A Rough Summer on the Yellowstone

A Rough Summer on the Yellowstone

The recent news of the temporary closure of the Yellowstone River to all water-based recreation hit close to home. On July 19, my friend Bruce Cochran and I were floating the Yellowstone in a drift boat with guide Chris Fleck, fly-fishing for trout. Exactly a month...
Fall: In Full Color

Fall: In Full Color

My favorite time of the year is upon us. October is the most colorful month of the season. Literally. In Missouri and Kansas, that’s when the forests are splashed with orange, red and yellow as the leaves turn colors. I remember many impressive displays of Mother...
Mourning the loss of old fishing buddies

Mourning the loss of old fishing buddies

Spence Turner and Chester Pew didn’t have much in common. Spence was in the public eye, a well-known fisheries biologist who was a pioneer in building Missouri’s trout program to what it is today.  He was known nationally for his work that resulted in good fishing for...
About BrentFrazee.com

About BrentFrazee.com

OK, I have tried this retirement thing for three weeks now, and it’s time to join the real world again. I mean, a guy can’t fish every day, can he? It’s time to start writing again. After 36 years as outdoors editor of The Kansas City Star, I’m ready to move on....