Two prams pass each other on the river, two sun bronzed, flint-eyed “Clint Eastwood types” nod at each other in wary respect.. “How goes it, Bob?” “Pretty fair, a couple of long-line releases, boated a couple, three runs – 2 hits, a couple left on base.” “Same here, you going to be out later? “Yep, I’ll [...]

Is 1500 lbs of dead fish like a wedding? …after all the good liquor is consumed and the guests start departing, you’re left with the bride – and the bill? I am accosted in the hallway with a “you fish, right?” comment. The speaker points to the screen of his PC – displaying a grinning angler, [...]

No sooner do we reclaim the “Most Hotdogs Ate in 12 Minutes” record, when we lose on other fronts. Upstaged smartly by the Chinese, the world’s largest toilet facility has been unveiled in an unlikely location, Chongqing – Peoples Republic of China. Previously, the largest toilet in the World was considered the Hudson River, or the [...]

Remember the reoccuring cubicle-induced-dream of retiring and fishing whenever possible? With prudent financial planning that is a real possibilty, but the active element of retirement is the old part. Not the good kind of old, like Hardy reels, bamboo rods and fine wine, the bad kind – where you squint to see a dry fly, and give [...]

Scent is why NASCAR kicked our collective butt; BBQ, spilled gasoline, hot dogs, and clouds of rubber smoke, invite the crowd to be part of the race, not just spectators. Flyfishing footage is tame in comparison. TV analysts relies on the same hushed tones as Golf announcers, reinforcing the notion that we are intruding, and no cheering [...]

The last couple of years I haven’t been able to find the Muskol liquid repellant and was beginning to fear that it was no longer made. Replacing it on store shelves was an assortment of products, flavored with Mango, Licorice, or Vanilla. I read the dermatologist testimonials that framed each package, but failed to pull the [...]

I felt terrible, 20 years of hard fishing displayed proudly on my vest; assorted tears, imbedded flies, stains from Muskol and fly floatants, tattered wool patch minus the wool, and the reek of perishables left in pockets forgotten. It was the perfect vest, the kind that your girlfriend holds with two fingers at arm’s length; shoulders [...]

It’s oft said that a domestic disturbance call is the most dangerous for a policeman. The disturbance part is run-of-the-mill, but the domestic portion can spiral out of control at a moment’s notice, usually with the officer now defending himself against both combatants. Guides fear a domestic engagement in the same way. Learning that tomorrow [...]

Before the viewing public is completely saturated with the Reality Show phenomena and discards the genre like disco, can’t we get one lame fishing show? Curt Gowdy started it all, grabbing every major sporting figure of his day, escorting them through bramble thickets and poor ratings, to shoot the Crazed Alsatian Wildebeest, or similar bovine concoction… American Idol is [...]

The fellow that throttled the peacock in Burger King’s parking lot should be a lesson to aspiring commercial fly tiers. The good news is that he was a beginner, the bad news is probably the fate that drove him to cracking publicly. Many anglers decide to defray the cost of their next fly rod via tying flies, [...]