Archive for January, 2009

2009: Year of the Farm Pond

Posted on January 7th, 2009

Last year I declared 2008 “The Year of the Carp.” That didn’t go so well for me. Catching one on fly is still a huge priority, but you can’t dedicate a year to the same thing for two terms consecutively, or something like that. So I’m adjusting my goals. The year 2009 will be, for Fishing Jones at least, The Year of the Farm Pond. I’m setting the modest target of fly fishing on ten different farm ponds throughout the calendar year. I’ve got two farm ponds in mind that should be easily attainable–they sit on the property of family friends–but the time has come for strategery in regards to the remaining eight. [Editor’s Note: If you have or have access to a farm…

Ruthless Gangsta, Definition Villain

Posted on January 6th, 2009

We like pike. The reasons are manifold: It is the first game fish we pursued as kids. Pike eat flies. Big flies. Pike grow big. For a freshwater fish, anyhow. Pike have teeth. They can put the hurt in you, especially if you show up wearing a nancyboy stripping guard. (This means you ZB.) Pike are nasty gangster predatory ambush torpedos. You can sight fish for pike. Pike jump. Sometimes anyway. On three separate but documented and verifiable occasions at least. Pike double over eight weights. Pike put the laughter in “manslaughter.”* *(Actually a fact about Chuck Norris.)

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