I’ve blogged before on how fly fishing is good for us (here and here). Well, I am a living study of that. I wear two personal devices that track all sorts of metrics. I also regularly weigh myself and take my blood pressure. At my age, I’m curious as to how my body is doing.
Category: Science
Hope and 2024
I went to the Swift yesterday. It is a New Year’s Eve tradition for me on most years. I go below Route 9 on the last day of the catch-and-release regulations. It was easy to get a prime spot, thankfully, and I spent a few hours throwing size 30 dries to non-rising fish. Some rainbows
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
The Great American Outdoors Act Passed! So What?
If you have connections with any conservation organizations, you may have seen some excitement over the House recently passing the Great American Outdoors Act. It had already been passed by the Senate, so all that’s left is a signature, which hopefully by the time you are reading this, has already happened. Maybe you don’t care