Author: Larry Chesney
Living on the Flip side.
A final chat with Flip Pallot By Larry Chesney During our first interview a few months earlier, Flip discussed hunting and fishing out west, how Hurricane Andrew changed his life, and his experience growing up around the pioneers in saltwater angling. That included Lefty Kreh, Flip’s dearest friend and mentor. Here then is a final...
A Farewell to Flip
On August 26 of last year, Phillip “Flip” Pallot passed away due to complications of surgery. By Larry Chesney As a reader of Rivers and Feathers, you’re no doubt familiar with his skill in the art of fly fishing as well as his stewardship of the wild places he treasured. I had the good fortune …...
Hearing protection (and enhancement) designed for the outdoors.
I wear ESPs on the range, in the woods, and in the living room. If you look around on Rivers & Feathers, you’ll see an ad for hearing protection? Why? This is a fly fishing website, and fish are not particularly noisy. The fact is, many fly fishers like to sling lead when they’re not …...
PALMETTO CREEK is an entertaining mixture of characters, critters and craziness
Riversandfeathers Publishers note… On behalf of the staff at RIversandfeathers.com, we are excited to support Larry Chesney and his new book, Palmetto Creek. Even though this maybe a hunting book, one can get a taste of his excellent writing style and understand why we are excited to have him support our writer and staff at …...
Fly Fishing with Duke
It was late July, and it was hot. Sweaty, gritty, South Carolina summer kind of hot. Along with the seasonal discomfort, my wife, Kathy, had been spending too much time dealing with work. And I was working more than I cared to, which actually wasn’t very much. Meanwhile Duke, The Super Dog, was still recovering …...
The Cosmic Power of Water
Photos compliments of Winged Reel, Forbus Photography, Rivers & Feathers, and CfR. Story by Larry Chesney Like rocks smoothed and shaped by the river, so are the hearts of those who wade there with rod, reel and fly. Their smiles are warm and genuine, bearing no hint of the pain they endure each day. These …...
No Fishing In Your Pajamas
And other strange, silly and downright dumb attempts to control our right to fish. If it weren’t for fishing rules and regulations, our waters would be virtually depleted of species. Recreational fishermen probably wouldn’t have anything left to catch but shiners and a few sand sharks. Of course, any set of laws that has been...
Fishing With the Rich and Famous
Eric Clapton, Michael Keaton, Lindsay Vonn; they like to toss a fly just like the rest of us. The odds of running into Jimmy Buffett at the dock, or Tom Selleck at the fly shop are pretty slim, but there a lot of celebs who enjoy wetting a line like the rest of us. Here …...
Pondering a pond
Author’s note: This story first ran in SPORTING CLASSICS magazine in 2015. While it’s not about fly fishing per se, it does acknowledge a special place where many of us first became lifelong fishermen; with flies, or otherwise. There are several theories on what differentiates a lake from a pond. Some say a lake is …...
25 Heartbeats
By: Larry Chesney Bring only the bare necessities when packing into the Weminuche Wilderness. No chainsaws, no motorized vehicles, and, above all, no crowds. Occasionally, Congress does something right. In 1975, the assemblage designated an area of the San Juan and Rio Grande National Forests as the Weminuche Wilderness – an area that...
