Greetings fellow bird hunters and fly fishers. It’s been a long time coming, but I am excited to annouce that my first book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith is almost here. Below is a brief summary of the book: The Lord has a special place in his heart for fishermen….
TED NELSON LUNDRIGAN’S, HUNTING THE SUN
Greetings, fellow Birdbrains. With yesterday’s purchase of Hunting the Sun: A Passion for Grouse, I just finished my quest to acquire all of Ted Nelson Lundrigan’s books. For those of you who have not read his work, he is a great author. I first came across his work in an anthology entitled: Bare November Days…
Trout Hunting on Michigan’s Famed Au Sable River
The internet can be a good thing. I’ve made many great friends with similar passions and neuroses via the means of the information super highway and this blog. Dale Hernden from Lo Banks has been trying for years to get me to Northern Michigan to see the Au Sable wilderness and the Holy Waters. I’ve been…
THE STORY OF JULES VERNE: A WATCH POCKET DOG by WAYNE CALDWELL SIMMONS
Many of you will remember Jules Verne, the noted author of the book, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but you may have not yet heard of Jules Verne, the bird dog. In The Story of Jules Verne: A Watch Pocket Dog, Wayne Caldwell Simmons shares the story of his beloved dog. Like the dog’s namesake,…
DAY SIX: TWO FOR ONE WITH TOMMY
[AUTHOR’S NOTE: This article was first published earlier this year in the February/March issue of Gettin’ Out Magazine here in Idaho and is reprinted here with the permission]. TWO FOR ONE WITH TOMMY By Andrew M. Wayment Everyone loves a good deal—you know, when you get a great discount, or even better, you get two…
Canine Reproduction Part III: Parturition
My river is blown with the snow-melt runoff. It’s gonna be a helluva runoff season too with the snow base at 130 percent of normal. Grouse season is a mere three LONG months away. It’s time to renew auld acquaintances and do my do-diligence’s at work so that I get enough attaboy’s for the Fall….
DAY FIVE: GLIMPSES OF A (NEAR) PERFECT DAY
Day five of the week of hunting in Idaho took us to my favorite covert, the Royal MacNab, where we can expect to find sharptails, ruffed grouse, and occasionally Huns on any given day. Along for this hunt were Shawn, my younger brother Jake, and his 10 year old son, Jakey. Jake and Jakey share…
DAY FOUR: EL MIRADOR DEL CIELO
DAY FOUR: EL MIRADOR DEL CIELO On day four of our epic week of hunting, after traveling all over the great state of Idaho, Shawn and I felt lazy and wanted to sleep in . . . until 7:30 a.m. (which is sleeping in for this crazy Bird Brain). We decided to eat a good…
Freethought or Possibly Opening Up a Can of Worms for Bait Fishing
I have received several emails from bird hunters asking of my opinion on certain bird dog immunizations including the Rattlesnake vaccine by Red Rock Biologics. I have not vaccinated my dogs with this vaccine because of the USDA conditional license status this vaccine carries (If you read the bottom line on the photo which reads,…
DAY THREE: THERE’S ALWAYS TACOS
On day three of our week in the Idaho uplands, Shawn and I traveled up to Hemingway country, not far from Sun Valley, to look for chukars. In this rugged rimrock landscape, we found hundreds of chukars the November before. So we had high hopes for the day, especially after our banner day of quail…
Wayne Simmons’ The Story of Jules Verne: A Watch Pocket Dog
Stoically, I wait on for the upcoming bird-dog season and the aspen auxins to change the leaves from the green to golds of the Colorado blue grouse country…the caddis are hatching on my home waters seducing recluse big-browns to the surface. Before long, I’ll be in the Colorado high country hunting greenback cutthroats with mayflies, yellow…
DAY TWO: STAY THE COURSE
Author’s Note: A shorter version of this article first appeared in the Post Register in Eastern Idaho in the fall of 2010. Shawn gets Ellie, a firey fieldbred Cocker and Gretchen, an English Setter, ready for the day’s hunt. DAY TWO: STAY THE COURSE After going to church and spending time with family on Sunday,…
Upland Ways 