Recently I released a podcast episode entitled “3 Lies that Keep People from Fly Fishing.” (You can listen to it here, or wherever you listen to podcasts.) The first lie that I addressed was one of the most inaccurate assumptions people hold about fly fishing. It is an unnecessary perspective that unfortunately keeps people from …
I am not anti-AI. I also grew up with the Terminator series and, therefore, have a healthy fear of giving robots too much autonomy. One of my favorite ways to interact with large language models is to ask them what other people are asking them. Or, I see what kinds of questions are on people’s …
The text came in late Saturday. “They put a bunch of trout in behind the WalMart.” Now, I can appreciate how this string of words may trigger a good number of fly fishers reading this article. And I could certainly up my word count by marking each and every syntactical landmine. But for those with …
Angling ethics are subjective. Yes, there are laws on the books. But those statutes are applied based upon a consensus. At times, appeals to empirical data might even enter the picture. All of that to say, fishing regulations aren’t natural law. But common sense does factor in when making moral judgments. For example: I’ve walked …
Recently I released a podcast episode in which I comment on the new breed of fly fishing elitists. Spoiler alert: they don’t wear tweed or try to dazzle you with Latin terms. If you give it a listen (which you can do from here or anywhere you listen to podcasts), hopefully it doesn’t come across …
This magazine just keeps on growing! If you have yet to check out Dark Skies Fly Fishing, this latest issue is a good place to start. In the April/May edition of the publication, I have two articles; one being a book review. The other is essentially a comprehensive “here are your best options” guide for …
There are two types of anglers. Those who fish through the winter, and those who do not. Both are legitimate fly fishers. For the sake of today’s discussion, the only real difference is that one discovers a wader leak on a random day in January while the other has a nasty surprise in April. So …
Paul Ralph Ehrlich passed away on March 13, 2026 at the age of 93. I am going to be quite critical of his popular work and its impact. But don’t assume the dangerous category confusion that stifles meaningful dialogue. Today critique of an opposing viewpoint is considered hate or violence. I’ll unapologetically state that I …
There is a kind of winter greyness that makes you cold just looking at it. Dim slate hillsides covered in pallid, bare trees pointing up at melancholy overcast skies. I want to go fishing. All the gear is right there. But if only the drive had been ten more minutes or there were a few …
Well, apparently I’m not the only one who wouldn’t get an “A+” in civics. When I typed “is” in Google this morning, it either read my mind or assumed I was looking for the same thing most people were searching. Yes. Presidents Day is a federal holiday. As I often do on such hallowed calendar …
