Sunny Girl, the Abominable Snow Dog. Here at Upland Equations, we love our bird dogs and we love a good bird dog Christmas carol. Some of our favorites are “Bark, the Hairy Bird Dogs Sang,” “O Howly Night,” “Bird Dogs We Have Heard All Night,” “Good Hunt Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “Bark to the World,” and…
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.
TWO ROOSTERS FOR ROOTY BOY . . .
Oh the trials of puppyhood! Of all my dogs, my first shorthair “Upland Rooster,” or “Rooty” for short, was probably the most destructive puppy. He loved to chew on anything and everything from straw hats to hoses. He also had a bad habit of drinking from toilets and—with his dripping jowls— you never knew when…
>Broken Down and Shot Out
>Reprinted with permission from Bernard & Associates from Sporting Classics October 2010. The Tin Liz sighed, sank on her haunches, sighed again and expired. The Old Man got out and looked at her innards suspiciously, crouched down to peer at her lower parts, thumped her a couple of times, like you’d tap a melon to…
SOMETIMES GROUSED
I find it extremely ironic that Webster’s Dictionary defines the word “grouse” as: “1 v. to grumble 2. n. a fit of grumbling [origin unknown].” All grouse hunters who have been outsmarted by a wily ruffed grouse or who have whiffed an easy shot on any kind of grouse know exactly where this word came…
FISH OF MY DREAMS
I don’t usually do this, but could not help myself with these two extraordinary fish. Below are pictures of Chet Work (top picture) and Mark Davidson (bottom picture) with two behemoth browns. I have fished with both of these gentlemen and can say that they are diehard fishermen. Chet is now the Executive Director of…
"ROADSIDE REVELATIONS" IN THE UPLAND ALMANAC
Today, I was on facebook and saw a post by The Upland Almanac regarding the forthcoming Autumn issue. The post had a beautiful picture of the magazine cover with a painting by Jim Killen. Upon closer inspection, I noticed at the very bottom, “Roadside Revelations” which is my article that I submitted last year. ….
BIG BROWN HUNTING OR HUNTED?
Over the years, fishing has often been equated to hunting. I always say that fly fishing and bird hunting are two sides of the same coin. Admittedly, there are similarities between the two, especially when a fisherman quitely stalks his prey and brings it to hand. Is this what makes fishing so intriguing day-in-and-out? Maybe…
"EDEN DAWN" TO BE PUBLISHED IN "GETTIN’ OUT"
Last fall I wrote a story about my daughter Eden’s first hunt entitled, “Eden Dawn.” I recently submitted this story for publication in a new magazine in Idaho entitled, “Gettin’ Out” and it was accepted. I have attached a link to the new magazine, http://www.jaredscottoutdoors.com/. If you have not read the piece, it is still…
SUMMER LOVIN’
I took today off from work so I wanted to make the most of it. For starters, I took my two bird dogs out for a hike this morning. We went to one of my favorite coverts, the Royal MacNab, where we hunt sharptails and ruffed grouse in the fall. Unfortunately, we did not see…
WE ALL GOT SKUNKED . . . EVEN SUNNY
This morning, Darrin Dallimore and I went fishing on the Mini-Madison. I decided to take my French Brittany, Sunny girl, along to let her get some exercise. I have taken her fishing with me numerous times and never had any problems. With the water being high and a little off-color, the fishing was slow. I…
FAMILY ROAD TRIP!
Saturday morning at 5:00 a.m., we got the kids up for a Road Trip to Idaho’s Sun Valley, which seemed like the perfect place since it was raining pretty hard in Eastern Idaho. As you will see in some of the pictures below, some of the kids (hmm hmm . . . Emma) were not…
TOMMY’S TURN
In my last post, I wrote about Eden’s (and my own) good fortune from the Fly-Tying Expo in Idaho Falls last month. Believe it or not, we weren’t the only ones from my family that had good luck at the Expo. Let’s just say that my six year old, Tommy, made out like a bandit….
Upland Ways 