by Mike Gaddis | Oct 5, 2020
He confided the happy little story that closed the 50 years between us as gently as nightfall closes day, that filled my eyes and made me smile. I’ve an idea it might foster a similar reminiscence for you. Little, whimsical outdoor gladdenings come along now and then...
by Chris Dorsey | Sep 30, 2020
The decline of Montana’s rivers foretells a new battle brewing between businesses that depend on fishing tourism and the state’s ranchers. I’ll never forget the first time I met the Big Hole River. The relationship started on one of those crisp Montana autumn days,...
by Michael Altizer | Sep 25, 2020
Sharing your fly rod, rifle or shotgun with a guide can be as rewarding as using them yourself. To this day I’ve never actually fired the old shotgun. It’s an ancient Winchester Model 12 with a plain, well-worn walnut stock and was in my hands on that cool spring...
by Michael M. DeWitt, Jr. | Sep 24, 2020
I was worshiping at my favorite freshwater temple when my 8-year-old fishing disciple hooked an epiphany and landed one of the secrets to the Kingdom of Heaven. Well, sort of. Author’s Note: Just before sunrise on Monday, April 13, 2020, a historic, record-breaking...
by Robert Sohrweide | Sep 23, 2020
There were pines in between the river and the rock cliff so I could not walk downstream to catch my salmon. I had to stay in one place, cast and drift. “Fish on!” Al yelled, and we scrambled down the path that led from Dam Camp to The Basin. Three of us hung over the...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Sep 4, 2020
This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey… Chris Dorsey takes in the best of land, sea and air in “Patagonia Wild” as he visits the outdoorsman’s paradise of Tipiliuke Lodge in Argentina. Chris and his brother Joe chase free range red stag,...
by Larry Chesney | Aug 25, 2020
Along with common sense rules such as “don’t litter” and “don’t remove anything that was already here,” there’s this: “No groups larger than 25.” Occasionally, Congress does something right. In 1975, the assemblage designated an area of the San Juan and Rio...
by Chris Dorsey | Aug 24, 2020
Argentina’s vast Ibera Swamp is an other-worldly setting for one of the planet’s great game fish. Argentina’s seemingly endless Ibera Wetlands span some 7,000-square miles, the second largest marshland in the world, behind only Brazil’s great Pantanal. It is a...
by Larry Chesney | Aug 21, 2020
Sporting Classics writer Larry Chesney gets the scoop on legendary fisherman Flip Pallot in this Q&A interview LC: Are you planning to bring back Walker’s Cay Chronicles? FLIP: Well, I don’t know about that. I’m watching with great interest to see what’s happening...
by Larry Pape | Jul 29, 2020
Having a successful fishing trip depends on how you plan for success. Planning will help regardless if your goal is to catch a state record fish, or escape from chores for the day. Remember that some days we catch fish on bare hooks, while others days we just go...
