“He, who is pent up in a town, vexed by the excitements of the day, and driven, in spite of himself, to late and irregular hours, could get profit every way, if at times he would seek the purer air, free from the city’s smoke, and with his rod as a staff, climb the hills, and ply his quiet art in the brooks that wash the mountain side, or wander through the green valleys, shaded by the willow and the tasseled alder.” - Rev. George Washington Bethune, 1847
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First Trip of the New Year – Arkansas
Caroline’s Birth and Dedication 12/18/2011 – Family
Alaska December 2011 – Alaska
Thanks for visiting our site. It is our hope that we can offer you some up to date information on fishing the tail-waters of the Arkansas White River system, especially the Norfork and middle section of the White at and below its confluence with the Norfork. Click on the Arkansas tab for our latest posts.
We also offer some information on fishing in Alaska, mostly areas that are accessible by car. Primarily, we fish the Russian River and a handful of other spots on the Kenai Peninsula. We also frequent the waters of the Mat-Su/Parks Highway region, including Montana Creek, Willow Creek, and go as far north as Byers Lake. We have absolutely fallen in love with the Denali Highway and the Paxson area, and regularly report on the fishing there. Brent lived in AK from 2004 – 2009 and will be moving back in the summer of 2011.

Though our departure from Southern Appalachia has come, here and there we posted pictures and reports from the High Country in North Carolina. The Watauga River (well upstream of the dam) was the usual venue, but we fished lower Wilson Creek as well as a few other flowing waters in the Boone area.

We have some extensive photo files of driving trips posted under The Great American Trip, Alaska 2010, and On the Road 2011.


I bear hunted in Northern Maine a few years back and I encounter my first bull moose in the wild. Huge critters.