With the arrival of the new year comes show season. It’s that time of year, at least here in the Midwest, when winter has wrapped its cold fingers around us and cabin fever begins to creep in. Cures for cabin fever around here include fishing any remaining open water,...
Upcoming Event…Heartland Fly Fishing Festival (Jan. 18-19, 2020)
WORTHY WATCH: The Midnight Mission by Gilbert Rowley
A couple of guys I know, and fellow members of my local fly fishing club, have made many trips north to Michigan during the fall salmon run to swing flies at the big brutes. I know lots of fly anglers that do that each year, but what sets these...
Upcoming Event…The Heartland Kayak Fishing Summit (Feb. 14-23, 2020)
Unlike states such as Florida, Hawaii, California and other ocean side states Indiana was originally a little slow to embrace kayak fishing. Ten years or so ago fishing from small plastic boats started to gain in popularity at a slow but steady rate. However, the past five years has...
WORTHY WATCH: Indiana Bones-Bahamas Fly Fishing by Todd Moen
I’m always fascinated by articles, pictures or videos of anglers who venture out on a mothership trip. If said anglers are fly fishing or fishing from kayaks, well that’s even better. Taking a large boat out to secluded fishing spots allows adventurous anglers to get further away from the...
WORTHY WATCH: The Escape: A Fly Fishing Film Parts 1 & 2 by Rickerson Outdoors
There’s something pretty cool about seeing some young college kids enjoy the outdoors and create adventures for themselves. Instead of sitting in front of a big screen television playing video games or spending all of their spare change on cheap beer, some young folks spend their spare time casting...
WORTHY WATCH: Ruffed Grouse Hunting-Adventure Awaits by Project Upland
Lately my brain has been obsessed with chasing ruffed grouse. Problem with that is I live in northeast Indiana where grouse are virtually non existent. Oh, there are tales of ruffs being found on public properties along the Pigeon River near the Michigan-Indiana state line or in the hills...
First Impressions of the LightTuck Kydex IWB Holster by Vedder Holsters
About a month or so ago I made the decision to change up which handgun I would carry, should I decide to exercise my legal right to carry a concealed weapon. I’ve had a concealed carry permit here in Indiana for numerous years so carrying was nothing new to...
WORTHY WATCH: “The Duo” by B3 Films
Since fall is fast approaching and with it comes coyote seasons here in the my part of the country, I thought I would mix it up a bit and share this short video by B3 Films. Not much to say here except a guy taking his boy with him...
WORTHY WATCH: “Alone at Dick Proenneke’s Log Cabin in the Wilderness” by My Self Reliance
On May 21, 1968 a man by the name of Dick Proenneke arrived at a place called Twin Lakes in Alaska. Dick was 52 years old and newly retired. Over the course of the 30 years following his arrival, Dick would live in a cabin he built by hand....
That Damn Hat
Author’s Note: Following is a fictional story the I wrote in September of 2012. At the time I was writing for an old blog of mine that found its way to the ever popular Neglected Blog Heaven. The story, while fictional for the most part, does have some truthful...