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Hopefully you’ve read through the six blogs that contain our Leadership Pathways. Here they are once again: 1 Chart The Course Leadership Pathway #1 – Leaders chart the course through personal invitation. 2 Creating Ripples Leadership Pathway #2 – Leaders create ripples through developing and discovering meaningful ministry roles for disciples. 3 The Tug Is… Read more

You probably have no idea who Ned Kehde is (or how to pronounce his last name) and I wouldn’t blame you. He’s the man (myth and legend) behind a fishing technique called the Ned Rig, which is one of the highest performing fishing methods out there. For me, he’s the model to follow. I wouldn’t… Read more

Years ago, my friends and I took our first fishing trip up north to Minnesota. I rigged up an extra-long couch pallet in the back of my truck to hold the kayaks up top so we could store our gear below. 2 out of 3 of us were new to fishing up north – we… Read more

Years ago my wife and I took a vacation to a bed and breakfast on the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country – a perfect fishing hole on private property miles away from the hustle and bustle of city life. The Haven River Inn is the perfect culmination of all that the Texas Hill… Read more

Maybe you’ve heard an angler tell you that “The tug is the drug.” I wouldn’t be surprised if you haven’t! But…the feeling is real for those who fish – there is no other sensation like casting out a line and feeling a voracious underwater predator hit your lure! Especially when it feels like there’s a… Read more

On a good week the stars align and I’m able to get up early on Friday or Saturday morning and get down to a local river around dawn and spend the cool of the morning casting a line from my kayak in search of big, Texas largemouth bass. Fishing from a kayak has one huge… Read more

The last few summers I’ve taken a week-and-a-half-long trip up north with a few friends to fish the scenic waters of the Mississippi and Crow Wing Rivers, along with a handful of the lakes close to Little Falls, Minnesota. Compared to Texas in the summer, Little Falls is cool and the fishing is hot! It’s… Read more