Matt SmytheOct 11, 2011BLOODY KNUCKLESIt was a morning like any other morning on the water. Then it wasn’t. Big nasty pike got a whole jaw-full of strip-set-streamer-and-eight...
Matt SmytheSep 26, 2011FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG AT HOMETwo years have now officially passed since my first blog post. It’s been a great ride so far, and I consider myself fortunate to have the...
Matt SmytheSep 23, 2011THE IDAHO TRIP: HENRY’S FORKWhen we were planning this trip to Idaho, right up to the week prior, there were gaps in our itinerary. Even after we had finished dinner...
Matt SmytheSep 20, 2011THE IDAHO TRIP: THE SOUTH FORK, DAY 2The next morning our drive to the South Fork felt entirely different. It was the same landscape of sprawling grain fields and foothills,...
Matt SmytheSep 19, 2011THE IDAHO TRIP: SOUTH FORK OF THE SNAKEDAY 1 By 9:30 we had packed the truck, eaten some breakfast, gassed and coffee’d up and were on the road for our four hour haul to Idaho...
Matt SmytheSep 15, 2011THE IDAHO TRIP: PAYETTE AND SALMON RIVERSOut front of the hotel and across the highway, the geese were up, flying west/southwest at 7 a.m. just as they had the last two mornings....