The Colt Chronicles: SC Redux

The Colt Chronicles: SC Redux

The great fly angler Lee Wulff once made the point that, “A trout is too great a gamefish to catch only once.”  Here at Sporting Classics, we also believe that many of our past articles deserve a second chance, a “redux,” if you will, that will delight new readers and...
Frank Young: An Angler for the Ages

Frank Young: An Angler for the Ages

As a trout fisherman, Frank was simply the best I have ever been privileged to witness in action, and I’ve been astream with the likes of Gary Borger and Lee Wulff.

Holland  & Holland’s Aim for the Future

Holland & Holland’s Aim for the Future

Holland & Holland, long respected for producing firearms of the highest quality, was acquired in 2021 by the Beretta Holding Group from the French perfume company, Chanel. For three decades, the French company tried to redefine and reinvent the venerable old gun...
Shotguns Across the Pond

Shotguns Across the Pond

At one time, controversy raged over who made the finest guns. Americans pointed to Parker, L. C. Smith, Fox, Ithaca, Lefever and late-to-the-party Winchester.  British gentleman would talk James Purdey, Holland & Holland, Henry Atkin, Grant, Lang, Westley Richards...
Nervous Water

Nervous Water

A father and son are finally reunited, on a secluded lake high in the Colorado Rockies. On a clear June morning, I took my father bass fishing into the Colorado Rocky Mountains. I had not seen or spoken to him in ten years. We ate an early breakfast at a truck stop on...
Andros

Andros

Shortly after one o’clock that Sunday afternoon as the plane began its approach into Andros, the first thing Tate noticed was where the deep water met the shallow bank of the coast. There, plainly visible on the white bottom beneath the clear, light green water, were...
The Gray Ghosts of Oahu

The Gray Ghosts of Oahu

Hawaii’s bonefish are bruisers, as large as Keys bonefish, but without the guide-given names. They came in sorties of twos and threes, launching off the runway at Hickam Air Base, one by one, then banking hard to starboard as they ascended into the sky above Mamala...
A Rogue Elephant

A Rogue Elephant

This article originally appeared in the December 1892 issue of Outing. Some 10 ten years ago, toward the close of the hot season, I was traveling through the somewhat sparsely inhabited district of Bintenna, in the Eastern province of Ceylon. The country was wild in...
Texoma Stripers!

Texoma Stripers!

“We’re almost over the top of them . . . start dropping ‘em. When they hit bottom, crank up three rounds.” Chris Carey instructed Luke Clayton, Jeff Rice and me. Turning toward me specifically, Chris said with a chuckle, “Larry start stripping!” Smiling wryly, I said:...