About one and a half years into my being a member, The North American Fly Fishing Forum was acquired by Fish & Fly LTD of the UK. And since then our membership grew form a few thousand to 29,600 and is getting larger every day. As all of the changes that came with becoming part of a global network of online publications began to take affect the administration felt that adding an Alaskan section to the site would perhaps be popular with the members. I was quite surprised when I was contacted...

Almost a year ago I was contacted and ask to write an article about Internet Fly Fishing Forums. When I submitted the document the publication ask if I could get this down to 500 words or less Yeah, right, needless to say this one has been on file for a while.


You may or may not know that the concept of the Public Forum has been around for over 2811 years, however over the past ten years the...

In case you haven't a clue as to what this is about; there is a thread running which asks if we are somehow not living life to the fullest because we are prohibited from using the feathers of the great Blue Heron as well as other members of this family of birds. I'll reserve my comments here where they should be safe. The thread addressed the issue of Heron's being protected and matters of illegality in possessing the feathers in the United States. I will move point to point with my opinion and...

For a Bull Moose around where we live surviving isn't so much a matter of making it through the hunting season, it's about making it through any of the seasons. Our moose have been adapting to the development of land and the coming of new homes pretty well. They wander through yards and forested areas alike searching out whatever browse they can find to help them survive the winters. On our little piece of Alaska they have a three acre place of refuge but three acres is not sufficient as a feed...

I will admit that winter is long and it's taking its toll on us here. I haven't much to say but I'll write down the most recent news from our little niche on the planet.

After a 2 day warm front that reduced our snow pack by about 6" of loft we are getting some snow to make up for the loss. I would be in Anchorage today but for the treacherous roads I have rescheduled the trip and its business until Monday, today is Friday I should add.

So trapped at home so to...