Have you ever spent much time around a boat landing? Boat landings are busy places. During periods of heavy boat traffic and congestion, especially holidays, there are times one must wait in line to either put their boat in the water or take it out. The docks get crowded quickly. Around boat landings, there is …...

You often hear people say, “there’s something in” Clemson’s hills, but there’s also something in its streams. That’s where you’ll find groups of Clemson University students casting flies when the weather’s right. Mike Watts has been teaching fly fishing as part of the university’s leisure skills program for about 15...

Does everyone have a “happy Place?” A place in one’s mind where one can displace their present location, escape their present circumstances, totally ignore current events around them, and smile with a sense of warmth and assurance wherever this place might be? And be happy while you are thinking about it? What ignites one to...

The 4th of July is a difficult time to have some serenity on a trout river, being summers’ most popular holiday. The air temperature was a delightful 57 degrees driving across the mountains towards Brevard NC. I had no business driving to the mountains to fish this weekend. I knew from the beginning that I …...

My fly boxes are a wreck most of the time. A garbled wad of fur, feathers, and steel in a plastic box dating all the way back to the late ’70s. And that sounds old, even for me. Most anglers organize their fly box by fly type and hook size, color, and whether its fished …...