Jeff Ell
JEFF ELL: You’re Only Allowed One Truly Great Dog
There is an immutable law of the universe that not many people care to talk about. An incontrovertible principle that we all quietly accept, but rarely choose to acknowledge.
Dog...
JEFF ELL: Snow In May
"Snow in May-Poor man's pay . . ."
That’s what an old farmer told me. But...
JEFF ELL: The Four Seasons: Fishing, Girls, Cars, Fishing
“When I was a kid I was into fishing, then I got into cars, then...
JEFF ELL: The Makeup-Free Forest
Like "Maggie's face in the morning sun," the leafless world of early spring is when...
JEFF ELL: Relocated Wildlife
It’s illegal to relocate wildlife in Virginia. So if you have a nuisance raccoon or...
The Time Has Come for The Hunter-Gatherer Burka.
The cops had me surrounded. I was lathered in sweat, my hands were stained with a dark liquid, and a yet unidentified substance was...
The Cut of Remorse
It doesn’t take a lot of woods to turn someone into an outdoorsy type.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to have tens of thousands...
Surf Fishing For The Big Ones
If you go to the beach this summer you should know about something that’s happening at night down near the water.
I’m not talking about...
The Foolishness of Furiously Fast Food
I was given a free coffee at McDonalds last week.
The manager gave it to me because I had been standing in line for 4...
Fishing Girls Cars Fishing
In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to fishing.
It was Lord Tennyson who said that a young man’s fancy lightly turns to...
Blood and Art Speak Across the Centuries
Spain recently reopened the Altamira Cave to the public. You might not recognize the cave by name but you’ve undoubtedly seen photos of it...
