Anglers can be a predictable bunch. If you know one or happen to be one, you know how you can get settled into certain habits and patterns, and be reluctant to change. Anglers can be hesitant to try new places, new techniques or even methods. It’s too bad because often these new methods and techniques […]

In Maine, there’s a rich tradition, and lots of remaining examples, of wilderness sporting camps that deserve your consideration for a summer getaway. “Unique to the state and over 140 years old,” says Alice Arlen in her delightfully informative book, “In the Maine Woods,” and “although some people think of these camps as ‘hunting and […]

The other day, as I was driving home from work, I accidentally hit a swallowtail butterfly as it looped into the path of my car’s grill. The subtraction of a single butterfly would have been no big deal to most people, I know, even though the big black and yellow butterfly with tear drops at […]