A few weeks ago JP and I hefted packs and hiked down into the Wild Rivers section of the Rio Grande Gorge. It's just under a thousand feet deep here, and wild is the right word...

My friend Wenert put this trip together; a three day camp float through the Gunnison Gorge in late June, during the famed Salmonfly hatch. Three boats with two anglers and a guide in each, and a fourth boat to haul gear, five star all the way. He thought of me when he came up with an extra seat at the last minute, and despite scheduled guide trips, I jumped at the chance.

I recently won a contest put on by the Taos News with this essay. It's a sweet little piece about growing up in Taos.

This is the story of our January fishing trip to the Bahamian island of Great Inagua. Not only did we have epic fishing that I'm still dreaming about, but we also felt the earthquake that struck Haiti, causing a tsunami warning for our Island. Fun stuff....

This is the story of some rodent inspired mischief while guiding...

The story of a guide trip that went awry when my vehicle got impossibly mired in a remote location during a lightning storm...

Sometimes you just can't win, but at least those bad trips make good stories. This is an excerpt from a story that takes place last March, during an ill advised fishing trip to Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. I left out the near hypothermia, closed roads and epic snowstorms, but I think you'll still get the drift....