Home » Travel

Tag: Travel

VIDEO: Trail Running X Fly Fishing

While fly fishing might be my favorite way to enjoy the outdoors, it is hardly the only way I spend time in nature. Camping, hunting, and paddling are all fun on their own; but I also find ways to mix fishing into each of them. My favorite combo has to be fly fishing and trail …

read more

Podcast Ep. 293: Don’t Die Fly Fishing

I’m not being dramatic. Nor am I being flippant. You can truly get yourself in some serious moral peril while fly fishing. Waist deep in moving water miles away from other people? Yes, it is fun. But yes, it is not without risks. Today I cover four areas of danger worth thinking about as you …

read more

Reciprocating Shad

It was a surprise encounter. Each of us traveled roughly 350 miles, meeting on an inconspicuous gravel bank outside an unincorporated rural town.  I was looking for trout. It was looking for love. The last thing I expected to  catch on a size 16 crippled sulphur emerger on the East Branch of the Delaware River …

read more

Podcast Ep. 291: Trip Preparation Reflections

Allow me to modify a common saying among preachers. Every angler has three fishing trips: the one he plans, the one he goes on, and the one he wished he would have had. Not super smooth, but you get the gist. On a recent four day fishing trip, I thought about the preparations and plans …

read more

Rusty Flybox: Catskills

Today, I’m not here. Well, I’m somewhere… just not in front of the computer. I’m waist deep in one of the historic rivers of New York’s Catskills. I’ve met up with a friend to chase big trout on spectacular water for a handful of days. And even if you’re not on the water with me, …

read more

TroutRoutes & onX: Charting Fishing Success

TroutRoutes is unequivocally the best digital app for fly fishers. And no: it is nothing like social media. No one knows where you’re fishing, what you’re catching, or what you’re doing. Given the majority of the angling apps out there, that needs to be said. It could be argued that alone makes it  worth having …

read more

Podcast Ep. 281: Fly Fishing VA, 2 Ways

I was blessed to get a week and a half of vacation in one of my favorite places in this world: Virginia’s Blue Ridge. Along  with general rest and a lot of family time, I was able to get out and do a little bit of fishing. In this week’s episode I talk through why  …

read more

4 Fly Fishing Trip Questions

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 …

read more

Vacation: Check.

I am a few nights away from wrapping up the *checks notes* longest vacation I’ve taken since 2009. It came at a great time. Life is in a good, but busy, season. I didn’t feel like I was dragging myself to the day of departure. Even as I was loading the car I was reminding …

read more