by Geremy Olson | Jul 1, 2020 | Parenting, Sportsmen
This last week I had the opportunity to watch my son Peter teach a seminar to high-school students titled “The Science of Fishing.” In his talk Peter talked about the importance of understanding the scientific method and designing fishing tackle. Sounds pretty...
by Geremy Olson | Jun 20, 2020 | Parenting, Sportsmen
There a lot of opinions out there about raising kids, some good and some bad. Add in raising kids in the outdoors and those opinions tend to get a little more passion behind them. People love to implement absolutes on all kids and treat them all the same. The people...
by Geremy Olson | Jun 6, 2020 | Parenting, Sportsmen
There are a lot of people out there who want to learn to fish and are looking for someone to teach them how to fish. If you’re that person don’t be afraid to ask until you find help. The toughest part about writing this article is picking from the collage of...
by Geremy Olson | May 12, 2020 | Corporate, Education, First Responder
It has been just over 15 years ago now that I was injured as a volunteer firefighter while engaging a wildfire near my hometown at the time. As I laid in my hospital bed asking what happened, many people gave their opinions, quick anecdotal answers, and life...
by Geremy Olson | May 1, 2020 | Parenting, Sportsmen
Picking the right lake to fish can be a task that even on a good day can be tough if you know how to fish. Now, if your learning to fish and learning how to take a kid fishing, it can seem daunting. Add not knowing who to ask, makes picking a lake, with fish that are...
by Geremy Olson | Apr 14, 2020 | Corporate, First Responder
I had an interesting discussion with someone last week. We were talking about statements like these: “You’re a volunteer, you’re not a real firefighter.” “You have a job so you can’t be in ministry.” “You’re at the bottom of the seniority list, you can’t be a...
by Geremy Olson | Apr 1, 2020 | Parenting, Sportsmen
It was a hot summer day and I‘ll admit my patience was pretty low. But I still took the kids to one of our favorite shore fishing spots for a night of fishing and a campfire. Peter was about three at the time and was showing his independence every chance he could get....
by Geremy Olson | Mar 17, 2020 | Corporate, Education, Parenting, Sportsmen
I had one of those nights in parenting that could have gone horribly wrong. I did take my own advice and I took a deep breath, thought the situation through, waited to open my mouth until I was sure I would say something intelligent, useful and educational. We have...
by Geremy Olson | Mar 2, 2020 | Parenting, Sportsmen
For many of you, you are reading this article because you, like me, have an internal, unquenchable longing to be in the outdoors. Others of you are reading this because you are looking for information on how to participate in outdoors activities for the first time or...
by Geremy Olson | Mar 2, 2020 | Corporate, Education, Parenting
I remember when I was in grade school I had a friend whose family didn’t have a TV because “there was to much garbage on there”. Fast forward 35 years and you will hear the same statement about the internet, social media, news, etc. I had the same question then as I...
