One of our contributors, Walter, teased Shawn about all of his recent blog posts on fly-fishing and accused him of birddog neglect. This begs the question: Can you engage in too much fishing? I resoundingly answer, “Never!!!” This is especially the case in Spring and Summer. Summer in the Rockies is made for fly-fishing! Over…
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.
Nature’s Beautiful Wild Trout
One of my favorite things to do is fish small creeks with dry flies, hoppers, or beetles for wild, native trout! Below are some photos of wild beauties including a couple of greenback cutthroats from a hidden stream near my home by the Arkansas River…
I SUFFER FROM "TROUT MADNESS"
My brother Shawn recently teased me about being addicted to fly-fishing (See Shawn’s recent post at http://www.birddogdocschronicles.blogspot.com). I must admit that his accusation is entirely true . . . I am a hopeless addict! Not an hour goes by, where I do not think about rivers and fishing. The sickness is called “Trout Madness.” How…
RAMBO THE RAINBOW
One of the contributors to Upland Equations, Scolopax, recently sent me a generous gift: Hemingway on Fishing. I have greatly enjoyed reading this famous author’s writing about one of my favorite subjects (Thanks Scolopax!). Tonight as I was reading Hemingway’s “The Best Rainbow Trout Fishing,” I appreciated the following account: We decided on a McGinty…
INSTANT KARMA
Of my 30 plus years of frequent fishing, I have hooked and tormented many a fish, but until this past weekend, I had never hooked anybody or never been hooked. I guess my luck was bound to run out sometime. (For those of you who are a bit squeamish, you may want to stop reading…
DO A GOOD DEED DAILY
The other day a family from church was moving and needed some help loading up their truck. My daughters and I decided to go over and help them even though the rain was pouring down. As we moved various items of furniture and exercise equipment, we set aside in their garage all of the things…
NATURE’S PERFECT ORDER AND A BOY’S INALIENABLE RIGHT
I have recently acquired and read as many of Burton’s Spiller’s books as I can find. He is undoubtably one of the finest sporting writers that ever put the pen to the page. His books, Grouse Feathers, More Grouse Feathers, Drummer in the Woods, and Fishin’ Around are some of my all-time favorites. In the…
PROUD PAPA
Fishing with my family on Memorial Day. This past weekend I took my family camping and fishing at a fun little creek beneath lofty peaks. Before this trip, I happened to have a four-weight G. Loomis that I don’t use very often. On the drive over, I told my nine year old, Jenness, “Nessy, if…
AN INTERESTING SIDENOTE
Orphaned Mountain Lion Cub. In my last post, “One Hot Tom,” I wrote about a recent turkey hunt in southeastern Idaho. A few weeks before our hunt, the landowner (on who’s property we hunted) was asked by the Idaho Fish & Game to go up into the mountains near his home and pick up a…
ONE HOT TOM
If there is one thing that I have learned from turkey hunting over the years, it is that there are no guarantees. On some days, the stars align and it all seems too easy. On other days, any number of things can mess up your hunt . . . rain, predators, other hunters, fences, canyons,…
WHAT IS THE WORTH OF OUR OUTDOOR MEMORIES?
I have been rereading Burton L. Spiller’s, Drummer in the Woods, and wanted to share one of my favorite quotes from “His Majesty, the Grouse”: Just recently an acquaintance took me to task for spending so much time afield. “Did you ever count the cost of your hunting?” he asked. “Of the time you have…
THE WORLD’S GREATEST TURKEY BLIND
I want to share with you a story about one of the best turkey blinds I have ever witnessed. It is big, it’s camouflage, and it’s mobile. Oh yeah, and you can use it as a solid gun rest. I learned about this turkey blind on my first turkey hunt almost twelve years ago. This…
Upland Ways 