A short story from my friend Larry Gavin. Thanks Larry Fishing Dog That summer the dog was the size of a Volkswagen.  It seemed to grow each season in proportions so out of reason that I stopped thinking about them. According to the rumors around the Oasis bar, it was trained to attack viciously any […]

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As all of you are going through withdrawal from lack of trout fishing, don’t forget about the abundance of Iowa trout. With a warm winter on the way this Iowa trout streams could cure your winter blues. Here is a report from my friend Jeff Henkemeyer on a recent outing to Iowa. Hey Andy, Fished […]

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Joseph Meyer is a friend , writer and proprieter of One More Cast fly shop in Chicago. He has allowed Gray Goat to add his stories for your pleasure. Enjoy, there will be more…..   We are a loosely bound team of casting instructors who gather at Fly-Fishing shows and we donate our time giving […]

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  After some thousands of generations, the fish we have come to call Salmo trutta, or brown trout, had established itself in all of the suitable cold and clean waters of what is now Europe, the British Isles, Northern Africa, the Middle East, Scandinavia, and sub-Arctic Asia.  The fish lived in all of these waters […]

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When the chance to learn a little about my second favorite past time comes along I never let it slip by. Here is a report from a friend on his latest taste testing from the world of barley pops.   -Andy When Andy asked me to do a piece on my experiences with beer, my […]

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From time to time I am certain you deserve to read the thoughts of others. My crude writing style (if you can even call it that) does not always move smoothly or coherently. But I know people who can write and I like to read.  If those of you who read this blog would like […]

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