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The Genuine Risk of Fly Fishing

Less than a week ago I opened a post about safety with these words: I’m not being dramatic. Nor am I being flippant. The podcast I was referencing was entitled “Don’t Die Fly Fishing.” Although the label sounds a bit like clickbait, I was not being flippant. And since the episode was recorded four days …

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The Globe, the Swift, & My Inbox

Last week, The Boston Globe published “How a tiny Massachusetts river has become a star in the fly-fishing world: Cold water, big fish, bigger crowds.” And now I have a few things to say. First: That title. Whew. I got quite a bit of reading done without having to break the paywall. Second: A lot …

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Rusty Flybox: Maine

I am in Maine.* *When this post is released, I will be/will have been in Maine. The Pine Tree State is a spectacular spot for all kinds of outdoor enthusiasts. That is why my family and I are planning on catching some late-season hiking while camping in and amongst the changing foliage of northern New …

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Trout, Trout Everywhere; Nor any Rod to Fish

Family vacation. There are lots and lots of choices of where to go. As long as everyone has a good time and stays in good spirits, where is just a backdrop. Amusement parks. Big cities. The ocean or the mountains. Or, somewhere you’ve spent time fly fishing. Even though I’ve often advocated for squeezing even …

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Podcast Ep. 186: Why You Should Fish Maine

In this episode, I use words like impressive, remarkable, and excellent more than I usually do. But those adjectives are necessary when describing Maine and her fly fishing opportunities. Maine could (and does) have a whole podcast dedicated to exploring  fly fishing from coast to mountains. Between the stripers, the landlocked salmon, and the brook …

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Podcast Ep. 170: Fly Fishing Accusations, XVII

This interaction episode of the podcast is extra interactive. No, it isn’t an interview. But one of the questions I engage with was a question I was asked in person at The Fly Fishing Show in New Jersey. Don’t worry, I also answered him immediately in the moment. Today I talk about fly fishing in …

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The Sunapee Trout: A Char You’ll Never Catch

Sometime around the Civil War, smelt were introduced into a number of lakes in southern New Hampshire. This small forage fish  proliferated in the cold, deep water. Native fish species, at least those higher up on the food chain, took advantage of the new food source. One small fish, a strain of Arctic char, truly …

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*Actually* Fishing the Gray

Earlier this week I put out a piece called “Fishing the Gray.” In short, it is a quasi-autobiographical encouragement to get out and fly fish in even the ugliest weather. A good number of people read it. Hopefully, if you were one of those people, you appreciated it. Still, I can’t help but think that …

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The Closing Day Sabbath

We were created to rest. Five days of vocational work followed by two days of other work is still seven days of work. Scripture gives a divinely ordained reason to rest. Unsurprisingly, secular biologists and psychologists agree. We have periods of time for this, and periods for that. The same applies in fly fishing. For …

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Podcast Ep. 132: Fishing in the Margin

Why keep a fly rod in the back of your car at all times? If you can tolerate it rolling around, you’ll set yourself up for some good to great fly fishing at a moment’s notice. And if you haven’t fished for a while, any fly fishing is good to great. Recently I had a …

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