It’s mid-march, there’s pretty much a week of rain and snow forecast for the home country, and fishy minds are starting to count the days until spring. Two exceptional posts you need to read (if you haven’t already) will sharpen your anticipation of spring to come. From In the Back Eddy – The Promise of […]
The Pedestrian Life
Sometimes you never know what kind of people you can meet. The other night at the fly shop, I was bored out of my mind. Staring at the tv, mindlessly watching some cheesy instructional video, the minutes crawled by. The sound of a vest being zipped up caught my attention. Someone was actually shopping. What […]
Renaissance man –noun 1. a cultured man of the renaissance who was knowledgeable, educated, or proficient in a wide range of fields. 2. (sometimes lowercase as in renaissance man) a present-day man who has acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field. 3. Michael Gracie and his 957 vise. (Just as you don’t […]
Stumbled across this bit of sardonic humor yesterday on Barry Ritholtz’s blog yesterday – a set of pics from a recent New Yorker article / post reviewing travel related cartoons they’d published over the years. Ritholtz also thoughtfully provided contact information to report inappropriate behavior on the part of the TSA. I would guess the […]
Back on the 18th of June a post I wrote about living the pedestrian life as the family black sheep resonated with a fair number of our readers – it would seem that a fair number of fly fishing folks out there live black sheep, pedestrian lives as well. Welcome to the fold. Those of […]
I have a confession to make. I am a black sheep – the confirmed black sheep of not only my own extended family, but particularly my wife’s as well. I might qualify as a stealth black sheep in some folks’ eyes given my educational and professional pedigree; but don’t be fooled, I am a genuine […]
