I have been hunting with my good friend, Jim Parry, a number of times over the past three hunting seasons. However, we never seem to get into many birds when Jim is around and the ones we have found have presented only tough shots. I have joked with Jim that he is the “K.O.D. (“Kiss…
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.
THINK TWICE ABOUT HUNTING ON YOUR WIFE’S BIRTHDAY!
My wife had a birthday this week and with it being hunting season, I couldn’t help but recollect an experience I had eight years ago while bird hunting on my wife’s birthday. I’m sure you will agree that’s a risky proposition any way you slice it! In early September of 2005, I set out the morning of my…
WILD SOUTH BY PETER RYAN
WILD SOUTH BY PETER RYAN One of my favorite outdoor writers of all times is Charley Waterman. He was one of the last “Jack of All Trades” outdoorsmen who did and loved it all and wrote about it: Big game, upland game, waterfowl, fishing, camping, etc. The great thing about Charley was that he admittedly…
PLAYING FOR KEEPS
Early this morning, I fished my favorite spot, the Mini-Madison and did not even wet my net. However, I learned that there’s a much better fisherman than me at the Mini-Madison. I’ve been fishing the Mini-Madison for almost ten years now. In my book, Heaven on Earth, I wrote about this special fishing hole: The Mini-Madison truly is a wonderful place…
THE PILGRIMAGE
A “Pilgrimage” is defined by Webster’s as a journey made by a person to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion. Some may not believe that a fishing destination meets such a description, but over the years, for reasons I describe in detail in my first book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly…
ANOTHER GOOD SAMARITAN
Saturday morning, my wife, Kristin, and I hiked with some of our family up to Bloomington Lake, a place that is very special to me. Twenty-one years ago, I traveled up to this lake to camp overnight with some good friends. This happened to be right around the time that I found my faith in God and changed…
BAD LEROY BROWN
In my book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith, I wrote about one of my favorite secret fishing spots in Idaho, “The Mini-Madison.” I named it this when I first fished there because it reminded me of my favorite river, the Mighty Madison in Montana, except instead of being a 50 mile riffle, it is only 100 yards…
ANOTHER SHORT, BUT SWEET, REVIEW OF WAYMENT’S HEAVEN ON EARTH
It has been a long while since I posted anything regarding my first book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun and Faith. That’s because I’ve been busy working on two new books . . . and fishing, of course. It is that time of year after all! I’m excited to share with the followers of Upland Ways that another short, but…
WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU LEMONS, SHUT UP AND FISH!
You ever had one of those fishing trips where everything seems to go wrong? I had one of those days yesterday. To begin with, it was hotter than Hades and all I wanted to do was escape to the mountains in my car while cranking the AC. So at 2:00 p.m., I grabbed my fly rod and loaded…
FROM DAWN TO DUSK
This past weekend, I was blessed with the opportunity to fish two days with my brother, Shawn, on the Arkansas River in Colorado. In fact, my good brother gave me the airplane ticket as an early birthday present. It just so happened that our trip fell right on the Summer Solstice, the longest day of…
FULL CIRCLE
Next month I turn the big 4-0. Where does the time go? I have been an angler as long as I can remember and a fly fisherman for 18 years now. I have fished more in those years than most people do in a lifetime and I have truly loved it. I can attest that fly fishing has greatly enriched my…
CONSIDER THE LILY
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” Matthew 6: 28-29 My wife, Kristin, and I named our fourth daughter, “Lily,” after one of my favorite scriptures…
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