Howdy Partner it is rodeo time in Sisters which they call it the biggest little show in the world. I just watched the parade and saw all the old cars marching bands rodeo queens and fire trucks I need to see for the day. I always love the parade it i...

Waders & Whispers | part 3 Four years on the oars changes a person. In the beginning guiding is a game of chess against the River. You exhaust yourself worrying about the perfect drift untangling knots and praying for a rise just to validate your own...

Hello from La Ventana in Baja Mexico. My arms are tired today from fighting big fish and casting big rods. A tough problem to have I know. I know. I love to travel to catch fish that are different from the ones we catch at home. I love to experience...

I believe Tennyson wrote that “tis better to have hooked a trout and lost it than to never hooked it at all”. Or something like that… Actually it is a line I give to my clients in the boat to cheer them up after the LDR. I am always a bit sad when th...

The sun hasn’t cut through the canyon mist when she steps into the drift boat. Her gear is pristine. Too pristine. She yanks the laces of her boots tight with purpose.  By the time we hit the first deep run on the Deschutes the river is doing what it...