D. E. Larsen, DVM It was the third week of the fly-tying class I took through Linn Benton Community College. The course was conducted in the evening at Sweet Home High School. “Tonight, we are going to tie a popular nymph, the tied-down caddis,” Red said as he laid out his materials. “Most of theContinue reading “The Blue Heron”
Category Archives: Wildlife
Old Three Toes, From the Archives
D. E. Larsen, DVM When I was growing up in Coos County one rarely encountered a Coyote, except on the high ridges. We didn’t think much about it at the time. That was just the way it was. I remember the first coyote I saw, on the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, on a cold morningContinue reading “Old Three Toes, From the Archives”
The Camping Trip that Wasn’t, From the Archives
D. E. Larsen, DVM I stood up to peddle harder as the last half mile was steeper. I wished I had one of those new bicycles with gears to shift. When the advertisement said you sell to your neighbors, they didn’t remind you that your neighbors were two miles away, uphill. At 12 years ofContinue reading “The Camping Trip that Wasn’t, From the Archives”
Memoirs of a Country Vet 