Monthly Archives: November 2010

I Am Thankful For Rental Cars and Butterfly Peacocks

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Look Ma, Two Hands!

From the depths of Spey Nation, or really just the mind of 40 Rivers, comes a new blog called Bottom Hand. It’s about this way that people fly fish by doing some weird shit with their hands on a really … Continue reading

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Failed Attempt At Self Portrait

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Smooth Operator, Operating Correctly

The Corollary: If you’re going to take something up you might as well try to get better at it, and Alex is right in saying the people who do it best have figured some things out. How? After extensive phone … Continue reading

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Why It Doesn't Matter if You Suck At Fly Fishing

I’m an Alex C fan, and a post he wrote a while back resonated with me. Not as a call to reinvest my energies into some sort of fly fishing Samurai code but to ask the question, Does it really … Continue reading

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Flies Tied, McRib Consumed

I hadn’t had the meal since the Clinton administration, and the vise has sat dormant since May. Now is the time for reawakenings. A recent trip to Florida left me exposed, with a box full of stuff picked from bins … Continue reading

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Culinary Adventures of the Angling Traveler, Part 1

For a week straight I popped ciproflaxin, metronidazole, and loperamide from a Pez dispenser. The forces within rebelled like William Munny on a bender, making me reexamine my place in the universe. Starting with, why did I eat the fried … Continue reading

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