With Casting Across hitting the ten year milestone, I’ve reflected on some of the highs and lows that accompanied a decade of creativity. It has been good to think about what has worked and what hasn’t worked. (And, sometimes, what hasn’t worked at first but then – through happenstance or tweaking – has worked really …
It is just a net. Yes. But it is more than just a net when you need to land that big fish. Today I walk through a few net basics: shapes, sizes, materials. I also discuss a few techniques, best practices, and ways to carry your net. This is one of those topics that is …
I read Downstream a few years after it came out. First, I was impressed by the book. Second, I was surprised that it hadn’t make a bigger splash than it did in fly fishing circles. You may be asking why? to both of those statements. Conveniently, the answers are the same. David O’hara and Matthew …
You can learn a lot about a fly fisher as he’s walking away from you. It has very little to do with his destination or his gait. More than a name or number on a sports jersey, the angler carries an identifying mark between his shoulders. What might be construed as a simple tool that …
Heat, cold, and high water make fly fishing tricky. Wind makes fly fishing downright difficult. The physics of a fly cast and windy conditions are at odds with one another, impacting our particular kind of angling in a very specific manner. Without denying the challenge of fishing in the wind, I want to share three …
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But come on… a glassy spring creek flowing through a picturesque meadow? You can’t say that isn’t a stunning sight. Especially if you are a fly fisher who likes challenging trout and year-round opportunities to catch them. Mike Lawson’s Spring Creeks came out in 2003. There were …
This article is the 1,571st post on Casting Across. I’m not sure how high that stack of 1s and 0s is, but I know that if you make the font big enough it would reach to the moon and back. I’m not going to give a big, fancy introduction to this particular post. Below you’ll …
Well, I’m still here. Ten years after putting a little orange and grey website about fly fishing together I continue to do my darndest with three posts a week on the people, places, and things that go into the pursuit of fish. On this week’s “very special episode” I share some reflections on what this …
Just over ten years ago I was asked to contribute to a project that sought to raise funds for the purchase of a plot of land in south central Pennsylvania. Michael Klimkos was putting together a book for the Central Pennsylvania Conservancy. The group was looking to capitalize on the history of the land, specifically …
I realized that I enjoyed writing in 3rd grade. I can distinctly remember the classroom in suburban Chicago where I learned about narrative and persuasion, introductions and conclusions. Like many people, my zeal was somewhat diminished as the scale of assigned words increased exponentially in high school and undergrad. But sometime in my first seminary …
