The Outdooress

Blogger Tour 2012: A Writing Contest

Rebecca — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:55:36 +0000

When I was a freshly hatched fly fisher, my first destination fly fishing trip was Yellowstone National Park. I figured I had 2 months of self taught fly fishing under my rod, I had caught 3 or 4 wee little trout (mostly by accident) and clearly I was ready for the big leagues. As far [...]

For the Wayward Internet Fly Fishing (babe) Seekers…

Rebecca — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:43:14 +0000

So, one of the handy dandy internal programs here on this site of mine is the ability to see how people stumble their way to my website via organic Google search terms. This is a screenshot (I could not resist taking) of an afternoon worth of search terms that Google took a look at and [...]

Bonefishing is hazardous to your Fly Fishing routine…

Rebecca — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:00:28 +0000

It’s been a year now since I went Fly Fishing for Bonefish on Andros South, which means I can officially swing into a nostalgic frame of mind. When I started down memory lane, I started going through my photos from the trip. Then I started watching the videos I took during the trip. Then I started thinking about my [...]

Sportsmen Descend on DC to Save Bristol Bay ~ Pass it Along

Rebecca — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:06 +0000

The following is a guest post available to all outdoor bloggers who have an interest in the Pebble Mine/Bristol Bay issue. Please feel free to re-post it on your blog. (Passed along from the conservation section over on the OBN ~ Go check it out, copy it from here, copy it from there, but let’s [...]

Spring has Sprung?

Rebecca — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:07:49 +0000

Over on the OBN I asked people from across the nation to share Spring pictures for all (me) to enjoy. In everyone’s pictures I’m seeing blooms and greenness that is making me rather envious. Bandon and I went down to the river the other day because: I was going stir crazy and it was getting ugly [...]

A Fly Fishing Project to Kickstart

Rebecca — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:02:14 +0000

First Up. It’s been awhile. I KNOW...and that’s all I need to say about that. I wanted to jump onto this neglected site of mine today and give a shout out to a project I think is rather swanky. Many of you are already familiar with Mr. Unaccomplished Angler: He who is creator and Author [...]

Dear Fly Fishing Santa

Rebecca — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:00:25 +0000

Dear Fly Fishing Santa, Obviously you didn’t get my letter last year requesting a Drift Boat and one bonus Elf to row it for me. I am still Drift Boat-Elf-less. However, you should know straight up. I forgive you for this oversight. We are good. No hard feelings or grudges are being held on my part. [...]

CPR: Catch Photo Release

Rebecca — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:36:06 +0000

When I was a wee fishergirl and I’d catch a small fish, I can remember having this conversation with my Dad, often. He’d praise my catch and then say, “Becca, let’s let that one go so he can grow up a bit more and then someday you can catch him again.” When we would return to the [...]

Fly Fishing: The Confectioness

Rebecca — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:36:54 +0000

I blame Andrew Bennett of course. Him and his Deneki Lodge in the Bahamas. Since the March FIBFEST, all I’ve had is bonefish on the brain. Lesson learned: If you start your fin follower season off on an extremely high note, the rest of the year is bound to make you feel like an unaccomplished [...]

Where Art Thee Fly Fishing Blogger…

Rebecca — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:20:33 +0000

First off, lack of blog posts over the last 3 months should not imply that I haven’t been busy busy… For example, at the beginning of the summer the Outdooress persona got her own LOGO. One might think getting their own logo is an easy process. However, when you work with someone who has a [...]

Chinook Festivities have begun…

Rebecca — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:14:00 +0000

It’s that time of the year when I put my Fly Rod down and become a gear chucker for a few weeks. Why would I do such a thing you (fly fisherman) may ask? Well, because it’s Chinook Salmon and a raging river (see photo below) that is not kind to fly rods and barely [...]

Outdoor Action Shot ~ Fly Fishing Style

Rebecca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:13:28 +0000

For the Outdoor Photo Prompt “Show us the Action” on the Outdoor Blogger Network Photo Analysis: Reel Spinning ~ Check Fingers pulled back out of harms way ~ Check (yes, I learned that lesson the hard *WHACK* way) (Ok…a couple of times) Line into the backing ~ Check = Bonefish On! Or perhaps another view [...]

I meant to do that (and other fly fishing flubs)

Rebecca — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:05:21 +0000

Flub #1 ~ I caught this fish when technically I was trying for a different one that I missed. Flub #2 ~ My pronunciation of Tom Larimers last name. Flub #3 ~ Try to act all smart and cool-mo-dee when trying to hold a slippery (little suckers) bonefish. As you’ll see in the video, the fish taught [...]

Sea Shells By The Sea Bunny…

Rebecca — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:00:54 +0000

Until last month, my beach combing experiences have been limited to the Oregon and California coast. That means for the whole of my life, finding a non-broken seashell was considered a major treasure score. If it was a non-broken seashell bigger than my thumbnail…well, stop the presses and behold the most amazing seashell..ever. So imagine [...]

MNRiverdageous Lunkerdooress Scavenger Hunt

Rebecca — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:00:26 +0000

So this fishing blog of mine is going to expand it’s horizons today and participate in some community fun, scavenger hunt style. We are mostly fisherman, right? Which means we enjoy a challenge, thrive on the seek and net aspect of life. So this should be right up everyones river, especially since this river has [...]

And Sometimes, A Fly Fisher Must Self Time Out..while Bonefishing

Rebecca — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:30:37 +0000

Day 1: Deneki FIBFest, Guide Ellie– fishing partner Bjorn of Bonefish on the Brain... When my red toenails stepped up to the deck of the boat for the first time, Bjorn said, “Watch, you’ll catch a bonefish on your first try. Beginners luck is on your side..“ One single cast, a few panicked strips of my line, [...]

Home is not where the Bonefish are…

Rebecca — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:45:35 +0000

I’m home now from the Deneki FIBFest. Someone please pass me a box of tissue because I’m not entirely happy about that fact. It’s not often that a one week trip will give me enough blog fodder to keep this site in business for months. I have pages and pages of notes, I have 19 [...]

Day 2: Bonefish are not a WhiteFish!

Rebecca — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:42:16 +0000

Enough said…right? Deneki Andros South FIBFest is a little slice of heaven. Please accept my following apology. I’d write more, but I must go fly fishing right now. WOOOHHOOOO

Fly Fishing for Bonefish is definitely not Trout Fishing…

Rebecca — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:02:20 +0000

I made it through my first day of Fly Fishing for Bonefish here at the Deneki FIBFest. (without shark attacks–didn’t get lost in the mangroves) I caught a Bonefish on my very first cast…ROCKSTAR status… (or so I thought for a Milli-Second until the humility smack down began) But then…the Trout Fisherman in me reared it’s ugly habits [...]

Deneki FIBFest in Andros South On NOW

Rebecca — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:20:45 +0000

First order of business ~ The Winner of my 100th Post Thank You Gift has been chosen by the Mighty RNG. Comment #35 turned out to be Shoreman (Mark) of the always interesting blog Northern California Trout. I already gave Mark the good news and he has gone off to A Year On the Fly [...]

An Impromptu Saltwater Fly Fishing Class…

Rebecca — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:16:18 +0000

Ok, ready now. Deneki FIBFest, Here I Come! This week I had an impromptu, pretend I was fly fishing on saltwater class, from a legit—knows what he’s doing and how to teach it, casting instructor— Michael Bantam of DreamcastIdaho. Basically, I tried to pretend the weather was 80 degrees, the water was blazing blue and there [...]

My 100th post and a Thank You Gift

Rebecca — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:25:29 +0000

I imagine I would have hit this 100th blog entry mark Ohhh…. last fall if it wasn’t for that unfortunate Outdooress sabbatical while something else needed my care and attention. But I’m back and for those of you who didn’t kick me off your feed reader for slacker status, I wanted to offer a thank [...]

I forecast a High of 80 degrees and a chance of Bonefish

Rebecca — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:35:59 +0000

It’s probably a good thing I’ve been busy from sun up to sun down lately and just noticed this morning that it’s March 16th. As in…Holy Bonefish…I leave for the Deneki FIBFest, Andros South, in exactly 9 days! This may or may not be a good time for random admissions. It might be more prudent of [...]

Fly Fishing With a River Damsel and a Cardboard Kirk

Rebecca — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:31:49 +0000

This weekend I had the privilege of taking Emily aka The River Damsel out for two days of fly fishing. Our first day of fly fishing took us to an un-named river fly fishing for big brown trout. In typical Rebecca fashion, the batteries on my camera were dead and I didn’t have backup. So the big [...]

A Delicate Presentation

Rebecca — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:25:36 +0000

I realize that if I don’t start posting here soon, I’ll be forced to kick myself out of my own Outdoor Blogger Network. I think that would be rather embarrassing… I’m not sure why I’ve been so negligent about posting here the last few months other then I’ve been distracted. I’ve been the person trying [...]

Bandon the Resentful

Rebecca — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:07:40 +0000

Over on the Outdoor Blogger Network I prompted the Outdoor Blogging community to share their favorite four legged friend this week for a Photo Challenge. I figured it was about time I stopped working so much and joined in the fun. Typically I refer to my golden retriever as “Bandon The Bashful” but I’m convinced [...]

I went all the way to Montana to be Nice…

Rebecca — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:27:15 +0000

…To Whitefish Last year, on December 30th I made my one and only New Years Resolution for the year 2010. It was a risky pledge, one I thought might tumble into disgrace at one point or another, so for public accountability, I wrote my resolution…here~~> I Resolve, To be Nicer to Whitefish in 2010 or, for [...]

The Outdoor Blogger Network…Co-Founder Does Post (finally)

Rebecca — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:32:58 +0000

It could be considered shameful that 3 days after the official launch of the Outdoor Blogger Network one of the co-founders is finally making an announcement about the project on her own blog, but seriously, I have a totally legit excuse. Hear me out…. I was planning on writing this post on Mondays big day and publishing [...]

Tricky Tricky

Rebecca — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:22:21 +0000

Oh the fun you can have on the Internet. I’ve spruced up the ‘About Rebecca’ page with a visual explanation of that Outdooress chick. Since my blog entry count has been sparse lately, I thought I’d share it out here as well, front and center. (I’ll take any bonus points I can get) If you [...]

Dropping The (Fish) Ball

Rebecca — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:23:07 +0000

A common problem in life: Sometimes we focus in on one thing and something else suffers in the process. Conventional wisdom would define this as “Dropping the Ball” and lately, I seem to be dropping my blogging ball. It comes down to a simple math equation revolving around the hours in a week. Work (blah) [...]