RFRodfather Expeditions

Field Guides

Long-form, practical, no filler. Written from the water and the trail, checked against the data. New guides weekly.

Solunar

Solunar theory, explained like an engineer

What major and minor periods actually are, when the moon matters, and when it absolutely doesn't.

Rivers

Reading USGS streamflow before a smallmouth float

CFS, gage height, and the rising-vs-falling rule that decides whether your float is a slugfest or a skunk.

Backcountry

The sub-1-lb backcountry fishing kit

A complete alpine-lake kit that disappears in a backpacking loadout — tested on Sierra granite.

More coming: bank fishing after cold fronts · tide stages for flats species · drone-assisted bait placement law & ethics · winter walleye on power-plant discharges.