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Author: Bill Hager

Where to Go When You Need a Fix

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 Bill Hager

It was the same tired, tawdry pick-up line that I’d used many times before without success.  But when you are new in town and really need some action, you never stop trying. The object of my interest had deep brown eyes, a husky voice, and a three day beard. “I’ve just moved to the area

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Fly shops10 Comments

Five Ways to Fall in a River

February 7, 2021February 6, 2021 Bill Hager

While I’m not nearly the fisherman that the other BlogFlyFish writers are, I consider myself to be somewhat of an expert on the subject of falling in a river, having done extensive personal research. My fly fishing buddy, Doover1, has been an eye witness to much of my research.  Invariably, I always fall when he

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Humor20 Comments

Fast Friendships on the Farmy

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Bill Hager

Fly fishing is a lot of great things.  But one of the best things is the way mini-friendships can happen spontaneously on a river. Saturday, my fishing buddy, Doover2, and I drove to what we knew would be a flooded and chilly Farmington River.  We were hoping that the rising river would mean active trout

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Farmington River,Friends and family7 Comments

There Oughta Be A Law

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Bill Hager

With apologies to Shakespeare, “to be or not to be” is not the question.  There are some things that just ought not to be.  There are others that just ought to be. This article is about things in the fly-fishing world that should be obvious but somehow are not.  I’ll start the list, and maybe

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Humor,Philosophy,Public policy,Random stuff13 Comments
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