When I was a kid, we got one channel on the TV in the living room. Our house was positioned in the bottom of a valley in the mountains, blocking the other signals. The antenna on the pole diligently …
Soon after the glaciers receded from the Catskill region, about 12,000 years ago and long before the …
Fishing is one of those pastimes that comes with lots of accessories. LOTS of accessories. If I had …
ROSCOE, NY — On February 26, the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum (CFFCM) held Fly Fest 2022, its …
Although by the time this magazine is printed, ice-fishing season will be either over or close to …
On several occasions, anglers have asked what I thought was the single most important issue facing …
The Upper Delaware is an amazing resource and treasure for us who live near and recreate within its …
When I arrived in Missoula, MT, with my friend Joe after a long cross-country bus ride, the first river I saw was the Clark Fork. At the time, we were enrolled as students at the …
When Jamie called and invited me to meet him on the river, at first I declined—there were several projects that needed attention. But during our conversation, especially when he …
Without going into a lot of detail, suffice it to say that striped bass, like other species of coastal, pelagic fishes,* suffered periodic, yet significant population declines. …
I met Frank Mele one late April day along the East Branch of the Delaware. He was standing at the guardrail along Route 30, looking at the river as I approached. It was Hendrickson …
Every year as winter begins to wane, and the snowdrops bloom, my thoughts turn to fishing and for some reason, seasons past. In my formative years, when trout fishing became a …
When I begin tying flies, the folks who mentored me followed the Catskill School. By that, I mean that they subscribed to the techniques used by the Darbees and Dettes, by Rube Cross …
