OF MAY, MUD, AND MOOSE IN MAINE
Matthew Dickerson The first moose was a big bull. It stepped onto the road a hundred yards in front of my car and began to saunter across, without consideration of […]
Tag Archives: fly-fishing
Drifting the Deschutes: Trout in a High Mountain Desert
October, 2015 When I think of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, I usually have in mind more coastal areas. All but one of my previous visits to Washington or Oregon […]
The Philosophy of Brook Trout – Review by Tom Sadler
Tom Sadler, Executive Director of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and a founder of the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture has just published a very kind and glowing review […]
What a Middlebury College Professor Learned About Life From Fishing
Matthew Dickerson’s recent interview on Vermont Public Radio. Click here to listen to it. (About six minutes.)
Author Interview with Sioux Falls’ Argus Leader
David O’Hara was interviewed this week by Peter Harriman of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. Harriman is no stranger to angling for trout, and he’s a good interviewer. You can […]
SD Public Radio Interview
Karl Gehrke interviews David O’Hara about Downstream on South Dakota Public Radio. Click here to listen.
Review of Downstream: “Book Looks Downstream And Inward”
Thanks to Kelly Sprecher at Augustana College for a nice piece of writing about our new book. Here’s an excerpt: O’Hara, an associate professor of philosophy and classics, and his […]
Ecology, Trout and Tired Limbs
Ecology, Trout and Tired Limbs The day was winding to a close, my legs were exhausted, and I hadn’t seen a single trout. It was a Saturday. I was […]
Fishing High and Dry
Fishing High and Dry Matthew Dickerson The temperature was hovering just below freezing when I walked out at dawn, squeezed into my waders, and prepared to head two miles up […]
The Beaver Dam
The Beaver Dam Matthew Dickerson, 2009 In ancient Greek, the words “muthos” (a forerunner of the modern English word “myth”) and “logos” (related to our word “logic”) were almost interchangeable; […]