Ebony Of Lone Oak 1999 – 2013

Obituary Yesterday we had to have our old Lab Ebony Of Lone Oak put down. She was slowly dying before our eyes from a nasty combination of age-related problems. A gentle pet and  eager retriever, Ebby began her thirteen-year career in 1999 as an outrageous eight-month-old  puppy and retired after the 2011 season to spend her …

It’s Tweener Time

As the New Year festers on the horizon, threatening to cut a wide swath through our hopes and expectations, lighten your load with a brief moment of laughter. As you may recall from a previous lesson, a “Tweener” is a cartoon that’s a little too raunchy for outdoor publications but too outdoorsy for Playboy. It’s …

Annual Winter Outing: Heart Of America Fly Fishers

The HOAFF winter outing at Bennett Spring State Park is one of our most popular events each year. Always the first weekend in December, the weather is usually pleasant but this year Mother Nature out-did herself and smiled on us with 60-degree afternoons. A picnic lunch near the spring on Saturday, followed by more fishing …

Opening weekend at the Five Guys & A Swamp Duck Club

  Shotguns boomed… retrievers retrieved… four gadwall, one pintail, and one shoveler fell… and my left knee sent me straight to the DL. It’s an old high school football injury. I didn’t actually play high school football; I got drunk and fell in a urinal at halftime. Things can only get better from here.