Gallery & Outdoor Journal
Welcome to the Quiet Waters Gallery & Outdoor Journal. Above you will find the gallery slide show. Below you will find posts from the Quiet Waters Outdoor Journal. The Quiet Waters Outdoor Journal is filled with the type of writing that seems to be uncommon in today’s SEO driven world. The outdoor journal is home to my musings on nature, life, death, and adventure.
The Trout Rill
Crouched down with my back to the wind, I pulled my hood over my head to shield myself from the icy wind that gnawed at my neck. With my other hand I dug through my pocket, grasping for a plastic wrapped packet of HotHands. I coaxed the packet out...
The Golden Hour
Idling away from the ramp, the orange street light glow was slowly swallowed by darkness. He looked back to the east, but the first hints of daylight had yet to leach into the sky. He had a long run ahead of him through a cutting northwest wind. It...
Subgroup B
The person who introduced me to fly fishing was part of an established group of very capable fly anglers. Some had pedigree. Others brought skill, but everyone had something to offer. The group offered vast knowledge of fly fishing which they...
First Light in the Back Country
Where the flats meet the forest, sits the wild outpost of the back country. It remains untouched by the plague of progress. Its magnificent beauty is amplified within the deepest reaches. The wildest fish live in seclusion, inhabiting secret coves...
The Death Flat – Our Own Walker’s Cay
-“It’s impossible for a saltwater flat to be more barren.” -“This is a place where fishing dreams go to die.” -“I would kill for a ladyfish right now." -“Dear Lord, please send a school of Jacks to this awful place.” These are thoughts I’ve had...
Fly Fishing For Tarpon – Dock Lights
Fly fishing for tarpon is about as good as it gets for fly anglers. It only takes one fish before the process becomes habit-forming. An unholy amount of dopamine floods the brain’s reward center when your fly line comes tight to a tarpon....
Happy Belated 50th Birthday to Snook Alley
"How are they catching snook at night?" "An alley full of snook? That can't be true!" "Who gave it the name 'Snook Alley'?" "Where is it and how do I get there?" These were the musings of a 9 year old sitting at the breakfast table and combing...
Welcome to Rocky Land
The Rocky movie franchise in a nutshell is the story of a man coming from nothing, overcoming obscurity, getting battered by the champ, and then showing he could hang with anyone in the ring. It's a great metaphor for the process some willingly...
The Passing of the Unknown Angler
When Lefty Kreh passed away in March, his life was rightly celebrated. Tributes overwhelmed Instagram and Facebook feeds for days. The heartwarming stories of chance encounters and old tales of epic fishing trips with the fly fishing legend,...