From the time I was a little girl, I was always different. While other parents were successfully dressing their daughters for school in adorable ruffles and smocked dresses, my parents were wrestling me out of Dad’s fishing waders and rubber boots just long enough to go to school. I
Gin clear, slow moving, spring creek water. Birds singing in the background. I am casting, squatted down far from the bank so as not to scare the spooky fish. I can barely see the spot where I know there’s gotta be a fish. False cast a few times to
Whether you’ve realized it or not, fly fishing is definitely an athletic sport. No, it’s not a bruising contact sport, (unless you’re fighting sharks, tarpon or bill fish) but we all need to accept that it is not necessarily 100% A River Runs Through It or completely
Things I learned while visiting a women's fly fishing clinic in new york. Every fly fishing clinic should start out with food and wine.
1 tsp Sugar 1 Lime wedge 1 oz Calvados (Apple Brandy) 3/4 oz Light Rum Place the lime wedge in a heavy bottomed Old Fashioned Glass and add the sugar. Muddle the lime and sugar together until the sugar dissolves. Fill the glass halffull with ice. Pour the Calvados
Hook: Favorite Streamer Hook Thread: 210 Flat Waxed Tail: Strung Hackle, Flash Body: Bucktail Wing: Flash, Peacock Hurl Throat: Red Krystal Flash What can we say about the Deceiver that hasn’t already been said, other than this fly STILL WORKS! We are taking a group of DUN Women to
River Steel Mitten Scissor By MONTANA FLY COMPANY MSRP - $19.95 photo courtesy of - DUN Magazine River Steel Tools are the new standard in quality from MFC. Made from the best stainless steel with innovative designs, ultra sharp cutting edges on scissor models, and 9 gauge springs on
Cocktails don't always have to be on ice and this one is the perfect hot cocktail for those cold snowy winter nights! 2 tbl Tom & Jerry Batter 1 oz Dark Rum 1 oz Brandy 1/4 cup Warm Milk Tom & Jerry Batter: Beat egg whites into
These days, I have to remind myself that I’m still new to fly fishing. From an early age, I was fortunate to be exposed to skiing, hiking, and backpacking. I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, so I’m no stranger to stunning mountains, water, and fresh
Last year some women friends and I took a trip to the Bighorn River in southeast Montana for dry fly fishing. It’s a tail-water river known for a trifecta: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout and White Fish. They tend to be large and wily, even the ‘whities.’ While my friend,
In 2008, Lynn Camp Prong, a stream in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was closed to fishing to restore native Southern Appalachian Brook Trout to their home water. Like the ‘brookies,’ I have always considered it my home water. It has always been a favorite place for our family
I was recently asked by someone I had just met, “What do you do?” I paused before responding because that was a loaded question. Where do I start? What don’t I do? How to answer this question? A list of optional responses flashed in my mind in that micro-second