“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” John MuirDateline: Upper Upstate New YorkI’ll be...
Fishing with small children is a passion of mine. I did it with my children, and I’m doing it with their children, my grandchildren. It’s one of the greatest positives in my life. And so, I’m going...
When B.A.S.S. released the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule, I was as shocked as everyone else when I saw the Columbia River listed. I was surprised and also very excited about the fact that...
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”-Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank RedemptionAs I write this column, my father, Mike Brasher, is exactly 160 days from his...
Dateline: MemoriesI’m going to be honest with you, I’m dreading next week at the final regular season Elite event of 2018 in Waddington, NY.It’s been highlighted on my calendar for months now...
I just watched the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Classic Bracket presented by Bass Pro Shops. In a word, it was “incredible.” But I could also add “dramatic,” “exciting” and a bunch more...
Man, it’s hot right now. The dog days of summer are brutal and, for me, this is the time to unplug, relax and just enjoy a much-needed break.I did just that when my fiancee McKenzie and I joined a...
Shimano’s new Curado 150 DC won the Best of Show Casting Reel award at ICAST, and both during the show and ever since then it seems like the vast majority of questions I’ve received from fellow...
It’s starting to get close to the time of the year when I start putting together what I need for my saltwater fishing trips. That means I’ll spend hours and hours tinkering with my tackle because I...
I’ve caught some darn good smallmouth over my professional career. And, while I don’t claim to know everything there is to know about them, I have learned two things. One is that they’re random....
