Monthly Archives: October 2011

Camouflage

Makes sense about that pre-wiring for ambush.

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Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater

Sing Me Back Home

I would never argue they’re the most challenging fish or that casting from a mowed patch of St. Augustine equates with an emerald bonefish flat, but it’s something I like to do. And on the technicolor scale they take a … Continue reading

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Me and Albert

A time ago I took a correspondence course from the Shakey The Mohel School of Film. Anyway, here’s some less than stable shots from an old trip* that at least shows somewhat the blast of chasing false albacore. *(Repurposed from … Continue reading

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Filed under Fly Fishing, Northeast, Offshore, Video

Bass, Menhaden, Everything

The striped bass of the Chesapeake, and therefore the Eastern Seaboard, got a dose of good news this week with a big spike in the Young of the Year numbers. I spoke briefly with my friend John Page Williams of … Continue reading

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False Albacore and the Blowing of Minds

Uh…(slackjawed) Found via Epic Blitz.

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Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Pimped Content, Video

Karmic Payoffs Do Not Exist

I emailed the forecast late last night to Nick Murray, who responded “Too late to back out now.” OK, then. I’d already bailed on a Montauk trip this week, and got burned by it. Stripers still eat during Small Craft … Continue reading

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On and Off the King’s Highway

The delivery captain loosened up and had some stories about things. New Age mystics had commissioned him for a night trip, once, and he lost power, and a strange green light rose up around the boat. Then one time a … Continue reading

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Unanswered Postings

Wanted: Drummer and bass player to comprise rhythm section of power trio. Looking for  Fugazi-style vocal foil arrangement set against the backdrop of late 80s emerging Wetlands jam band funk noodling, with a one drop backbeat and a strong Creedence … Continue reading

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Don’t Care How Big Mama Is

This ain’t no tournament and I ain’t got no sponsors to placate. If you’re willing to take on the surface it’s all well and good.

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Appointments To Keep

“Yesterday I got a call from the outside world but I said no in thunder.” –Jim Harrison

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Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast