It isn’t easy to buy surprise gifts for a fly fisher. Sure, you can ask which fly rod he wants. You can simply request a list of the gear she needs. But you probably aren’t going to walk into a fly shop and pick out a reel because it is pretty or a pair of …
In your mind, put yourself at the end of November. You’re looking at an email inbox. What do you see? Along with Black Friday deals (which may or may not last the better part of the final quarter of the year), you’ve probably received dozens of opportunities to take advantage of Small Business Saturday and …
The fly fishing trip. It is the thing of budgets, daydreams, and wonderfully exhausting weekends. But before you get online and compare lodges and guides, mark of time on your calendar, or buy an entire new load of gear, there are some calculations that you go through. Or, at least, you should go through. If …
Here’s to a new tradition. Here’s to giving thanks. Here’s to the trout. It is the day after Thanksgiving. It was a good holiday. The meal is over. The family is still in town. The sales are in full swing. All of these things are fine and good. In fact, they’re great. Leftovers, loved ones, …
There is a river back there, but it will have to wait. A few hundred yards into those woods, through groves of pines and countless game trails, a medium-sized river flows in a lazy and meandering manner. It is a trout stream. It isn’t the kind of river you’d set as the marquee stop on …
If you enjoy fly fishing, specifically the uniquely American take on dry fly fishing, you need to be familiar with the Catskills. Names like Gordon and Dette, places like the Beaverkill and the Upper Delaware: the profound impact of this special part of New York has left an indelible mark on fly fishing. This fantastic …
I had held the fly rod, running my hands over the black foam grip and the forest green blank for weeks before I brought it outside. It was a $25 rod, reel, and line from a department store, but I kept it safely inside. I felt like the right thing to do was to wait …
Ah, moving. There are few moments in life that are more stressful and chaotic. Moving is essentially the exact opposite of fly fishing. If and when you do have to move, you are going to take your angling gear with you. Sure, you could just let the movers have their way with your rods and …
Sometimes, I get asked questions; questions to which I have a standard response. Here are some examples: Do you golf? No. I’m terrible at it. And the last thing I need is another expensive hobby. Do you bike? I’m afraid I’d get run over on these New England backroads. And the last thing I need …
Google doesn’t just answer questions. Google gives you questions that you might not even know you want to ask. Then, it gives you some answers to those questions. What a time to be alive. There are plenty of things that are informative and/or entertaining about the internet. But the multifaceted, user-centric experience of a goliath …
