Category Archives: Freshwater
Bad Craziness, North Country
My brother-in-law and my nephew took a trip up to a remote fishing lodge last week, kicked off by a no-holds-barred crash landing. All, save for the plane, walked away relatively unscathed. The fishing, not coincidentally, was reportedly off the … Continue reading
Filed under Freshwater, Travel
Even The Bass Pile On Sometimes
I Google Earthed the locale near my hotel. Water. Accessible water. Sometimes the satellites do not present the full picture. I took to Beta testing some bad-ass prototypes from WT. Prognosis? They cast well and swim well. Fish? What do … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Uncategorized
Dangerous Beauty
Downloaded the underwater shots from my recent pike fishing expedition. Some people see ugliness in her face, but I see cold calculating elegance. Even here, subdued, her eye has a look like she’s sizing up the possibility of biting … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Northeast
Carp Sex
I had a small window of time to get it done today, my only alloted fishing time this week. The carp were getting it done, too. Full on spawn. Funny how pheramones and the need to proliferate trump … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Northeast
Have At You
The northern fishing was strong to very strong.
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Uncategorized
Largesse
Thank you for subscribing to two of the deadly sins, avarice and gluttony. Thank you for trying to eat the object making raucous splashes that doesn’t really look like food, just in case. Thank you for jumping.
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Uncategorized
Crackhead in the Park
Oftentimes it seems presentation trumps selection, but sometimes it really is the fly. Thanks JP, for the carp crack.
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Uncategorized
The Angler’s Palate: Cubans
This is the suburbs, man, there’s no need to pack in supplies. Everything is just down the street. But ritual dictates a stop at the local convenience for a sandwich wrapped in cellophane. There are better, more proper, cuban … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Uncategorized
Dispatch from the Brownline South
Get your creep on and move down the shoreline in a crouch, hiding your profile from the beast tucked into the limestone bank, and then your backcast freaks an iguana that dives headfirst into the water. Everything splits. People … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater
Threat Level Orange
The canals of South Florida had business that needed tending. Mark Hall of Fly Fish Florida Peacocks hooked us up. Corey Kruitbosch rolled through town on his way to the Keys and took pictures (his will be much better than … Continue reading
Filed under Florida, Fly Fishing, Freshwater
