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…
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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…
THE K.O.D. OF TURKEY HUNTING
I have a confession to make. When it comes to turkey hunting, I am the K.O.D. (the “Kiss of Death”), and that’s not a good thing. I don’t know what it is, but I haven’t killed a turkey since law school, which was over ten years ago. And it ain’t for lack of trying either. I…
SOUTH FORK FORTUNE
I live in Idaho Falls close to some of the best fishing in the world, the Henry’s Fork, the Fall River, the Teton River, and the South Fork. This is by design, of course. Of all those big rivers, I struggle most with the mighty South Fork of the Snake River, a monstrous river loaded with…
BRANDY: TOO SMART FOR HER OWN GOOD
In the fall of 2011, my Dad, who lives in Rupert, Idaho, which is 120 miles away from my home town, gave me a German Shorthair pup, named “Brandy.” While Brandy had tremendous potential she was too high strung and too dang smart for her own good. She was too much for my aging parents and Dad…
STILL HEAVEN ON EARTH
AUTHOR’S NOTE: “Still Heaven on Earth” is a chapter from my new book, The River of God, which is soon to be published. This chapter is about a few days spent in July of 2012 on the Madison River, which river has become sacred to me. Maybe you can relate. STILL HEAVEN ON EARTH By Andrew M. Wayment On July…
JIM MCCANN’S REVIEW OF HEAVEN ON EARTH
For me, social media is both a blessing and a curse, a curse because I waste so much time dinking around when I could be doing more productive things (like hunting, fishing, writing on this blog or writing another book) and a blessing because I have met some awesome people that I would not have otherwise met. Jim McCann…
Wyoming
Gary Thompson from Silk Lines and Paper Hulls invited me last weekend to come to Sheridan, Wyoming to chase sharp-tailed grouse and huns. I was scheduled to meet Dale Herden from Lo Banks in north-central Kansas, but my friend Sterling called and said it was pretty pathetic…in fact, he never fired a shot opening weekend hunting on private property….
LATEST REVIEW OF HEAVEN ON EARTH
I wanted to share with the followers of Upland Ways the latest review of my book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith. This review was posted by Howard Levitt on his great, fly fishing blog, Windknots & Tangled Lines. I am grateful and honored by his review. For those interested in…
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