David's Adventures

I spent a lot of time in Louisiana working for the company I was tied to for several years.   I had to visit stores in Shreveport, Baton Rou...

Last year a friend of mine passed away.   He had had a long battle with cancer, and he didn’t win.   He had been instrumental in starting a ...

The Brookie Bash was actually the second fishing event I went on sponsored by the Long Beach Casting Club.   The first was a local trip to t...

As a Texan by birth, the two fish of choice are catfish and bass.   Yes, there are other fish in the waters, but catfish and bass are the re...

Once again Santa has made the news.   This time he was caught fly-fishing on the West Fork of the San Gabriel River for Project Healing Wate...

I was never an avid hunter, but I did enjoy it, and I always found it difficult to walk away from an opportunity.   Fishing was my first lov...

I fished freshwater for about 45 years before seriously considering saltwater fishing.   Oh, I had thrown a line into the saltwater on Padre...

What is it about a dog that attracts me?   They smell bad, they have fleas and occasionally ticks, they scratch, they lick, they bark, they ...

My favorite time of the year is the fall with the first couple of weeks of winter thrown in there for good measure.   Even though I look for...

At the time of my first journey into the wild in search of my first trout on a fly, I was experiencing failing eyesight due to cataracts.   ...

I grew up in Fort Worth and, at least in terms of food, it is the crossroads of Texas.   Influences from all parts of the state melted toge...