Our friend, Flyfish Randy, was a recent guest. He arrived with the mission of teaching the kids to fish, preferably one at a time. Here’s photographic evidence of his success!
Our friend, Flyfish Randy, was a recent guest. He arrived with the mission of teaching the kids to fish, preferably one at a time. Here’s photographic evidence of his success!
Posted by Ladder Ranch on July 29, 2017 in Folks, Friends, Nature and Wildlife
Tags: Battle Creek, flyfishing, Maeve, McCoy, Rhen, Tiarnan
Patrick and Sharon O'Toole are ranchers in the Little Snake River Valley on the Wyoming-Colorado border. They represent the fourth generation on the six-generation family ranch. The O'Tooles raise cattle, sheep, horses, dogs and children on their high country ranching operation. The transhumance operation stretches from north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado to Wyoming's Red Desert.
Pat has served in the Wyoming House of Representatives, the Western Water Policy Commission, and is currently President of the Family Farm Alliance, representing irrigators and water users in the western United States. He is active with several conservation and agricultural organizations.
Sharon is a writer and poet. She writes extensively on western issues, and the relationship between landscape, animals and people. She is widely published as an author, essayist and editorial commentator.
Pat and Sharon have three children. Their daughter, Meghan and her husband Brian Lally, live on the ranch with their children, Siobhán, Seamus, Maeve and Tiarnán. Meghan has also served on the Wyoming Board of Agriculture and the Environmental Quality Council, She and Brian are active in community service.
Daughter Bridget lives in Phoenix with her husband, Chris Abel, where she works in health care communications. Chris works in the food distribution business.
Son Eamon and his wife Megan live on the ranch with their sons, McCoy and Rhen. Eamon is a horseman and natural resource manager, and Megan is a flight nurse. Eamon is a member of the Wyoming Beef Council and is active in the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
The blog traces the activities and life on the ranch, from the mundane to the fabulous.
Martha on Lambing days are here | |
Martha Kennedy on Floodwaters | |
Ladder Ranch on The Last Lament (hopefully) | |
Ladder Ranch on The Last Lament (hopefully) | |
Martha Kennedy on The Last Lament (hopefully) |
flyfishrandy
July 30, 2017 at 10:28 AM
Sharon, I think it was very appropriate to see your post as Claudia and I are on our way to church. It reminds me how blessed all of us are to live in a free country with special places like Ladder and having the opportunity to share that love with young children. They are all so different but our shared passion connects me to all of them. What an honor it was for me to take them. Tell them I’m working on the next angling step for them that will be a fun surprise when I come back. See all of you then,
FlyFish Randy
Lois Herbst
July 30, 2017 at 10:44 AM
How nice. No one fished on this ranch, just worked. Good you could teach the little cowboys and cowgirls from the Ladder Ranch to fish. Extra cute photos.