The astute reader may have noticed an anomaly this week on Casting Across. None of the content was original. Well, it was original in the sense that it was me. I wrote it. Unless you read all the way down to the postscript on the bottom of each article, you wouldn’t have known that both …
Tag: blogs
Last Cast of the Week, 8/10/2018
Most Fridays on Casting Across are devoted to other people’s contributions in the fly fishing community. Articles, pictures, social media accounts, videos, podcasts, products, and more will be featured on The Last Cast of the Week. Today, I’m sharing items from: The Silent Pursuit The New York Times Magazine – Urban Fly Fishing The Journal …
Fly Fishing Writing: The Long & The Short of It
The average post on Casting Across runs around 600 words. That isn’t a lot. That is like a few pages of a book. (Books are like websites that people have printed out and stapled together and you don’t need wifi to read.) Why keep it short? Well, I don’t spend a lot of time reading …
Photo Contest: #myvedavoo
Hey… that’s my stuff! And why is a handful of my fly fishing gear laid out in a photogenic and organized manner? Vedavoo’s #myvedavoo photo contest, of course. The whole point of the contest is to show how different people use their gear. If you’re anything like me, you are into the stuff of fly …
Fly Fishing Books, V
I live in Massachusetts. That means that for most of the fall, winter, and spring I don’t have to do pesky things like yard work or go outside. I’m usually covered in feet of snow. This affords me little opportunity for simple or mundane outdoor pursuits. On the positive side, this allows me to read …
Last Cast of the Week, 2/16/2018
Most Fridays on Casting Across are devoted to other people’s contributions in the fly fishing community. Articles, pictures, social media accounts, videos, podcasts, products, and more will be featured on The Last Cast of the Week. Today, I’m sharing items from Orvis News / George Daniel, Chuck Marshall, and @holdfruitandveggies. If you’d like to be …
You Don’t Care About My Fishing Stories
You don’t really care about stories from my last fly fishing trip. Unless you know me personally, or find my way with the language particularly captivating, my fish stories really don’t have a lot going for them. Even tales of fantastic angling feats are still simply my stories. I suggest that this theory can be …
Fly Fishing Journey: Interview with Between Two Banks
Although using journey as a metaphor can be cliché, it seems to be appropriate when describing those for whom fly fishing is more than a hobby. For the men and women who live and breathe angling, much of what transpires off the water reflects the paths that they take when they are seeking fish. In …
A Cold, Gray, & Slushy Friday in New England
Fridays in January aren’t usually too exciting in New England when it comes to fly fishing. Here is a quick snapshot of the weather: cold, gray, and slushy. Would today be a day where I could find tailwater trout and panfish through the ice? Absolutely. Is today a great day to be at The Fly …
To Gear or Not to Gear: That is the Fly Fishing Question
You don’t have to look to hard to find a fly fishing rant. Somewhere, right now, someone is posting to a blog or a message board or a comments section. They’re calling out the local fish commission. They’re venting about the guys down at the fly shop. They’re berating a fellow Instagram user. They’re angry …