Don’t get me wrong, I love me some stout-shouldered stockers on the fly from time to time. It’s still fly fishing after all, and stocked trout can be challenging, even frustrating, if they’ve seen their share of flies. But, if given the chance, I’ll take chasing even a smallish wild trout on a natural, crazy-currented,… Read More Brookes Outdoors: West Virginia’s Elk River: Wild (Trout) Wonderful
Regrettably, sometimes we take things that are close by for granted. How many of us still haven’t seen some of D.C.’s famous sites? Then, when we finally go—usually at the urging of a visiting friend or relative—we hit ourselves in the forehead with the palm of our hand and mutter, “Why didn’t I do this… Read More Brookes: Burke Lake is Fab for Fishing
You don’t hear much about Buffalo Creek in the various Virginia fishing forums or on social media, but fly fishing phenoms (and friends) Joe Irby and Derek Hutton have been trying to get me to come down to wet a line in the stream for quite a while. I was interested, but like everyone else… Read More Brookes: Shuffle Off to Buffalo (Creek) | Virginia DWR
I was fortunate enough to have scored a Chesapeake Bay Slam (redfish/sea trout/striper) in Virginia waters. Indeed, I’ve been known to eat a Breakfast Slam (pancakes/eggs/bacon) from time to time. But I had not yet notched a Virginia Trout Slam. Being a bit of (OK, fanatical) “to-do” list maker, I decided that I definitely needed… Read More Dr Peter Brookes: Chasing the Trout Slam Challenge
Once-in-a-lifetime events come, well, once-in-a-lifetime. According to astronomy aficionados and galaxy glitterati, the much-publicized solar eclipse on April 8 may be one of those. For the uninitiated, a solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth. The moon blots out a portion (i.e., partial eclipse) or all (i.e., total eclipse) of… Read More Dr Peter Brookes | The excitement of an eclipse: make sure to view it safely
THE OUTDOOR FEED 