Freshly back from a wonderful trip to the Out Islands of The Bahamas. I angled Andros’ South Island. With tidal creeks thick with bonefish to allow long fishing days in high wind, Andros is the best bet for many, and big, bones in this hemisphere. A remote island that had no electricity until 1987, it’s…

This used to be a neighborhood.  Hundreds dead.  The people are hopeful, however, beautiful and will persevere.  Abaco strong.

I’ve just returned from an autumn trip to Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky, MT.  I had a wonderful visit trotting to the crest of scenic overlooks on horseback and chasing brown trout in the Madison River system.  Fall is a great time to visit Big Sky and Yellowstone National Park.  Despite -4 temperatures and…

Andy and I just returned from Quebec after a week-long trip.  We started in Quebec City, where we enjoyed Old World charm and the opulence of Chateau Frontenac in the Old City.  We then headed to the Gaspe Peninsula, five hours east along the shore of the saline St. Lawrence River. We spent two nights…

I just returned from India, where I joined Suman Panwar, a conservationist and Indian villager, Andy Danylchuk, a Patagonia ambassador and fish biologist and Aaron Alter, a visionary on a mission to understand why the 150 year-old population of brown trout disappeared from the Assi Ganga River, one of the most holy rivers and a…

My eleven-year-old son Reid and I just returned from a great trip to Alberta.  We enjoyed opulence at the Banff Springs Hotel and a meter of fresh powder at Ski Big 3 (Norquay, Ski Sunshine and Lake Louise).  We managed to take a day from skiing to ice climb, which Reid did for his first…

I just returned from an incredible trip fishing for pike, lake trout and arctic grayling out of Manitoba, Canada’s 5-star remote lodge, The Lodge at Little Duck. The fishing was stellar, with 50 fish days, landing 39″ lakers on a 10 weight fly rod.  The lake also held northern pike and the river trophy arctic…

Andy Irwin, 13, and I just returned from Yosemite.  We had a fabulous experience.  The valley is so congested in the summer that we limited our time there to an afternoon.  Later we explored the Sequoias in Mariposa Grove, Glacier Point, and then headed to the backcountry via Tuolumne.  We hiked 7.1 miles into the…

My father and I just returned from the Bradford Camps in northern Maine. A turn-of-the-century sporting camp, these camps have been in constant operation since the 1890’s.  Igor Skiorsky, III (bush pilot and grandson on the inventor of the modern helicopter, among other things) and his wife Karen own the camps.  Opulent meals, tight daily…

My longtime climbing partner, Conrad Yager and I just returned from the Canadian Rockies.  We struck out to climb the Bugaboo Spires, but alas the park was closed due to forest fires.  So we sought out Athabasca 2 on the border of Jasper Park.  An alpine start, two glaciers and 1000 vert of scree later,…