Adventures

“When the amount of a tip begins to hurt,” he said. “That’s just about right.”

“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”

Thirty-one years ago I showed up on a ranch in Argentina…

“None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.”

Fishing guides are an interesting study in the human condition.

As September deepens, so do summer friendships, and the circle around the bonfire grows tighter in response.

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”

All manner of wonderful things can be found in the boxes behind the old wood stove.

“It all comes around on the river,” he once told me. “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. When you lose… you can usually get even.”

It was my first summer in Alaska, and I was learning the ropes from an old guide, named Rusty.

I looked painfully at my Grandfather, who winked and bumped over his glass of wine.