SEWE’s Women On The Water
SEWE’s Cast Net Demo at Brittlebank Park on Friday will be lead by Kelsey Dick and Tia Clark. Both women turned their sportsmanship into entrepreneurial interest in 2018. Tia Clark calls herself The Casual Crabber. She came to notoriety in 2018 when her Airbnb...
The Last Best Day
He stood cold in the gathering dawn, peering deep into the chilled, flowing water. A sudden shiver ran through him, partly from the fresh winter wind and partly from the thrill he felt every time he came back to this secluded little stream. He had looked forward to...
Virginia is for Lovers of Fly Fishing and Wine
A flurry of snow didn’t stop new and seasoned fly anglers from venturing to the annual Virginia Fly Fishing and Wine Festival at the Meadow Event Park in Doswell, Virginia. With 19 years of operation under its belt, the festival has grown into “one of the largest...
Tawakoni Blues
Four monstrous blue catfish with a combined weight of over 233 pounds, for an average of nearly 60-pounds – all in a morning’s fishing trip. “If you can find a day to put aside your Ruger/Trijicon/Hornady combo and come of out the deer woods, you need to meet me at...
Northern Tier Part 2
At -18° the human body fails. Organs shut down. The brain ceases to function. Blood solidifies. At least that’s what I thought. The staff at Northern Tier High Adventure Camp in Ely, Minnesota seemed to know otherwise and quickly put me and Boy Scout Troop 137 to work...
Escape to Cabin Bluff
I will always cherish the days spent along this historic stretch of the south-Georgia coast, where the currents of friendship forever run deep. I was tired. Very tired. Pleasingly, pleasantly tired after another long and gratifying day following the pointers and...
Eva Shockey’s Outdoor Digital Series is a Major Hit
Eva Shockey should be a familiar name for hunters and non-hunters alike. Originally from Vancouver Island, Canada, Shockey has charted her own hunting course here in the U.S., largely with the help of social media. She’s not simply the daughter of renowned hunter Jim...
Things That Make You Say “Hmmm”
When I fish alone, I sometimes slip into a meditative state. It’s as if I concentrate so intently upon the water before me that the mechanics of casting, mending, and reacting use a portioned section of my brain. The rest drifts on its own with no sense of time, no...
Some time, before it’s all said and done, treat yourself to Delphi
It is not hyperbole to say that to be at Delphi Lodge in Connemara, the furthest outpost of Ireland’s greatest western region, is to be surely alive. Be it just barely, it isn’t quite kitsch to talk about such a place in so romantic a voice. Delphi’s poetry is earned....
Modern Fish Act Headed to the White House
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the Modern Fish Act. Officially known as the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017, the passage is a major victory for the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) and our...