Category Archives: Lit
BOOK REVIEW: Marquesa
Marquesa is a book penned well before the existence of blogs, but it is the type of published work every fly fishing blogger wishes he’d written. Author Jeffrey Cardena’s account of his solitary venture by houseboat in the Marquesas Keys, an … Continue reading
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Book Signing Today, Orvis New York
If you work or live in Manhattan, stop by the Orvis Store on 44th and 5th. I’ll be signing copies of The Blitz: Fly Fishing The Atlantic Migration starting at noon. Feats of Strength start at 12:15.
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SHOP LOCAL: Carriers
The Camp-site Sports Shop in Huntington, NY, carries The Blitz. Atlantic Outfitters in Port Washington, NY, carries The Blitz. We support them anyhow but are glad they’re carrying.
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Mama Always Said I Had A Face For Radio
We got a video. We’s bona fide. The Blitz: Fly Fishing The Atlantic Migration
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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McPhee On Pickerel
I stopped subscribing to the New Yorker a few years ago, mostly as a time saving measure. My Dad still gets it. He cuts out articles from newspapers and magazines that I might like and mails them to me, and … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Lit, Media
Subversive Elements in Children’s Literature
Read a book 6,372 times in a year and minor details creep into your subconscious, fostering questions. How come you don’t say goodnight to the fly fishing rabbit? Why is the rabbit holding the net in mid cast? Why is … Continue reading
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Fly Fish Journal
I wasn’t going to pay for it. I found the only copy in my local Barnes & Noble, barely visable in the “Sports” section of the news stand behind a misplaced rap magazine. I flipped open to an article called … Continue reading
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This is a Democracy
“I’m not a scientist and I’m not going to be one. It takes all the brains I’ve got to figure out where game fish keep themselves.” Tom Skelton, 92 In The Shade, by Thomas McGuane
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BOOK REVIEW: The Alaska Chronicles
A lot has already been said about this title, so I’ll just add this: The Alaska Chronicles is the best fly fishing book I’ve read in a long time. Miles Nolte’s efficiency of prose is top notch. He has a … Continue reading
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