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IUntil a few days ago, I hadn’t tied in 5 years. Just getting back into the swing of things, Rusty, no doubt—but it feels really good.
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- Panfish Love February 25, 2023
- Royal Coachman Streamer February 22, 2023
- Woodduck Bucktail Streamer February 21, 2023
- Purina Recall February 15, 2023
- A New Rod From JP Ross February 13, 2023
- Maine’s Atlantic Salmon Onn the Brink February 5, 2023
- ESA-Listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken – A Tenuous Move for Species Recovery — Palouse Upland Media February 5, 2023
- Olive Hot–BH Hare’s Ear February 3, 2023
- Tuft n Tail February 3, 2023
- The Fly That Got Away From Me February 2, 2023
- Classic Bucktail & Feather Streamers February 1, 2023
- Parker’s Soft Hackle February 1, 2023
- Great Food January 31, 2023
- Purple Slopper Beaded January 31, 2023
- Fishpond Cross-Current Chest Pack January 31, 2023
- Why Is It Fun? January 30, 2023
- Green Envy Slopper Beaded January 27, 2023
- A bead head version January 26, 2023
- Soft Hackle Wets January 26, 2023
- My Friends in the OK Panhandle November 18, 2022
- PT Nymph Variation for a Swap November 7, 2022
- Blue Surprise October 25, 2022
- Trout Blues October 25, 2022
- Rainy Day Lunchtime Flys October 25, 2022
- Drew Ross Gets Around October 24, 2022
- Tom Rosenbauer on Tippet Rings October 24, 2022
- Windy Day Tying Flys October 23, 2022
- Amarillo Emerger October 22, 2022
- Lower Mountain Fork–A Tailwater October 21, 2022
- JP Ross Beaver Meadow Is Here! October 15, 2022
- Orvis Bamboo and A Braided Line October 10, 2022
- Smoking October 1, 2022
- JP Ross S-Glass Rod September 30, 2022
- Fishpond Tacky ‘Double Haul’ Flybox September 26, 2022
- A Royal Wulff September 22, 2022
- A Spring Creek September 19, 2022
- Lower Mountain Fork River September 7, 2022
- New Hampshire Bound September 30, 2021
- Max’s Pedigree September 17, 2021
- Upland Safari Mobile September 13, 2021
- The Triad September 5, 2021
- A Sketch That Became a Painting September 3, 2021
- Another Hot Day August 29, 2021
- A Belgian Light Auto 5 Project August 16, 2021
- Adventures of A Setter Off-Season August 15, 2021
- They Were Young Once August 11, 2021
- Cut Puppy Paw August 2, 2021
- Setters Swim July 10, 2021
- Setters Walk On Water July 10, 2021
- Tucker–A Birddog and My Friend July 6, 2021
- The New Upland Safari Vehicle/Work Truck February 29, 2020
- Oklahoma Bobwhite Quail February 3, 2020
- Pyke Gear January 7, 2020
- A Young Bird Dog December 31, 2019
- Our First Wild Roosters December 9, 2019
- The Project September 10, 2019
- Ye ‘Ol Strap Vest September 8, 2019
- Podcast August 21, 2019
- A New Season Draws Near August 18, 2019
- Connor–A Grouse Dog February 26, 2019
- A Season February 24, 2019
- Back to the Panhandle February 14, 2019
- WCC Brown Slayer February 7, 2019
- A Funky Safety/This Bird Has Flown February 2, 2019
- Blogs–That have Suffered January 28, 2019
- A journal and memories afield January 21, 2019
- Cold Weather Layers January 2, 2019
- Shotguns, NICS and a Bug December 29, 2018
- Thoughts On the Prairie December 4, 2018
- Max Does the Panhandle December 3, 2018
- Dog Booties–Serious Business November 30, 2018
- Then and Now November 28, 2018
- A Tribute to Bromley…Our Friend November 16, 2018
- Puppies Do the Darndest Things November 5, 2018
- New Puppy-New Shotgun November 2, 2018
- Tucker & a Gift of Yeti November 1, 2018
- Backyard Play October 27, 2018
- Packrat = Quail Thief October 22, 2018
- Puppy Grunts October 20, 2018
- Puppy Points In Cover October 18, 2018
- To Pattern a Smoothbore October 6, 2018
- Gratuitous Puppy Pictures October 4, 2018
- Tail Feathers September 29, 2018
- First Puppy Outing! September 23, 2018
- Blue Belton Doorstop September 22, 2018
- Dog Collars…. September 22, 2018
- After Breakfast Contentment September 20, 2018
- Birds for a New Setter September 17, 2018
- Max Swims! September 15, 2018
- Vehicle Storage and Dog Boxes September 13, 2018
- Puppy Update 2 September 12, 2018
- Puppy Update September 8, 2018
- A New Puppy! September 4, 2018
- Quail Safari Part Deux November 18, 2017
- Wild Quail, Llewellins and Good Folks November 13, 2017
- Kudos to Gun Dog Supply November 9, 2017
- Beaver River WMA November 7, 2017
- Dog Boots November 6, 2017
- The Prairie and What We May find There October 21, 2017
- Photobucket “Blackmail” October 18, 2017
- Lower Illinois Tailwater Oklahoma September 21, 2017
- Westward Migration to Oklahoma September 20, 2017
- BUL Redux October 30, 2015
- Benelli Ultra Lite 12g 24″ October 29, 2015
- Rainy Sunday Morning October 25, 2015
- Polls and Purses February 4, 2014
- Winter is Here and Winter is When Fat Bikes Rule December 26, 2013
- First Taste of Snow November 24, 2013
- Fat Upgrades, Changes and Blue Bling November 24, 2013
- A Return To Fitness November 21, 2013
- Kona Wo ‘Fat Bike’ November 21, 2013
- Still Thinking About Steelhead February 28, 2013
- Stand By Me February 24, 2013
- Thinking of Winter Steelhead February 20, 2013
- Let’s Chase Trout February 17, 2013
- Musing on the Fly and a Memory Hook February 11, 2013
- Wyoming outdoors: Fungus outbreak killing old Bighorn trout January 31, 2013
- Swift River Part Deux January 31, 2013
- Bonnie Bassler January 21, 2013
- My First Trip to the Swift River January 13, 2013
- Old Hemlock 2013 Calendar November 11, 2012
- A Milestone August 28, 2012
- Old Hemlock Bromley Loves Bumper July 4, 2012
- Local Water, Bamboo and the Upper Connecticut June 25, 2012
- Beavers…The Legend and Myth? June 3, 2012
- Usual Bad Hare Day June 2, 2012
- Wrapped Tight Bunny Caddis June 2, 2012
- Beaver Talk & Brook Trout May 26, 2012
- Trout Waters May 22, 2012
- The Kid In Us… May 16, 2012
- A Night on the Pond in a Float Tube May 12, 2012
- Endeavoring To Persevere May 10, 2012
- Multi-Purpose Walk About May 9, 2012
- Arlington Dog Box May 6, 2012
- Fly Fishing Is A Joke… May 4, 2012
- Gray Ghost Productions ‘Turning Tail’ May 3, 2012
- Androscoggin Drift Coming Up May 2, 2012
- A Wild Brook Trout Safari April 29, 2012
- Beaver Meadow April 28, 2012
- Spring Fishing April 16, 2012
- Lost and Found September 24, 2011
- Before and After September 11, 2011
- The First August 29, 2011
- How Many Guns…? Gene Hill August 13, 2011
- Mysteries Hidden August 7, 2011
- NY Steelhead and Browns Comin’ Up May 8, 2011
- A Walk Through The Woods of NH April 18, 2011
- Old Hemlock Bromley Standing Tall April 14, 2011
- Icing Guides and Hibernating Trout March 27, 2011
- Unfishable March 13, 2011
- Snowshoes, Setters and Winter Brook Trout Prospecting March 5, 2011
- Comparaduns February 27, 2011
- March Brown Wanna Be February 19, 2011
- Hatch’s Emerger IV–Partridge Sans Wire February 14, 2011
- Hatch’s Emerger III – Partridge February 13, 2011
- Hatch’s Emerger II February 11, 2011
- Is it Sleeping, or Catatonic January 31, 2011
- Little Miss Cutthroat January 30, 2011
- Fishing Music January 30, 2011
- English Setters Need Snowshoes January 29, 2011
- Old Hemlock Bromley Pointing Snow Balls January 24, 2011
- Hatch’s Emerger–And a ‘Streamside’ Johnny Appleseed January 22, 2011
- New Rod From Hardy–Zenith Sintrix January 18, 2011
- FlyShow January 10, 2011
- The Ongoing Uninteresting Saga of a Novice Fly Tier January 8, 2011
- A Dream of Scotland January 4, 2011
- Fly Swap Practice and Prep January 2, 2011
- Final Day of 2010 January 1, 2011
- A Few More Winter Flies December 26, 2010
- Christmas December 25, 2010
- 15,000 Trout Lost in NH December 22, 2010
- A Few Random Setter Pics…Tucker and Bromley December 19, 2010
- Caddis Emerger–a new adventure… December 19, 2010
- Red Soft Hackle December 12, 2010
- A few nasty day flies. December 12, 2010
- MayFly Tippet Post–post December 4, 2010
- Bromleyisms September 5, 2010
- The Fall of the Year August 27, 2010
- Orange Belton Mud August 8, 2010
- A Re-Blog In Search of Grouse Feathers July 25, 2010
- Measure of Success July 24, 2010
- Plagiarizing Scammer July 20, 2010
- OH Bromley Puppy on Grouse July 17, 2010
- The New Scientific Angling–Trout and Ultraviolet Vision July 17, 2010
- Pointing Dove Scent Out Back July 16, 2010
- The Doldrums or Mid-Summer Stalled July 14, 2010
- First Streamer Fly Under Good Tutelage July 10, 2010
- Old Hemlock-Ryman Types Swim Redux July 7, 2010
- Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture and NH Fish and Game July 6, 2010
- Caramel Twist July 6, 2010
- Fish Pond ‘Arroyo’ Chest Pack July 4, 2010
- Newfound River, Pemigewasset River and Mad River July 4, 2010
- Native Brook Trout Restoration in New Hampshire July 1, 2010
- Cooler Weather Should Improve Fishing June 30, 2010
- L.L.Bean News June 24, 2010
- The Study June 24, 2010
- The Pace of Field and Stream–A Universal Constant June 22, 2010
- Small Pond Fishing June 21, 2010
- Old Hemlock/Ryman Setters Swim June 20, 2010
- Casting For Recovery Event June 19, 2010
- Tying One On June 19, 2010
- West Canada Creek and New Friends June 18, 2010
- The Rainbow Trout–An Athlete June 16, 2010
- Trout Characteristics–a Treatise June 15, 2010
- Taste of the Wild June 12, 2010
- Souhegan River Dam Removal Study June 12, 2010
- The Bruiser’s Cousin June 11, 2010
- Saco River Humility June 10, 2010
- A Rainbow Pool June 8, 2010
- Time and Place June 6, 2010
- Rainbow on a Home Made Copper John June 5, 2010
- Fly Tying–Newbie June 3, 2010
- The Upland Life–A Poem of Sorts June 2, 2010
- The Wild Trout of Montana – Dependent on High-Quality Habitat (via ) June 1, 2010
- Tight Lines? May 31, 2010
- A Newfound River Rainbow May 31, 2010
- Its All Fishing May 29, 2010
- Gratuitous Dog Pictures… May 25, 2010
- “The New Scientific Angling – Trout and Ultraviolet Vision” May 25, 2010
- Posting and Comments May 24, 2010
- Beginnings and the Course May 23, 2010
- Small Parr and Big Browns in the Dark May 23, 2010
- Low Flying Aircraft and Moose in Road May 21, 2010
- Shotguns, Shooting and The Cool Plunge May 21, 2010
- A NH Yankee in King Arthur’s Court May 12, 2010
- Dream Fishing Destination? May 11, 2010
- Before the Cold Hits May 10, 2010
- Precariously Piscatorial/Score-2 to 1 May 9, 2010
- Prospecting Brookie Water in the Way Back May 9, 2010
- Tying Flies May 9, 2010
- Rainy Day Fishing May 8, 2010
- A Few Small Stream Brook Trout May 6, 2010
- Backing is Backing May 6, 2010
- Free Fishing Day in NH! May 6, 2010
- A Creek Somewhere in Upstate NY and Friends May 6, 2010
- The Souhegan River in Early May May 4, 2010
- Redington Fly Rods May 4, 2010
- Old Hemlock True’s Bromley May 3, 2010
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