Annual Report for 2023

As I turned 74 just prior to Christmas, I reflected on my outdoor adventures during the past year.

My fishing year began auspiciously. In an earlier column I related that my first trout of the year was a husky 22-inch rainbow. It was a prelude of fine fishing to come. I landed another trout even larger than that.

The May fly-fishing during sulphur mayfly hatches on the BFO River was outstanding. (Clover Creek’s sulphurs have been wiped out.) Unlike other years when I often cannot find room to fish there during these wonderful hatches, I was able to find stretches of river where I could enjoy a...