“Dawn patrol” is an apt phrase from fellow blogger David Hyde for when we go out for stripers in the wee hours. He’s been a generous mentor as I try to figure out the salt. But, Saturday was an opportunity for me to chase salmonids in the sweet water, when I pursued my typical summer
A Slice of Key Lime Humble Pie
Mike Hyde with the ladyfish of a lifetime on the fly by Long Key in Layton, FL! If there was ever a week to be a fly fisher in the Florida Keys, the week of May 16 to 22 was not it. As I write this, there’s an ongoing Small Craft Advisory calling for east
Rich Strolis’s ‘Shucked-up Emerger’
There’s no shortage of fly pattern tutorial videos these days. Many of them are an impressive display of the fly tyer’s art, but one has to wonder if some of them actually catch fish. I get on a creative streak from time to time, whipping up experimental patterns that look great but most of them
Walt Randall: ‘The Hat’
Here is a very moving guest post from Walt Randall. A happy Father’s Day to all…. Dedicated to my Dad, Bill Randall, and to all the fathers and father figures in our lives. Dad returned from Germany and the Army of the Occupation in 1955. He brought back with him a taste for good lager,