Josh Williams

About Josh Williams

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Josh’s Reaper Midge – Making It Official

This past February, I had the amazing opportunity to have a write-up featured in none other than Orvis News blog. It was on the tailwater tactics, and the birth of a midge dry fly/emerger I developed for such waters. The pattern, Josh’ Reaper Midge, caught the attention of Orvis fly guru Shawn Brillon. After some tweaking […]

Learning From Our Children

These days, I don’t get to fish like I used to. The days of fishing 2-4 days a week after work have been replaced with overtime at work, working a side business, housework, exercising in an attempt to keep up with a slowing metabolism, and being a father and husband. The weekends are reserved for more […]

Josh’s Reaper Midge

Every once in a while, tyers get a new pattern tightened up enough to say, “That’ll work.” I’ve finally got a new midge pattern I’ve been working on close enough to leave it alone. No more modifications, no more adjustments. That’s a hard thing to do for an OCD person like myself. But the pattern has […]

Half Cocked

Ever since being deployed in Iraq, I’ve had an elevated sense of awareness that comes with spending some time in a war. The kind of awareness that causes you to evaluate everyone in the room when you enter, look behind you periodically while walking down the street, and trust no strangers. Most of those I served […]

Healing Towers – Day 8

The last and final day of my Healing Towers adventure. What a trip. There were so many firsts and so many memories made. I woke up so excited to be on my journey back to my family. And of course to show everyone the hundreds of pictures taken. Ed and Cleave had an early flight out, but mine […]

Healing Towers – Day 7

We woke up on a little later this last day. Since we were docked and in no hurry, the usual anchor motor alarm was on snooze. Ed, Cleave and I all got up at the same time and headed up the steep and intricate stair path leading from the dock to Healing Towers. We got slapped […]

Healing Towers – Day 6

I woke up before Garry cranked the anchor on this day. I didn’t really sleep much due to the halibut we hadn’t found from the day before. I felt robbed. It sucks when you do everything right and things still just don’t work out, but that’s how things go sometimes. Garry wanted to look for […]

Fly Tyers Weekend

Not too long ago, I got an email from a man named Byron Begley. Byron is part owner of a very successful East Tennessee fly shop called Little River Outfitters. This place does it all from schools to guide trips to mail online shopping. Their whole vibe makes you feel comfortable as soon as you walk […]

Bob Grebe’s Virginia

This is just a quick post on a really great opportunity we were fortunate enough to have happen. It seems like so many great things have been happening to us at DDO lately. We are so thankful for that. Bob Grebe, of Fox 21/27, recently met up with me to learn a little about Dead […]

Teach Them Young

There’s nothing in this world like having a child. I am so blessed God has given Lisa and I not just one child, but one boy and one girl. That right there is what we like to call the American dream. Just as many mothers wish for a daughter to take trips to the mall […]

Healing Towers – Day 5

Day 5 of the Healing Towers trip started like I’d always imagined Alaska to be. First thing you see when you wake up is a big ol’ grizzly. It was digging for clams during low tide, and I was kind of captivated by the whole process. It was just a cool thing to see. I […]

Go Outside Festival

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Last year, I was invited by the folks at Orvis to participate in the Go Outside Festival at their tent. The event, which started in 2011, is aimed at representing all of the outdoor recreation activities available in the region. It has taken off, to say the least.

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