On Monday, I gave a talk about the Storied Waters tour at Orvis headquarters in Arlington, Vermont to about 25 Orvis associates. Nearly...

After launching the Storied Water tour at Walden Pond, where Thoreau "lived deliberately" in 1845, I moved on to Manchester, Vermont...

As I drove through Minute Man National Park on Friday afternoon, the apple blossoms were set off against a backdrop of subtle greens from...

For those who took my last post seriously, I'm sorry I caused you heartache. No, the Storied Waters Tour is not postponed until February....

NEW GLOUCESTER- Just hours after a festive send-off party yesterday, reality came crashing down on David Van Wie, forcing him to...

What does one pack for a six-week fly-fishing and writing excursion? Good question. I do most of my fishing in the remote backcountry...

My grandfather was a fly-fisherman. Born in 1875, Grampa Van Wie died in 1960 when I was three years old, so I don’t remember him at all....

I'm no expert on the history of fly-fishing, nor on fishing literature or nature writing. I am certainly an interested, passionate...

"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in" I had a great visit today with the good folks The Walden Woods Project / Thoreau Institute...

40 days and 40 nights. That is approximately how long my Storied Waters trip will be. Let's hope that I have better weather than Noah. My...

Walden Pond is my first stop on the Storied Waters tour. I have yet to find any evidence that Henry David Thoreau fly-fished. In Walden,...

My list of authors and books to read for The Storied Water Tour keeps growing and growing. Like Jack’s beanstalk, my pile of books will...