In May, my wife and I had a baby, and my fishing opportunities had been diminished to say the least. I start to get pretty squirrelly when I can’t get out, and my need to get out on the water was ...

Remember back in June when David Hale Smith wrote in D Magazine about his addiction to fly rods and about how his buddy Greg DeMars, who wrote a book about urban fly-fishing in North Texas, was a bad ...

This will be the last, promise, column about my recent week-long Alaska fishing trip, at least until next year about this time. Beginning next week, we’ll get back to the numerous joys of the Oregon ...

Recently, I had the pleasure of having my two youngest grandchildren, ages 4 and 7, visit me. When they arrived, they informed me they wanted to catch fish, not cast for fish, but catch. I was ...

When you are dropped off in the middle of nowhere, your gear better be reliable. / Photo by Ken Baldwin I did a short stint guiding in Alaska this summer and put some gear through the wringer — with ...

I did a short stint guiding in Alaska this summer and put some gear through the wringer — with abuse only Alaska can dish out — to see what really held up. This is the gear that stood out – Part 2. If ...

Owls are enigmatic birds, by turns mysterious, lovable, or spooky, depending on whom you ask. With over 200 species living on every continent except Antarctica, owls have super-tuned senses that help ...