Badger Flats or Bust:  Part 1

Badger Flats or Bust: Part 1

The mountains are calling, and I must go. – John Muir I’m heading out on a week-long fly-fishing trip in the mountains of Colorado in this fine camper. It was originally a utility trailer we borrowed, then flipped and, as my dad always taught me, “You break it;...
Fly Fishing in Kansas

Fly Fishing in Kansas

Kansas is a great place to fly fish because of the varieties of fish you can catch. Bass, walleye, crappie, and every other species that live in Kansas water can be caught fly fishing.  Since fly rods are typically much longer and have much lighter action than...
Daring to Dream for Our Communities

Daring to Dream for Our Communities

“Our communities need us to dream for them.” Marcia Taylor-Trump As I traveled to Howard down the undulating two-lane road sandwiched by sienna-colored prairie grasses of the Flint Hills, I reminisced about previous trips there. In my high school football days, I...