AZ Wanderings


Book Report: A Fly Fisher’s Guide to Arizona

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One of the best purchases that I made when I began fly fishing in Arizona was Will Jordan’s Fly Fisher’s Guide to Arizona. Living just outside of Phoenix, it was difficult to believe that there was any water in this state, let alone, ice cold waters teaming with wild trout. The Fly Fisher’s Guide to […]

Paying it forward: or why there are no pictures of quail…

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  It all started the evening before. Sometimes, I’m feeling lazy and I don’t set the alarm. I had made the choice to leave my hunting vest and shotgun out and ready to go. But being that I was pretty tired, and I figured that if I slept in, great. On the off chance that […]

KC Badger Brown Trout Original Pre-Sale

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If you’ve been living under a rock and have not been following along here or on facebook, the KC Badger Brown Trout Original T-shirt is on pre-sale right now. I even added a little incentive to the mix. So now, if you purchase one of the Brown Trout Shirts, I’ll throw in one of the […]

Rambling Review: Cabela’s Stowaway 6 Fly Rod

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Rambling Review – Cabela’s Stowaway 6 Fly Rod Why: I was looking for a backup 5 weight that I could easily transport, wether just throwing it in a pack for a backcountry trip or packing it into luggage for plane ride back to NY. Four piece fly rods are plentiful, but trying to find a […]

New T-shirt: KC Badger Brown Trout Original

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Arizona Wanderings has teamed up with local legend KC Badger for the new artist series t-shirt design. For those that do not know KC is a household name in the BMX industry and a well known face in the fly fishing scene in Arizona too. I had seen several of his fly fishing art pieces […]

Fly Fishing Arizona: Holding on to the Dream

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Spent the day in the mountains with my buddy Antonio, who from here-forth shall be known as Samurai Tony. The reason being that Antonio has discovered tenkara. We fished a nice creek and found some willing fish to eat our flies. Watching Antonio fish with his tenkara rod, I could see that he was having fun and I can […]

Arizona Quail Hunting with Dan Priest of AZ Quail Today

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The clock read 5:15 when I rolled into the Wickenburg McDonalds to meet up with Dan Priest who founded both Arizona Outdoors Adventures and AZ Quail Today. We sat and drank coffee, just talking and telling stories and eventually decided to head out after some birds. It was nice to see some new country, and Dan’s dogs […]

Wall of Fame: Texas Quail Hunting

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Check out these photos from Pat and his recent Texas quail hunt. Note the awesomeness of the I “Quail” AZ t-shirt.  Thanks Pat for your support. The photos are from a recent quail hunt here in Texas.  My hunting partners were my nine year old son, Sean, and our dogs, Angel and Sassy.  Sean started the […]