One Wild Summer

FROM THE FIRST OF JUNE TO THE END OF AUGUST, YOUHAVE 92 DAYS TO FISH, HUNT, CAMP, AND HAVE THETIME OF YOUR LIFE. LET’S DO THIS

- T. Edward Nickens

The river ran 15 feet from the camp stove, and I shuttled back and forth from the water to the frying pan, swapping out a spatula for a fly rod. I could make a solid half-dozen casts before I had to run back and flip the smallmouth bass fillets sputtering in hot peanut oil. I didn’t want to miss a minute—not a single second— of one of the best days of my outdoor life.