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
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
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
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...
Tigers In the Surf
Angry breakers guarded the Devil's Elbow of Padre Island's wild and remote beaches. Watch out, others had warned us, or the surf will eat you alive. Billy Sandifer, a three-tour veteran of Vietnam and now a surf-fishing guide, faced the roaring whitecaps and didn't...
The Romance of Brandywine
The men and women who studied under Howard Pyle all but dominated American illustration during the first half of the 20th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, Howard Pyle of Wilmington, Delaware, was most popular illustrator in America. He had only one...
The Whisper in the Grey of Morning
“I Knew your son. Something I been needing to tell you . . . Luke saved me — you know, saved my life. He saved us all.” America had been attacked with a murderous sucker punch. That day of infamy stirring the deep soul of a patriotic nation.Lines of young men eager...
Where the Sporting Life Lives
Where the Sporting Life Lives Brays Island, located in the heart of the South Carolina Lowcountry, is a sporting community with a unique history, dedicated to preservation and a love for life outdoors. SPONSORED CONTENT: Brays Island is a sporting enthusiast’s dream...
Call Time and Casting Call Win National Awards
The 14,000-member Non-Fiction Author’s Association bestowed Gold Awards for Chris Dorsey’s wingshooting book Call Time and fly-fishing book Casting Call. Call Time was also nominated for the coveted Ben Franklin Award among a field of 1,900 entries from the...
Gathered Rocks Placed Around and Over
Ben shouted the Indian's name until his throat became raw. Much later, on the far side of the camp in rock shadows, he found a note held down and partially hidden by rock. Ben Choat, the lean, dark-skinned river guide, met the old Indian at the railing entrance of the...