Last night, while driving home from our usual Wednesday night work on getting Stray Casts off the ground, I somehow pulled a muscle on...

STRAY CAST: The Cubs season reminds me of an old float down the Vermilion River; the dam at the cement plant ahead. (OK, paddlers will...

OK, I was wrong the other day. Both of the Butt Buckets outside of the town's corner tavern were not themed for the Chicago Bears. No,...

When I moved to Chicago, 30 years ago to the week, one of the things I brought with me were old fishing rods, including an old Zebco 202...

STRAY CAST: Jeff Samardzija’s retaliations remind me of finding out an admired dry-fly fisherman tips his Royal Coachmans with maggots....