After two weeks in her new home, young Autumn, our Llewellin setter pup, is still hoping to get the cat to play with her. Autumn is an...

Autumn is here! While the first day of autumn, astronomically speaking, was September 23, the first day of Autumn in our family was...

It was a thrill finally to open the boxes of books when they arrived in mid September! The cover, I knew, was gorgeous, as I had received...

I was very proud to work this past year with the John D. Voelker Foundation and the American Museum of Fly Fishing (AMFF) in...

I don’t own a bamboo fly rod and until that sunny morning, I had never cast one to a trout. I’ve always steered clear of bamboo rods for...

Mickey couldn’t remember the last time he was in Patagonia. It might have been sometime back in the 60s, when tie-dyed shirts and bright...

I learned to fly fish when I lived in Cody, Wyoming, known as the Rodeo Capital of the World. The Cody Stampede in July and the Cody...

After more than twelve hours on planes and in airports, my fishing compadres and I felt a bit like zombies when we arrived in Buenos...

We’re taking the show on the road. Today, I leave for Patagonia with a group of the Boys, my co-authors from The Confluence. Ed Baldrige,...

NEWS FLASH - Lyme, NH - I just submitted the completed manuscript for Storied Waters to my publisher, Stackpole Books. The manuscript is...

My wife, Cheryl, is on a mission to visit more National Parks. She feels we’ve been deficient as parents and citizens for having dragged...

It’s fitting that the guy who spent six weeks last year driving over 5000 miles on the Storied Waters fly-fishing and literary odyssey...

I have some great news to share! First, I have a contract with Stackpole Books, a leading publisher of fly fishing and fly tying titles,...

Jim and Charlie Kinneson are getting on in years. But Charlie, now 80, can still lift and carry the Old Town canoe on his shoulders...

For my full gallery of photos, go here. What does a New England fly fisher do when the rivers and lakes freeze over? Head south, one...

How many books are you reading right now? Are you a one-book-at-a-time person? Some people, apparently, live by this rule obsessively. I...

I write a monthly column for The Maine Sportsman magazine called "Sporting Environment." In the December issue, I pay tribute to Aldo...

Fishing flies are literally examples of art imitating life. In our never-ending quest to fool fish into thinking that an artificial fly...

Fans of the Storied Waters odyssey may want to catch up on some of the books and authors that I featured during my trip. As the weather...

In honor of the first day of school, a repost from a while back. For all teachers, nervous parents and, of course, kindergarteners of all...