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Author: Chris Leonard

People who fish: Scott Flint

  • by Chris Leonard
  • in Sports and Outdoors
  • — 26 Jul, 2013
people who fish

Writer’s Correction, posted Aug. 5: Scott went from Chile to Argentina with Greg Henderson and Paul Cohen, fishing chocolate glacier melt. When Scott was with John Griber and Andrew McLean, they got back[…]

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Mission accomplished

  • by Chris Leonard
  • in Sports and Outdoors
  • — 22 Jul, 2013
fishing

Large expedition lands big fish and big smiles I’ve known thirteen-year-old Nick Cruz for a few years now. We go back about six, when I was enthusiastically coaching Mighty Mites[…]

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Silver Lake Fly Fishing Academy gears up

  • by Chris Leonard
  • in Arts and Life · Sports and Outdoors
  • — 1 Jul, 2013
silver lake fly fishing

There’s a new sheriff in town. Actually, Marty Thompson has been with the Mono County Sheriff Department now for a few months, so, technically, he’s not that “new” anymore. And,[…]

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Fishing with a sibling

  • by Chris Leonard
  • in Sports and Outdoors
  • — 17 Jun, 2013
sibling fishing

My brother Scott has about 90 total minutes of fly fishing in his life of which I am aware of, and he is up here this entire weekend solely to cast flies with me and our friend Mike. Now is the time to put him on trout if there is any hope of injecting the love of fly fishing into the kid. The stakes are high.

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Wounded Warriors get on the water

  • by Chris Leonard
  • in Sports and Outdoors
  • — 7 Jun, 2013
wounded warriors

There is a certain truth to the statement: When you volunteer your time to serve others, you get more than you give. Last Tuesday, that was the conversation which I found myself engaged in with two armed forces service personnel at McGee Trout Ponds. You get more than you give.

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Bridgeport’s got great peaches

  • by Chris Leonard
  • in Arts and Life · News · Sports and Outdoors
  • — 3 Jun, 2013
fishing and friends

“There are HUGE peaches in this river!” Those are the exact words that Francesca Flammini kept hearing me state, over and over again while fishing the East Walker River out of Bridgeport, a week ago Saturday. I was going after these large, healthy California peaches with a Size-20 Beadhead Black and Silver Midge.

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