While back in New York, the roof project took up most of my time as we worked 6 days a week and most time finished up about dark. On Sunday we all took a break, and after a heavy rain had soaked the thirsty soil, I opted to use what little energy I had left…
After a long time coming, I am happy to present two new t-shirt designs to the Arizona Wanderings Shop. T-shirts are on sale until Sunday for $15. These shirts are high quality 100% cotton and a great way to support Arizona Wanderings. Many thanks to Jason Jones for his help on the logo. Pick yours…
We have decided to do our roof this way, since Experienced roofers suggest it is better to have Slate Tile Roofs. If you’ve been wonderings why things have been slow around the site, here is the reason. Headed back to NY and with the help of my brothers and some good friends from home, we…
The weekend of June 30, I had the opportunity to head to the high country of Arizona and participate in the Hunting and Angling Heritage Workgroup for the second time. The winter meeting was a great opportunity to get introduced to many of the members of the HAHWG, and I was extremely excited by what…
The AZ Caddis Pupa A very simple caddis pupa pattern to stock in your small stream box. Not too many materials: Hook: #18-#14 caddis hook Bead: Gold, Green, Silver Body: Vinyl Rib Collar: Green Hare Tron Dubbing Thread: 6/0 Uni Thread Green
The story goes: I hiked for a long ways. Spotted a big fish. Against all odds, my 20 minute stalk worked, with the big boy taking a brown mini-hopper. About 15 minutes later, I paid the price for this monster with a #8 hook in the face. My fault. Had my good buddy Antonio push…
From Switzerland we took a train to Italy where we spent 5 nights in Vernazza, one of the five towns of Cinque Terre. We wandered from town to town and enjoyed the slow pace of of small town life. Arguably the best food and wine of our trip was here in Cinque Terre, and we…
From our beautiful stay at the Manior de Malvoisine, my wife and I took the train to the Palace of Versailles. We wandered around the beautiful and lavish palace and then walked through the maze of gardens. We were informed that each flower and all plants in the garden were kept in healthy conditions with…