If you are anything like me, and I know I am, you are just about ready to give up on winter fishing for trout. I know, I know…. Nearly every day those guides and their clients on Instagram are holding up fish so big and beautiful that even Herman Melville wouldn’t have words to describe
Category: Humor
Five Ways to Fall in a River
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
There Oughta Be A Law
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
What to Make of a Swift Rejection
The Swift River’s trout have a well-deserved reputation. On the average day, the angler can expect to encounter trout that have variously been described as discerning, persnickety, stubborn, educated, rude, aggravating, spiteful, picky, frustrating and uncooperative. Of course there are periodic breaks when MassWildlife brings in fresh blood, but the truth is that even the