If you're like me and have been around the inter webs for a long time, you've seen some variation of the question. What is the best ...

For some people, this will be a boring blog post. If you are here for fishing info, you can skip this one. Hopefully this will resonate with...

The last few years has seen me return to backpacking at least once or twice a year. I've developed a habit of visiting my favorite brook...

Recently, I was with a friend/client of mine on a guided trip and we landed a rather respectable Smoky Mountain brown trout. It didn't ...

One of the fun challenges for anglers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is to catch all three species of trout the Park has to offe...

Every year, I take a fishing trip in early to mid November. That trip is usually to the Smokies, and I usually end up camping for at least a...

So, as you probably suspected from the lack of posts lately, I've been pretty busy. My last two fishing trips that likely would have pro...

Each angler has a growth timeline, and everyone's is different. Most likely, the pattern is not linear, but rather includes growth in fi...

Sometimes you just want to have the stream to yourself. Around here, that usually means a hike and the longer the better. On some of our sma...

Fishing trips are few and far between these days, at least the kind where I get to hold the fly rod and do the catching. One amazing perk of...

Sitting around this evening, my wife told me that her mom had inquired about a hike we had recently done. When I asked my wife why her mom w...