I have fished with some accomplished fishermen and fly fishermen throughout the USA, and the world throughout my military travels and writing assignments. However, for the life of me,  I cannot recall anyone quite like a ex- Coal Miner and Federal Mine Inspector, who is also a Adventist Preacher who moved from: almost heaven,  West Virginia down to the NC Coast off Sneeds Ferry and the New River. A great number of freshwater streams flow into this ancient coastal river. It flows into the

Mama and the kids received a unique Christmas present that has no batteries to install, just a little bundle of brown fur ball: a Boykin Spaniel Puppy for the New Year-2019. It is just a little bitty thing, a tiny, seven-week old bundle of curly brown hair, with pericing eyes that arrived by vehicle prior to Christmas, and it is a nice keeper as any of you readers can clearly see.  I have gunned quail behind the champion quail dog "Sally of the Santee" when I was a young fellow, and some

"OWAA Outdoor Writer JOE GUIDE BLOG- A FISH OR FOWL Story each month of the year. Storys for father's to read to their sons or daughters who love the outdoors as well as fishing and hunting.    I would like to tell you a story from opening day of North Carolina 2018 Waterfowl season. It is a hum dinger of a true story, and I hope you will like it and comment on it if you do like it.                                                                                                          ++++++

If you read my stories about growing up in the lowcounty outdoors, you can see that  I had a pretty good life for a kid. I had a lot of cousins and uncles and some were a bit wild, but were all characters that enjoyed the outdoors, and fishing, hunting and camping.      When my mama got hurt in a lawn mower accident the Dean of the Deptartment of Optomoligy from Medical University of South Carolina  named Dr. W.W. Volloton M.Div, PhD saved her eyesight when a lawnmower boy... hit a rock as she