Greetings all! I hope everyone is getting excited about the upcoming hunting season. I know I am, but not as much as my antsy Brittanys. Less than two weeks left in Idaho! It can’t come soon enough. I wanted to give you a quick update on my book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing,…
Author: Andrew Wayment
Andrew M. Wayment (Andy) is an attorney by profession and an outdoorsman by passion. Andy is a partner with the law firm, Tolson & Wayment, PLLC in Idaho Falls Idaho where he helps clients in and out of Court. Andy’s family includes his beautiful wife Kristin, four daughters, two sons, and two bird dogs. In his free time, Andy enjoys writing and has published numerous articles on upland bird hunting and fly fishing in various magazines and the local newspaper. His first book is Heaven on Earth Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith. When Andy is not at work or with his family, you may find him at the river waving a fly rod or in the field toting a shotgun and following his bird dogs.
DAY SEVEN: BREAKING THE CURSE
[Author’s Note: This is another chapter from my forthcoming bird-hunting book, Roadside Revelations: Tales of Bird Dogs, Family & Other Upland Equations. This story is of Day Seven of my awesome week of hunting in October of 2010. If you are interested, the posts on the prior six days of the hunt are in the Upland Equations archives. For this hunt, we hunted a…
HEAVEN ON EARTH IS NOW AVAILABLE IN KINDLE, NOOK, AND GOOGLE E-BOOKS
This summer is flying by on wings of lighting. I cannot believe that it is the last day of July. I’m happy to report that the fly fishing this past month has been simply phenomenal. I am truly blessed blessed to live in Idaho, in the heart of some of the best fishing available. The…
THE WHITE WONDER: GOING OUT WITH A BANG!
By Andrew M. Wayment [Author’s Note: I have been working hard on finishing the manuscript for my forthcoming second book: Roadside Revelations: Tales of Bird Dogs, Family & Other Upland Equations. I have one or two more chapters to finish and then its ready for submission to a publisher. This piece, which I wrote yesterday, is actually Part Three…
FISHING WITH T-BASS IN SOUTHERN IDAHO LIVING MAGAZINE
It has been a while since I posted and that is because life has been super busy, in large part, because the fishing has been great. Man, I love this time of year! This is a photo of Tommy’s Brownie he caught on the Mini-Madison a few weeks ago. This post is to give you a quick…
MORE REVIEWS OF ANDREW WAYMENT’S, HEAVEN ON EARTH: STORIES OF FLY FISHING, FUN & FAITH
If you have followed the blog for a while, I’m sure you have heard about my book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith. To date, I have been very blessed with great reviews. In the Upland Equation archives, I have posted links to many of these reviews. I wanted to briefly share…
THE WAY IT SHOULD BE by ROSS B. YOUNG
When I first received my copy of artist Ross B. Young’s book, The Way It Should Be, I expected to see a book full of beautiful pictures of his hunting and fishing artwork. Believe me, Ross’s book does not disappoint! “The Way It Should Be” by Ross B. Young. This painting depicts Ross’s last quail hunt with his father…
CHECK OUT ANDY’S "THE GENIUS OF FISHING" ON THE BACKCOUNTRY JOURNAL
I just wanted to give the followers of Upland Equations a quick update on my latest writing endeavor. On Monday of this week, The Backcountry Journal, an online journal for the outdoors enthusiast, published my essay, “The Genius of Fishing.” It’s a fun read about some things geniuses and fishermen have in common. An act of…
YOU MAY BE A DIEHARD SHARPTAIL HUNTER IF . . .
By Andrew M. Wayment You may be diehard sharptail hunter if . . . 1. Come October, you forget about all other game birds and only desire to hike the rolling CRP fields behind hard running pointing dogs in search of the pointy-tailed grouse. Matt Lucia hikes the hills of The Royal MacNab, my…
HISTORIAN’S CORNER: WILFORD WOODRUFF, FIRST FLY FISHER IN THE AMERICAN WEST
Have you ever wondered who was the very first person to flick a fly west of the Mississippi? Believe it or not, it was a Mormon Pioneer, by the name of Wilford Woodruff. Before coming west, Wilford Woodruff actually served two proselyting missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in England, where he…
CHECK OUT ANDY WAYMENT’S ARTICLE, "TEN FLIES FOR IDAHO GUYS . . . AND GALS."
I wanted to share with the followers of Upland Equations my latest writing endeavor. I was approached last month by an online magazine called, Southern Idaho Living, to write articles on hunting and fishing. Excited to branch out, I contributed an article for the May issue on good flies for Idaho waters entitled, “Ten Flies for Idaho Guys…
CHASING WILD TROUT: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FLY FISHING SMALL STREAMS BY BEN SMITH
“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.” ― Woody Guthrie In my book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith, in the chapter, “Let Patience Have Her Perfect Work,” I wrote about my struggles to learn how to fly fish. It took three years of…
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