I’ve put off writing this post all day, instead packing my life back into boxes and duffles. It’s always surprising how the messiness of life condenses down into a pile of random goods. I know how to pack, but to be honest I’m not really quite sure where to begin here. I finish at Orvis […]
The Vermont Chronicles
Sometimes life throws us curveballs. Big, out-of-nowhere curveballs. We think we’ve got it sort-of-maybe figured out, are trucking along, when suddenly something pops up out of nowhere and we think “what if?”. Opportunity knocks and it’d be really easy to just look the other way and stay comfortable. But damned if curiosity isn’t a bitch, […]
Finally catching up (slowly) on the to-do list, and just added a brief selection of images from Alaska to my portfolio… all galleries were updated but the Fly Fishing gallery has the most new shots. Always fun to flip back through images a few months after an assignment and relive the good moments. Lots of […]
The good gang over at the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership has asked me to be the guest judge for the fishing section of their #PublicLandsProud photo contest. Entering is pretty simple: now through September 8th, follow @thetrcp on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook and share your photos with the #PublicLandsProud hashtag. I’ll be judging the fishing […]
This past week brought more than it’s fair share of unexpected turbulence, and I cut out midday Friday to explore a bit of new water in nearby New York State. I hadn’t done much warmwater fishing of late; a few carp here and there, but really no bass or panfish this year. Drove to a […]
A hectic week of deadlines and a blast of summer heat has precluded much fishing of late, so I’ve been looking for other adventures. Last weekend had a business meeting in Portland, Maine, so ran up Friday for the meeting then took Saturday AM to shoot a few scenes. Slept overnight in the Subaru; makes […]
Escaped the computer last weekend to head out in search of carp on New York’s nearby Hoosick River. Beau, owner of Vermont Paddleboard Outfitters, had suggested we go explore an area where the river flattened out and got skinny—perfect terrain to stalk the spooky fish via stand-up paddle board. While the fish were less than […]
Bought a new rod this week. I’ve been thinking about adding a 3-weight glass rod to the quiver for some time, and after another day fishing for brook trout not big enough to bend the tip of my 5-weight, I broke down and went to the store. After all, a new rod could somehow be […]
Kind of funny the different places we find ourselves in. Modern travel has made it possible to leave the city behind and find oneself on seemingly the edge of the world in the space of a day. Folks complain about travel, about flight delays and cramped seats and long travel days. But think about it. […]
There are some pretty awesome places in the world. Big places, places that make you feel little and remind you just how we slot into this world. Places where you can watch the horizon all day, taking in mountain tops and rivers and just grin like a little kid at the sheer size of it […]
It’s funny how, in the fishing world, we get used to being around water. And if we’re not physically in and around it, odds are pretty good we are thinking about it. Water, and the things that live in it. For a lot of my career I’ve been lucky enough to spend a great deal […]
This past few weeks I’ve had several emails from folks asking for a run-down on the gear I pack for fly-fishing assignments. While the kit varies per assignment and location—Russia is going to be different than French Polynesia—here’s a look at the kit I brought along on a recent project with Costa Sunglasses and the […]
Sometimes you stop, look around, take a deep breath and realize it’s going to be really damn hard to top this moment. Somehow it makes all those other day-in-day-out drudgeries in life worth it, as long as you can be right here, right now. That’s maybe the best way I can begin to sum up […]
There’s something awesome about packing for a trip in tropical climes. Flips and shorts pack down a lot smaller than jeans, fleece, and heavy hiking boots, and for someone who likes to travel light it’s just good mojo. As I laid out my gear this morning for Tuesday’s flight to the South Pacific, I couldn’t […]
It’s been a marathon week of editing here in Vermont, and finally have the work from the Montana (yea!!!) Orvis shoot ready to turn over. On to the next project… documenting an exploratory fly-fishing / conservation expedition with Costa and IndiFly in French Polynesia. I fly out the 19th and come back around 1 June; […]
