Archive for January, 2010

30 Years After The Best Game Ever

Posted on January 31st, 2010

Everyone born after 1980 missed out. Or if you were too young to remember or didn’t manage to watch for some reason, you missed out. I was eight but I remember that run like it was yesterday. I wanted to play on the Olympic Hockey team one day but then my family moved to Florida before they had ice rinks and that was that.* If you want to rehash it, track down the HBO documentary not the Disney movie. Or here’s some grainy footage on YouTube. *(Lack of talent maybe, too.)

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FLORIDA: Tarpon Foot Work

Posted on January 13th, 2010

The thing about Florida is, the accessible water to fly fish by foot can be staggering if you know where to find it, especially if you know which back waters serve as juvenile detention centers for the progeny of silver kings. Marshall DeMott, a fly fishing guide based in Naples (and a regular at Flies and Fins), sent word of his hard work turned good fortune on a recent outing. Most of you know that a good day on the canal is maybe two hookups….this was exceptional and we think the extremely cold weather shut down the hunger drive and when it warmed up, the Tarpon raided the lunch box.” Well played.

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Subversive Elements in Children's Literature

Posted on January 4th, 2010

Read a book 6,372 times in a year and minor details creep into your subconscious, fostering questions. How come you don’t say goodnight to the fly fishing rabbit? Why is the rabbit holding the net in mid cast? Why is he fishing for another rabbit? Is the illustrator promoting cannibalism? Pointless research reveals it is shameless self promotion. The fly fishing rabbit painting in Goodnight Moon is from a scene in another book by the author and illustrator, Runaway Bunny. Either way, I need to get out more.

Subversive Elements in Children’s Literature

Posted on January 4th, 2010

Read a book 6,372 times in a year and minor details creep into your subconscious, fostering questions. How come you don’t say goodnight to the fly fishing rabbit? Why is the rabbit holding the net in mid cast? Why is he fishing for another rabbit? Is the illustrator promoting cannibalism? Pointless research reveals it is shameless self promotion. The fly fishing rabbit painting in Goodnight Moon is from a scene in another book by the author and illustrator, Runaway Bunny. Either way, I need to get out more.

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HOW-TO: 5-Step DIY Rod Tube

Posted on January 1st, 2010

1. Go to hardware store. 2. Buy PVC stuff 3. Glue PVC stuff together 4. Breathe in PVC Glue, depress nervous system 5. Adorn with accumulated stickers [Inspiration derived from Urbn Outdoors last spring. He went further, making rod socks and streamer cases.] UPDATE: Original inspiration goes WAY BACK to the Headmaster of the Brownline School, JP the Roughfisher. Here’s his original post, with apologies for not remembering where I got the idea.

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