Life has a way of evening out things. It keeps you humble but later will lift you up. And, fly fishing is just one stage of many where that happens to me. After a lights-out session a few weeks ago during a Top 10 Day when I could do nothing wrong, life stepped in and
Category: Philosophy
Fly Fishing, Chemo, and Me
There are three good reasons not to read this particular blog entry. First, you may be like me and try to avoid stories about people’s bouts with cancer. I can’t say I blame you. Second, when I mention how my faith has helped me through it, you may feel like religious experiences don’t belong in
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
Joy
Numerous studies show that you can re-wire your brain. And, for me, fly fishing is a big part of that. We live in a golden age for neuroscience, as brain-scanning technologies have become cheap and ubiquitous. They’ve given science an incredible view into our inner brains. A few key takeaways: Neurons that fire together get