Expectations have a way of framing our experiences. My first real fly fishing instruction was on the Smith River in 1995. My uncle had a friend with a small waterfront parcel nestled in a canyon. The only structures were tool sheds that different families used to store summer essentials — lawn chairs, grills, camping gear
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Money Can’t Buy Me Love?
I’ll buy you a nice fly rod my friend if it makes you feel alrightI’ll get you graphite or ‘boo my friend if it makes your loops so tight‘Cause I don’t care too much for moneyBut money can’t buy me love Paul McCartney and John Lennon sang those lines in their 1964 hit song “Can’t
Fishing During a Pandemic
We are in uncharted waters. Recently, Covid-19 has swept the nation and brought the world to its knees. The entire country is on lock down and all non-essential businesses are closed. With no clear end in sight, there have been very few silver linings lately except for fishing. Fishing has given many of us, myself
My Fly Boxes: What I Bring and How I Organize
Some of the goals for this blog are to: 1. Be transparent and share what works for us, and 2. Help other anglers. So, I’d like to share the contents of my fly boxes. Many anglers will not, but I already have written about the patterns that work for me. I’ve kept my promise to