These came up from the depths on Saturday morning to liven things up out on the ice.  It was a brilliant, high pressure, “bluebird day.”  The whitefish is 17 1/2 inches, the lake trout (togue) 20 inches.  Imagine them hours later in a skillet!   Outside, it was zero degrees and blowing as the woodstove [...] Continue Reading

This trail was first brushed out by Sonny Sprague, the legendary Grand Lake Stream figure I wrote about in my book, “Where Cool Waters Flow.”  The trail was too “boney” for a snowmobile, because the skis would bash into rocks just beneath the snow.  Another half a foot to a foot of snow would be [...] Continue Reading

We traveled overland on 8-10 inches of snow to a remote pond teaming with baitfish.  This is one night’s haul, to be used on ice fishing outings in the coming weeks.  They’ll be stored in a holding box under the ice in 8 feet of water.

Found:  This Perrine, aluminum fly box containing approximately 125 home-tied flies was picked up in the parking lot of a convenience store somewhere in Maine.  Apart from many creative patterns, perhaps invented at the vise of this fly tier, there are classic imitations too:  Black Ghosts, Hornbergs, Royal Coachman, and there appear to be some [...] Continue Reading

I’ve recently stepped, shyly, into the new truck market, after logging a solid 170,000 miles on my 1995 F150, soon headed down the road of diminishing returns.  It still runs, as my father used to say, “like a Swiss watch,” but I do have clients to consider. Out where I guide on the Canadian border [...] Continue Reading

One of the high points of my ongoing book tour since the publication of “Where Cool Waters Flow” was to speak last night at the Somerset Club on Beacon Hill in Boston.  Bill Ames was the club host and he produced one of the most interesting, wonderful audiences I’ve ever had the privilege to speak [...] Continue Reading

The story hit all the major news outlets yesterday morning that Verizon was planning to charge their customers a two dollar fee for paying their bill directly to Verizon on their website.  They were going to bill us for billing us. I’ve plied this theme in other writings, calling it the “Sorry, we’re open,” syndrome.  [...] Continue Reading

The evidence was obvious and appalling–a gruesome crime aftermath.  Scraps of what had once been living flesh were strewn over the top of the Honda Accord, and just as many body parts were on the garage floor.  Bone–yes, even bone splinters were visible to anyone brave enough to walk through that spine-chilling, sobering scene the [...] Continue Reading

Van Raymond Outfitters has for many years been a fixture on the outdoor sporting scene in Maine.  It is an old world business rather than a big box environment.  Van Raymond is where you go for personal service and depth of product knowledge.  Much of my own gear in my professional guiding work is outfitted [...] Continue Reading

Islandport Press (my publisher) has partnered with the Maine Credit Union League in an effort to raise money for the many hungry households as well as the homeless of Maine.  A literary auction is going on right now, in which you can bid on author-signed copies of a wide assortment of works.  100 percent of [...] Continue Reading