by Chris Hunt | January 31, 2018 | Video spotlight
There’s a great little redfish flat situated behind the airport in Rockport, Texas. A few years back, I did a strange dance with an 8-foot gator on that flat, working back to the shore from about 100 yards out in the mostly clear water as the reptile eyed me from an increasingly close distance. When…
by Chris Hunt | January 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Photo courtesy of Myers Reece and Hatch Magazine. We all have memories of past fishing experiences, those trips into the woods or down the street to the city park pond are never forgotten. Myers Reece’s recent piece in Hatch Magazine stirred old memories … and then I got to the end, and I was hearbroken.…
If you’re on social media, I’m confident you have noticed that #vanlife has swept the nation. Powered by social media, modern day van life is inspired by the romantic excursions of previous generations who loaded up VW Westfalias and Transporters to chase down their favorite musical acts, post up at the river in a trout…
The Steelhead Whisperer and his daughter with a jewel from the Big Sur River. By Sam Davidson On Martin Luther King Day three men and a diminutive young lady went fishing on California’s Big Sur River—a tiny but fierce watershed on the central coast with a bona fide steelhead run—and the smallest member of the…
Christina Barrineau of Wyoming Game and Fish talks to students from Encampment Elementary School as part of efforts of the ongoing project to foster river stewardship on the North Platte and Encampment rivers in Wyoming. Jeff Streeter/Trout Unlimited By Brett Prettyman There is nothing better than being able to cross something off a long to-do…
by Chris Hunt | January 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Chris Hunt This week the Outdoor Retailer Show—the premiere outdoor industry event of the season, where manufacturers and retailers gather to check out new products—is happening in Denver. It’s the first time in decades the show isn’t going on in Salt Lake City, and there’s a reason for that. Over the last several years,…
by Chris Hunt | January 25, 2018 | Video spotlight
Steelhead season is well under way up and down the West Coast, but here in Idaho, on the Salmon River, the season is on a bit of an unofficial hiatus until March or April. The Salmon is a legitimate steelhead hotspot all throughout the fall, but by the time late December and January come around,…