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Thank God for Hank III

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

mirror of car

The car blocking the left lane is pushing 53 mph; the car in the center is doing 52. Nothing to do but ride this one out. There’s still 45 minutes of highway, 15 on the side roads, and then from the dock a solid 25 to get outside the inlet. When it all boxes in and everyone’s doing 20, press play and wait for the involuntary exhale.

Dwight Sings Mick

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

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He does Buck pretty good, too.

Common Threads in Fishing Cinema

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

The two movies that fishermen gravitate to are Jaws and A River Runs Through It. Other than some crazy big fish action the movies are disparate in countless ways. Yet they are quoted by the same anglers, often on the same trip, and sometimes to the point where you want to punch the quoter in the sternum in hopes of jarring some original material.

But there is one common unifying thread to both movies: That song. It takes on a major role in the shark flick, but you could blink and miss it in River, when Norman walks in to bail Paul out of the drunk tank and the little old man is singing it. So any future fishing movie better have this song somewhere in the story line or it won’t amount to much that’s worth watching. Take heed:

Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head
Where ever I may roam
On land or sea or foam
You will always hear me singing this song
Show me the way to go home.

Rock Albums For the Discerning Fly Fisher

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Today’s theme is secondary albums from great players who passed away well before their time.

dbf

scroatbelly

sandbox

2009: Year of the Farm Pond

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

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Last year I declared 2008 “The Year of the Carp.” That didn’t go so well for me. Catching one on fly is still a huge priority, but you can’t dedicate a year to the same thing for two terms consecutively, or something like that. So I’m adjusting my goals. The year 2009 will be, for Fishing Jones at least, The Year of the Farm Pond. I’m setting the modest target of fly fishing on ten different farm ponds throughout the calendar year. I’ve got two farm ponds in mind that should be easily attainable–they sit on the property of family friends–but the time has come for strategery in regards to the remaining eight. [Editor's Note: If you have or have access to a farm pond, I am accepting unsolicited invitations.]

The first thing to do is create a “Year of the Farm Pond” song list. Coming soon…

I Am Thankful For Tall Boys

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

And iPods

Friday Commuting Fun

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Commuter hell eased by live music and tall boys.

I'd Rather Go Fishin'

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

I think I might have actually even been in the audience.

(Thanks to Roughfisher for pointing out the Archive.)

Wondering

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

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Nine minutes of awesome awesomeness.

BLOGS: Buster Jams

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Buster Wants to Fish gets, unsolicited, a pretty cool theme song.*

The BWTF Jam

(*The first recognized blog theme song in recorded history goes to a fly fishing blog. Suck it Kos.)