Huey Lewis on the Big Screen

Huey Lewis on the Big Screen

Spend 20 minutes speaking with Grammy winner Huey Lewis and chances are good that two of the topics will include his life’s passions — music and fly fishing. If you land on the latter, be prepared to spend more than 20 minutes talking. Like so many people obsessed...

Hemingway and the Dragons

Hemingway and the Dragons

"He'll make a fine trophy," Ernest declared, dragging the immense reptile from the vegetation. Too much sun, drink and time on the choppy sea had left John and Peter weak and lethargic. Swimming toward the distant beach the two men found each stroke to be a struggle,...

Anglers in Bolivia to Strike Gold

Anglers in Bolivia to Strike Gold

Is this the world’s greatest freshwater gamefish? Hop a Cessna Caravan and leave the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia  and its 2.5 million inhabitants and it isn’t long before you’re swallowed by millions of acres of untrammeled jungle. The forested hills and valleys...

Young Man and the Sea

Young Man and the Sea

Exhausted and dehydrated, Stanczyk felt as if he had been watching it all in a dream. Richard Stanczyk grew up on the water. His childhood home in Miami was located adjacent to a canal that led to the ocean. The salty brine got into his veins early in his life, became...

The Good Life

The Good Life

Crisp, clear air and cold water are the sources of life. It is a life implemented with guns and flyrods, populated by beautiful birds and dogs and fish stippled with rose-moles bright as neon. It is a life of vast grassy space where dogs can run to their heart's...

Zane Grey – High Seas Prophet

Zane Grey – High Seas Prophet

So what can we say of Zane Grey, this dentist turned novelist turned outdoor writer? He was a dentist and photography and a storyteller. He was one hell of a baseball player. He was husband and father and perpetual wanderer and a hunter and fisherman who once held...