Monthly Archives: August 2009
Working Lunch of Champions
Fried chicken and fresh brewed sweet tea do a body good and get the mind working right for top notch editorial commentary. Not pictured: mango slices. [Editor's Note: mangos rock.]
Filed under Non-fishing randomness, Stupid Stuff, Worthless Opinions
TYING: Bendback Experimentation
Copped this idea when I saw a version on the vise at Atlantic Outfitters. Not sure if they came up with the idea but I’d never seen it before at least. I brought home some Mustad 1/0 O’Shaugnessy hooks to … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Stupid Stuff
PHOTOS: Killer Vintage Salt
Page 38 of Fly Fishing in Salt Waters Shared via AddThis The latest issue of Fly Fishing In Salt Waters contains an awesome article by Ed Mitchell about pioneering salt water fly fishing with bamboo rods. The photos for the … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Media, Photos, Pimped Content
Going Up Around The Bend
The car thermometer read 94 over asphalt today. If I’m going to be hot, make it worth it. I’ve got ideas. Put me in the back country and erase any semblance of chronology so that a word like “Tuesday” loses … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Worthless Opinions
Lesser Crimes Against Fly Fishing And Humanity
Nantucket Reds Meatloaf (the singer) Flies bought at Wal-Mart. Species Dissing Trolling (flies only. Trolling smokers for pelagics is good. Real good.) Scent Fishing in car commercials. Fishing in beer commercials. Fishing in enlarged prostate medication commercials. Keeping score out … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Stupid Stuff, Worthless Opinions
House Work
The congregation of baitfish assembles in the presumed protective coverage of the house. The gamefish, working solo or in numbers, hunker in the same false security. The fly that lands in the shadow line can’t be a threat. Can it? … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Northeast
BLOGS: Flats Walker
New blogs pop up every day, but not all of them from Cayman Islands bonefish guides. And so far the posts on Flats Walker look solid. From an account of his first fly experience: I’m standing on the northeastern-most tip … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Media, Other Blogs, Pimped Content
Down with the Disease
Why would a grown man, already suffering from the known reasons for sleep deprivation, get up at 5:30 in the morning and drive an hour away to fish some nondescript municipal pond overrun with Canadian geese? Carp, that’s your answer. … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Northeast, Other Blogs
The Kids Are Alright
Get your sons, daughters, nieces and nephews involved in fly fishing. Start by going to the Fishy Kid site and downloading the coloring book, and entering the coloring contest. Then, with the gear they might win, teach them how to … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Media, Save the World
Brown Beasties From Out West
My buddy Chris Hodge sends photographic evidence that he is not missing the east coast striper scene one bit since he went west again. As he said in his note, “I’ve been studying fishing purely streamers and I think it’s … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Photos, Pimped Content
