Orlan Love

Wild Side column: A Christmas pheasant and an agate are among discoveries during the winter months

Wild Side column: At Orlan Love’s house, holiday meals include birds and fish found at the source, not packaged items

Wild Side Column: It’s not unusual for rivers to shape shift

Wild Side column: 17-inch smallmouth bass made wishes come true

Wild Side column: Season opens Saturday and though numbers are way down from peak times, it’s still fun

Wild Side column: Fishing was memorable, but the sights, sounds and solitude was even better

Wildside column: Pools 9 and 10 are among the best, but other places down stream work, too

You don’t have to go far to find a great place to spend your time in the outdoors

Wildside column: A new “deadly dangle“ technique was discovered during a recent outing when the traditional one wasn’t working.

Butterflies have been hard to find this summer and Texas is the key to survival.

Wildside column: A lack of shade didn’t bother the fish on this day — and that was OK.

Wildside column: Fred Love, the author’s son, landed a 5-pound smallmouth bass that had “a lot of power.”

Department of Natural Resources fisheries management biologist Mark Flammang describes the fast-growing, hard-fighting hybrid striped bass that are thrilling anglers and tearing up their tackle at Rathbun Lake and several other Iowa reservoirs as “the common man’s trophy fish.”

Wildside column: From butterflies to bass, the Maquoketa River is coming back.

Wildside column: Projects include ponds, wetlands, oxbow restorations, grass waterways, on-road detention basins, a grade stabilization and a water and sediment control basin