulls by themselves 5X5 bull at 65 yards Another herd of 6 Elk All by 10:30 a.m. Dale and I got into excessive noise trouble right out the gate by talking too loud in the [...]

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Outdoor Journal: An Introduction

October 22, 2009 Rebecca's Field Journal

The official Explanation ~ On August 15th 2007, I started a handwritten field journal of my hunting and fishing experiences. That day happened to be the opening day of Antelope season and I have packed my little brown leather journal with me on every trip since. I’ve shared my handwritten field journal with several people and each [...]

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