If you are an experienced hunter for stone arrowheads then you, much like an angler, know generally the kinds of places such things could be found, what conditions are likely to make your hunt more successful, and that there’s a certain amount of hope involved in the enterprise. Just because it looks like the right spot, the conditions are right, and you bring a double armful of experience and knowledge to the table doesn’t mean that you’ll find either trout or arrowheads.
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Photo by Sam Larson
The Trips We Never Take
My summers are littered with the trips that I don’t take, all the adventures that never came off or made it out of the planning stages.
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Photo by Jeff Stutsman
Greenbacks, Part 1
The trail to Zimmerman Lake was rough. Late-melting snow was piled thigh deep across the trail, and we were stuck post-holeing through long sections of water-logged slush.
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Photo by Jeff Stutsman
Casting Call
When I picked up a Western rod again I told myself that I’d be willing to settle for bare competence.
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