Best Deal for Wildlife? Buy a License.

Best Deal for Wildlife? Buy a License.

Often overlooked in the rush of fall hunting seasons is how hunting and fishing licenses help fund wildlife work. In Georgia, each license sold – even a one-day $5 combo – returns to the state that license fee plus as much as $45 in federal excise taxes paid by...
A Dorsey-style Family Vacation in the Amazon

A Dorsey-style Family Vacation in the Amazon

Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey wrestles with river monsters from the southern hemisphere. Officials from Dorsey Pictures announce that this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey – the most watched outdoor TV program in the world – features a...
Rendezvous with a King

Rendezvous with a King

The ocean was like a piece of glass as we glided past the familiar black-and-white-spiraled St. Augustine lighthouse a mile or so off to our starboard side. Heading out into the great unknown on a muggy June morning, I couldn’t help but think of my grandmother’s...
Cane Pole Magic

Cane Pole Magic

A cane pole, whether used from shore or in a boat, is wielded by a simple, graceful motion in which the angler lobs the baited hook. The image is as enduring as it is appealing, something straight from a Norman Rockwell cover on an old Saturday Evening Post. A...
The Ultimate Boneyard: Bahamas Bonefish

The Ultimate Boneyard: Bahamas Bonefish

Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey visits The Bahamas’ Andros Island for bonefish this week in “The Ultimate Boneyard.” Dorsey Pictures announces that this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey – the most watched outdoor TV program in the world –...
As Crepuscule Closes In

As Crepuscule Closes In

A brief and artistic depiction of the very moment a young child falls in love with fishing. A faint zephyr curled the tip of her hair. Shoulder length. The lapping of edge water murmuring. Inveigling liquid whispers heralding dusk – some primal tongue understood by...
No More Mr. Nice Guy

No More Mr. Nice Guy

He just wasn’t going to take it anymore: the snow and cold and bass that seldom grow much bigger than your bait. No. The time had come to pull out all the stops in one last-ditch, hell-bent-for-whatever quest for a trophy bass… a gut-wrenching, arm-busting, heart-pounding wallhanger of a fish.

An Old Man’s Memories of August

An Old Man’s Memories of August

This fisherman’s fairytale is far from folklore… A true story of giants, fairies, heroism and romance stay alive in an old man’s memories. Once upon a time long ago and far, far away, there was a boy. “Wait,” someone will shout. “That sounds like an elementary opening...
A Fascination With Fly Rodding

A Fascination With Fly Rodding

From the time I was first able to tag along without completely impeding his fly fishing, Daddy let me accompany him on short after-work outings to nearby trout streams in my native Great Smokies. My father was a dedicated fly fisherman and one of those wise mentors...