After the recent cold spell, I threw in the towel for my fly fishing season. Although at times I like winter fly fishing, iced-up guides, cold feet, and subzero temperatures aren’t my cup of tea. Plus, I couldn’t ignore the pinhole leak in my right leg any more. So, in the comfort of my living
Category: Philosophy
Fishing with a Conscience
Everyone who has ever enjoyed the thrill of fly fishing understands that this sport entails much more than casting a line to a potential catch. Sustaining the places we use for recreation and work is vital to ensuring that the ecosystem remains a healthy place for us to enjoy, as well as a place where
Fly Fishing Quirks
One of the great things about fly fishing, as Adam Kautza has noted, is freedom. We are free to fish in whatever legal way we want. So, I’ve noticed that many anglers over time develop tendencies. Sometimes, they become quirks. What are yours? To get the ball rolling, here are mine: Flies. I only fish
Les’s Pool
On Saturday, in spite of the cold, I decided to go to a freestone: the Westfield East Branch (our river guide here). It’s not a river that was stocked in the fall, and a regular angler there said that the stocking was meager in the spring. But, I wanted to see it before the snows