Firehole Rangers without the Firehole
If you haven’t paid the UA a visit since last November, I can’t say that you missed much since that was the last time I...
Being Prepared in the woods
I’m not alarmist but I would say that under certain circumstances I may have a tendency to be somewhat cautious. Especially when it comes to matters...
A Time for Political ads and Leaf Blowers
Over the past few of months I made the decision that, since I haven’t been fishing enough to warrant writing much on that topic, I would just remain...
Status Update
It has come to my attention recently that I haven’t posted in a while, so I just wanted to confirm that. A lack of motivation...
Summer’s here: Time for some buffalo wool socks?
It’s that time of year again, when the annual pilgrimage of the Firehole Rangers looms large like a bull bison standing over a fallen...
My fishing buddies are like John Gierach, sort of.
Ironically, as I was sitting down to scribe this Drivel® I happened upon a Facebook (boo, hiss–nobody likes you any more, Zuckerberg) post by my...
Will the real Bob White please stand up!
We all strive for success in various ways. For writers, the ultimate feather in the cap is being published in a well-respected magazine or newspaper, or...
Yellowstone Supervolcano: solving world problems in one fell swoop
A recent tweet by Seattle’s KING 5 News shared a story about the Yellowstone Supervolcano, the headline of which is sure to get people to...
Conservation Education: The Blue River Explorer Hike
About a year ago I received an email from Greg Hardy, President of the Gore Range Anglers (Colorado) Chapter of Trout Unlimited, asking if I would...
Idaho trout trip: Quality, but not quantity
The last trout trip of the year was to a favorite, familiar place in northern Idaho that the Rangers (or at least most of the...
Bull trout in Idaho: To target, or not to target?
Some of you may recall a blog post from a couple of summers ago in which I was not targeting—and ended up catching—a bull trout...
Into the Fire
As the date quickly approaches for a jaunt to Idaho for a bit of mid-September angling, I thought it prudent to look into the matter...
Fishpond solves the net problem
Before we begin, let’s call this a gear rave, rather than a gear review, because this is not a review in the sense that I...
A mass of humanity in the Idaho backcountry
My timing is often far from impeccable when it comes to fishing trips. It seems I’ve a certain knack for planning trips that coincide with such...
A road trip, with a little fishing on the side.
Actually, the headline is a bit misleading. The whole point of the trip was to go fly fishing; the road to the river simply a means...