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Parts Unknown
"OH SHIT!" The words erupt without permission after two quick strips and a metallic flash engulfs my streamer. The rod pulses wildly as...

Allen Crater
Jun 30, 20204 min read


Taking The Bronze
I can feel the sweat trickling down my back. The thermometer is already pushing 90 and the humidity is on the rise. Even the beer is...

Allen Crater
Jun 16, 20203 min read


River Thoughts
“I choose to listen to the river for a while, thinking river thoughts, before joining the night and the stars.” If you've spent any time...

Allen Crater
Jun 9, 20202 min read


The River Gives
It's May in Michigan. The season has been wet with weather that can't quite make up its mind. A few days ago we had the furnace running,...

Allen Crater
May 26, 20203 min read


Lucky Hats
As I released the third cuthroat in as many casts, I was once again reminded of the incredible power of lucky hats. It was a...

Allen Crater
May 6, 20204 min read


Embrace The Suck
It's military slang that means to consciously accept or appreciate something that is extremely unpleasant but unavoidable for forward...

Allen Crater
Mar 21, 20204 min read


A Letter To Mom
My friends, Pat and Amber Casey, are bad asses. It's as simple as that. Not only are they incredibly successful hunters and anglers in...

Allen Crater
Mar 16, 20208 min read


Dog Years
Sunday mornings have always been our routine. Walks in the woods on Sunday mornings. And somehow she always knows what day of the week it...

Allen Crater
Jan 20, 20202 min read


Fishing Yellowstone - Three Generations, Six Rivers, Four Days.
It was supposed to be a hunting trip. My oldest son, Kyle, moved to Bozeman in 2018 to attend college and since that time my dad and I...

Allen Crater
Jan 13, 20208 min read


Sawtooth
A backpacking and fly fishing trip into the rugged Sawtooth Wilderness.

Allen Crater
Jan 5, 20207 min read


Bonds of the Wild
This moment, like all moments, is fleeting. It lives again only in the stories of older men shared around a campfire in the wild.

Allen Crater
Jan 5, 20202 min read


The Lessons Of Silver Creek
Sometimes it’s good for men my age to have things that remain unattainable. Things that are still unspoiled and left to the imagination.

Allen Crater
Jan 5, 20202 min read


Season's End
November brings the end of a season and a longing for a more simple time.

Allen Crater
Jan 5, 20202 min read


Solace In The Solitude
Three friends take a road trip through Colorado to chase solitude and wide open spaces while searching for trout.

Allen Crater
Jan 5, 20203 min read


Michigan Escape
Friendship and Fall trout in Northern Michigan...

Allen Crater
Jan 3, 20203 min read


Grandpa Didn't Fly Fish
Jon Osborn (Ozzy to his friends), is an old soul with a love for the outdoors and a serious penchant for storytelling - especially as it...

Allen Crater
Dec 28, 20196 min read


Ten Days in America’s Last Frontier
The sound of a calving glacier is difficult to describe. It starts with a loud crack, like the hands of an angry god clapping, but then...

Allen Crater
Dec 27, 201912 min read


Wyoming's Epic Wind River Range
Backpacking and fly fishing Wyoming's amazing Wind River Range.

Allen Crater
Dec 26, 20195 min read


Backcountry Canadian Pike
Part 1 - Making plans. It was March of 2016 and I was working on plans for a fishing trip to Canada with my dad and youngest son. This...

Allen Crater
Dec 25, 201911 min read


Pink Cake
It was the end of opening day at camp. The wood stove was burning. The stories of the hunt had been shared - growing taller as the...

Allen Crater
Dec 25, 20193 min read


