Before the fish is even at hand, thinking about the next one. Getting that one off and getting out there again before it all dies down. The fish at hand might feel debased by it all, if it even had a cerebral cortex, but as such it’s probably OK just being not dead. Sorry about that. As Snoop says it, “You gotta get yours but fool I gotta get mine.” To steal some lines from another song, Too much of everything is just enough.
Tagged: fall run, striped bass, the blitz
YOU. Your dad needs a hardcover large format photo-essay book on salt water fly fishing. (This is me giving the hard sell: Anyone else need a signed copy let me know and it will be dispatched post haste.)
Tagged: gift ideas, Project Merch, the blitz, The Hard Sell
A tree falls across the road barricading you from where you want to go and there’s no way around it and the people already past it aren’t going to stop and look back on your account, so the only thing to do is pour gasoline into the chainsaw. DIY is the prevailing ethic behind most of the blogs out there in the fly subculture. There are no set rules as to what one is or has to be and anyone that tells you otherwise is not worth the breath he just wasted. I am proud to be part of two projects that have come forth via DIY channels in the past year, with my participation in them a direct result of doing this blog.…
Tagged: Departure Publishing, DIY, Pulp Fly, the blitz
We almost got trampled to death by the mob of black shirts, met some cool people,caught up with old friends, paid $4.5o for bad draft beer and all in all improved the world for the better. Thanks to all who stopped by. Special thanks to The Bears Den, Rise Fishing, and Ramsey Outdoor. *(Pandemonium occurring just out of frame.)
Thanks to Paris Fleezanis for featuring us in this issue of This Is Fly.
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.
Tagged: book signings, Departure Publishing, New York City, Orvis, the blitz
Rob from A Bad Backcast invited me onto his weekly show on Kayak Fishing Radio to talk about The Blitz: Fly Fishing The Atlantic Migration. Very generous considering the book is unintentionally kayak-free. (We had a whole yak session cancelled due to A Noreaster.) There is a green canoe, though. Here’s the link where you can listen to a podcast of the conversation on iTunes: A Bad Backcast Radio Interview Things turn wild around minute 13 when I smash a styrofoam cooler over Rob’s head and threaten to kill his head writer Jackie Martling.* (*Statement not actually true.)
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.
We got a video. We’s bona fide. The Blitz: Fly Fishing The Atlantic Migration
Tagged: Departure Publishing, Fly Fishing Book, the blitz
You can see a few more close-ups of my digits in Tosh Brown’s gallery here. There are actually a lot of pictures of better fly anglers, as it’s the second wave of photos from our in-progress book project. It ain’t about me. It’s about guys like Bob Popovics and the Salty Flyrodders and Jason Puris and John Page Williams. Guys who drop what they’re doing and alter their life patterns around the migrations of fish. And also the guides and conservationists who make it all their life’s work. We’ve got a couple of more legs to go, and some of us have a couple thousand more words to write, but it’s all good.
