Shane Townsend

Search & Rescue (SAR) teams are on call 24 hours a day to help get hunters, hikers, and other outdoors explor…

The hunt is on. We drop off the wind-whipped mountain road and descend through the fog toward the rain-drench…

Imagine, if you will, that COVID-19 is behind us. You're downtown in some state capital-hopefully for a day o…

The old saying goes: "Red on yella, kill a fella. Red on black, a friend of Jack." Another variant says: "Red…

Pond, puddle, reservoir, impoundment, tank-for many folks these words conjure images of mud, manure, cattle, …

Disasters, like politics, are local. So, ask about the baddest storm and chances are you'll hear " Sandy" in …

A couple cold "Cocolas" and two packs of salty peanuts buy us the OK to park my Jeep at the country store whe…

"We was feeling pretty good after breakfast, and took my canoe and went over the river a fishing, with a lunc…

The best cowboy is the one who’s in the way the least. Same goes for greenhorns—those of us who’re curious en…

“The pirañas were eating the boy there,” José said, pointing down the red dirt bank to the muddy Amazonian wa…

"May the mullet brown in abundance upon his frying pan." -Traditional Biloxi, Mississippi, Blessing In our re…

Corpus Christi Bay is tequila clear and cellophane slick this morning. When my kayak slipped over the oyster …

Silence is as close as a Bose headset on a passenger plane. But not quiet. Quiet is the sound of a rainbow tr…

From the canyons of Big Bend to the cypress swamps of Pine Island Bayou, the waters of Texas have something f…

Looking back, I'm not sure if he was my dog or if I was his pet gringo. We met in Marquina, a freeze-dried an…

“Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.” ― Sun TzuM…

Photo by Gorman Studio If I could have only one tool, it'd be a machete. People around the world have long re…

Why do we consider some fish iconic and others aquatic refuse? In this series, we focus on American fishes no…

Catch a tripletail on a fly rod: That's the plan. But as anyone who's spent a year south of I-10 knows: plans…

Our fate hangs by a thread just around this bend. If the limb-line is taut, we'll dine on fresh catfish fried…

Cold fog hangs white like muslin over the Juneau morning, masking the waters of the Taku River. To the Native…

Scone, Scotland may not be the epicenter of the flyfishing world; but this morning, it feels like it. A hundr…

Silence is as close as a Bose headset on a passenger plane. But not quiet. Quiet is the sound of a rainbow tr…