Monthly Archives: November 2009

Birds, Rip, Expectations

Nothing like coming up on it and having it all laid out in front of you. The representative Northeast scene on a November day, with bait popping and birds busting. Only minor detail is, no one told the game fish. … Continue reading

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You're Only As Faithful As Your Options*

    In the piscatorial sense, we are all whores. No one does right by any one place or species. We experience long stints of faithful behavior to certain waters, or intense periods of focus in pursuit of a single … Continue reading

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You’re Only As Faithful As Your Options*

    In the piscatorial sense, we are all whores. No one does right by any one place or species. We experience long stints of faithful behavior to certain waters, or intense periods of focus in pursuit of a single … Continue reading

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A Shoeless Salvation

At the moment I’ve got three goals in life: To play an acoustic set in a dive bar, catch a 100-pound tarpon on fly, and live somewhere where I never have to wear shoes again. Ted Williams (the hitter, fighter … Continue reading

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Things You Don't Like To See at the Launch Ramp

  That shadow across its back is from my head. It was actually closer before I fumbled for my camera. Gators don’t mind the brackish too bad, do they?    

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Things You Don’t Like To See at the Launch Ramp

  That shadow across its back is from my head. It was actually closer before I fumbled for my camera. Gators don’t mind the brackish too bad, do they?    

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Common Threads in Fishing Cinema

The two movies that fishermen gravitate to are Jaws and A River Runs Through It. Other than some crazy big fish action the movies are disparate in countless ways. Yet they are quoted by the same anglers, often on the same … Continue reading

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So There's This Docklight…

I’m not supposed to go there anymore but nobody’s usually around and nobody would say anything if they were, and it gets dark now at around 5pm with Daylight Savings and, what have you, and sometimes if you need to … Continue reading

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So There’s This Docklight…

I’m not supposed to go there anymore but nobody’s usually around and nobody would say anything if they were, and it gets dark now at around 5pm with Daylight Savings and, what have you, and sometimes if you need to … Continue reading

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The Fishy Kid Adult Coloring Contest

Fishy Kid, the org started by Cameron Mortenson of Fiberglass Manifesto and his buddy to help parents get their kids psyched about fishing through a kids coloring contest, is now running an ADULT COLORING CONTEST. Who’s got skills?

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