Fellow blogger Dave Hyde kindly me invited me out to fish, and that’s what I needed to get my non-fishy rear out on the water. As you may recall, I’m teaching at a local business school again this semester, which means I have two day jobs right now. It’s a lot of fun, but by
Category: Brook Trout
Maine Memory
I wish I had written this post in June, directly after fishing with my good friends in the Maine woods in May. But having waited so long also presents some benefits beyond sating the procrastination goods. It distills the memories to the most meaningful moments. Well okay, sometimes it’s also just random gobblied-y-gook which rears
Soft Hackles: Getting Into the Swing of Things
Please welcome our newest team member: Joel Watson! He is an angler, musician, and the fly-fishing pro at Cabela’s in Hudson, MA (bio here). Here is his first post. You can follow Joel here on Instagram. We’ve all had those days on the river (especially those of us who frequent the Swift) where no matter
Infrared Stream Thermometer
I ventured out on a hot June evening, three days into an official heat wave, rigged for dries. I found another angler in the spot I intended to fish and we struck up a conversation on the bank. “Nothing showing,” he said. I aimed my infrared thermometer at the water and was surprised to see