Trout On the Table: Part 2
TROUT ON THE TABLE – TROUT OMELET This is a fine breakfast dish but can be served at any meal. If used for dinner or supper a green salad or fruit mix is a nice accompaniment, while at breakfast a cathead biscuit partners up in mighty fine fashion. 2 cups cooked...
Trout On The Table: Part 1
TROUT ON THE TABLE One of the more frequently used quotations from 19th century wilderness wanderer, writer, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau suggests that “some men fish all their lives without knowing it is not really the fish they are after.” Perhaps that is...
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...
Louella Cable: First Female Scientist Hired by FWS Predecessor
A consummate scientist, master of fisheries and superb scientific illustrator, Louella Cable was a leader in fisheries research and conservation. A Google search for “Louella Cable” produces some enthrallingly esoteric results, among the first, a publication available...
Simple Smoky-Mountain Fried Trout
Simple and supremely satisfying, this fried trout recipe works well over a fire in backcountry or on the stove in your kitchen.
Grandpa’s Tying Bench
Necessity is the mother of invention, and lost flies are the impetus for learning to tie new ones.
The Four-Pounder
George was a legend to those at the Complete Angler, and to catch and kill him would be an unspeakable villainy. Or would it?
A Winter Wonderland…For Anglers That Is
Headwaters on the Soque in northeast Georgia is an exceptional trophy trout lodge to visit during the winter months without jetting off to a distant land. For most all trout bums on the East coast, winter is a time when rods have been put up in the rack and waders...