Jeff Samsel Fishing

I awoke a little later than normal this morning, and Nathaniel's truck was already gone. He had left just before daylight to meet a fr...

Asher's first fish of the morning, this brook trout, took an Ugly Bug I had tied with fur from a stuffed dog named "Shad Fly....

It seems I might have told Autumn a story on her eighth birthday. You see, I told her she had caught a warmouth, a species she'd never...

Birthdays and fishing often go together around my house, as I fairly commonly take my children to a nearby pond for a while on their birth...

A birthday celebration around here often includes a trip to the pond, and No. 5 for Eli was no different. He put in a request for such an ...

Nathaniel says he got the present when he took his younger brother Asher on a bass fishing outing for Asher's birthday. In truth the o...

Birthdays often are fishing days in Samsel-land, and today was no exception. Time didn't allow for a very long outing, but in truth a ...

When birthday plans allow, we often find ourselves on the way to the pond for a little Samsel-style celebration. Today, which is Asher...