2008-12-28_AllamakeeCounty
Fishing with friends is a real treat. I have spent most of the last five years on Driftless Area creeks alone. Today I had the pleasure of fishing Iowa with good friend and creek walker James Reidy, Jr. We started on a paw. Neither of us had our day licenses to fish Iowa and we [...]
Fish Iowa,
I cannot wait until Minnesota’s January 1 catch and release opener. I have reports that the midge are off on many region creeks. Today I head south into Iowa to get my Trout fix.
Winter Fishing.
Having a good map helps. Having a great map is even better however having the right map makes all the difference in the world. Knowing the distance that you intend to fish, where the access and roads are, and what the terrain looks like when venturing out onto the creek in the Winter makes for [...]
Old School.
Understanding the artistic components to photography additionalizes a photographers ability to be creative in processing an image. I saw a self-promoter taking it on about his Holga cameras and how great his images were. I have news for you, anything your holga can do, I can do with my software. Here is an image of [...]
Urban Adventure.
I am suffering from nature deficiency. I have completed finals and thus far maintained my 4.0 GPA. I have not been in the bush since the Canadian Road trip Mikey and I took a few weekends back. All story told the urban climbing adventures ended nearly as soon as they begun. I drew first and [...]
Broken camera.
For the second time in three months my new video camera is being warranty repaired by Sanyo. The Sanyo Xacti HD 1000 is suffering from breakage. This time I could no longer use the switch to playback my images and recordings. The first time I melted down the mother board by recording a bluegrass concert [...]
What is World Class?
Veteran Kiwi Trout Guide, Louis Adamson, talks to us about what World Class angling is on his rivers in and around Queenstown, New Zealand. This interview was taken in Feb 2008 as part of an independent research project that explored the human dimensions of angling in New Zealand. Louis Adamson, Queenstown Charters, Queenstown, New Zealand, [...]
Let it be said.
After researching thousands of pages of scholarly articles for nearly one year I have completed my literature review of the Human Dimensions of Angling. It can be read or downloaded, in PDF form, by following the link below. Please feel free to comment using this site’s “submit a comment” feature. Human Dimensions of Angling, Heath [...]