Like many anglers who learned a cast or a tip from Bernard “Lefty” Kreh, my son and I both feel a bit of a connection to the legendary angler. Maybe, it’s more like a small debt. Or, a dash of jealousy, even, as Lefty was a person who accumulated multiple lifetimes of fishing knowledge and
Author: Jamie Carr
Lost and Found: Fly Box at the Swift River
I found a small brown fly box floating in the Swift River below Route 9. There’s no name in it, but there are some nice flies. See the picture below. It was well-camouflaged in an eddy on the side of the river, and it looks like it may have been there for a while. If
Abaco Relief Effort
Angler, writer, doctor and friend Brian Irwin from New Hampshire is putting together a GoFundMe for a relief effort for the Bahamas. Fly fishing was the origin of his previous trips to the Bahamas. What really comes through from his visits are the relationships forged with the people of the Bahamas who have become his
A Nod to Our Rods
Fly rods are paradoxes in practice: they weigh a few ounces and tame fish weighing pounds. They are wispy, thin, even brittle in the wrong context (underfoot or in a car window). But, when attached to a fish, they protect tippets and tame our quarry. I am not a big “tool guy.” But, fly rods