Monthly Archives: April 2010
How Species Cease To Matter
A sobering essay on disappearing migratory fish from the Yale E360 environmental journal. The author, who wrote Heartbeats in the Muck, makes a point that applies everywhere: Mitigation for the loss of wild runs of these fishes was most often … Continue reading
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The Little Brother of That Fish On Moldy
He sure didn’t need hoisting like Big Mama. But he did come from the Chessie, so sort of kind of the same experience. Yes, that’s what it was.
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Travel
Pretend You're Six, Win NuCanoe
Or, rather than commit contest fraud, have your actual kids enter the ongoing Fishy Kid Writing Contest. You have to be 17 or under to participate. John Kennedy Toole wrote his first novel at 16, so get on it. The … Continue reading
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Pretend You’re Six, Win NuCanoe
Or, rather than commit contest fraud, have your actual kids enter the ongoing Fishy Kid Writing Contest. You have to be 17 or under to participate. John Kennedy Toole wrote his first novel at 16, so get on it. The … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Lit, Media, Other Blogs
Landing Striped Bass In A Muskie Cradle
My colleague John Page Williams, who works for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, is also involved in the Maryland CCA. He turned me on to Careful Catch Maryland, which is promoting the use of catch cradles used by muskie anglers to … Continue reading
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And So It Begins (Book Saga Continues)
Tosh Brown flew in to Baltimore and I was an hour late picking him up, violating one of my guiding life principles: Never piss off a Texan. But the book project rolls on. We beelined it up to Havre De … Continue reading
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The State Of Bonefish and Tarpon
I asked Dr. Aaron Adams a few questions about the state of bonefish, tarpon, and permit, particularly in Florida after this brutal winter. I also asked him about the mission of the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. Here’s what he had … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Q & As, Save the World
So You Want To Catch a Bass, Son?
The first thing you do is drive west. Past all the planned communities and through the endless horizon of cane fields, some thick with smoke from controlled burn, and make your way to the big lake. Then drive onto and … Continue reading
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