Do you know what “nemesis” means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent… –Bricktop
Ron Jeremy once said of his life’s work, “Put a mirror under her nose and if I see fog, I’m going in.” There are some parallels here. If it hits a fly, I am going to cast to it without shame. When a gil or sunny hits a popper on a three-weight and turns its [...]
Reading my Sunday New York Times, I’m greeted with this advertisement on page 11. Whew, I was worried BP was going to try and sweep this under the carpet once it disappeared from the news cycle. I think they could have gone with some better photo choices though.
Did we not see this coming? The Chicago Sun-Times called out BP three years ago for dumping toxins into Lake Michigan. A Wikipedia page lists a long litany of offenses, mentioning that Mother Jones twice named BP one of the world’s 10 worst corporations. Another report says BP’s safety record is worse than you imagined. [...]
The dude’s got cat-like reflexes and used to play drums for Les Claypool. Last year we tried to get him propped out for the Teva Games Costa 2Fly Competition for no good reason. This year he’s rocking the 10-gallon for good cause: Raising money for Casting For Recovery. Give him a pledge for points scored [...]
The North Country beckons. The big nasties are aligned in the fly box, ready to endure any sharp-toothed ambush tactics in the shallows. ZB touches down at Idlewild and we take to the interstate highway system. Boats will be launched, lines in the water, by the PM. This is the 12th Annual, attended by family [...]
Pike Painting, originally uploaded by mattstansberry. Matt Stansberry’s been doing a little painting. We’re liking the pike.
I play in front of people once a year. Everybody’s drunk, the expectations are low, and the co-players are as bad or worse than me. It’s always been a dream to play a set at a dive bar, but I settle for the annual spring pike trip. The six string makes the packing list along [...]
I walked the banks at sunrise this morning. The fish were active on dawn patrol. I fooled just one into thinking my fly was an insect, then just put down the rod and watched for a while.



