Most of the fishing award ceremonies I’ve seen have the lucky angler dancing around the “what’s the secret” portion of his coronation. Fishermen are a closed mouthed lot, and those that do it for money are pretty tight lipped - as the color of their bait may mean a couple extra zero’s in their income.
Honesty? [...]

That ain’t necessarily a compliment either, but with a gale howling outside and the promise of something never seen - it was enough to get my brother off the couch and into his waders.
The last trip had been interrupted by the pager, far enough in to think I was going to find something special, but [...]

Fly tiers have it a bit easier come Spring, all those rainy days allows us to address holes in the fly box - we always wait till the last minute, but the theory of “winter tying” is sound.
The rest of you will procrastinate as well, but that initial outlay of cash for flies each [...]

Us Californians bear a hideous burden, we’re supposed to export American culture to the rest of the world via Hollywood and politicians, and have additional responsibility to export some lifestyle change that ensures we’re the laughingstock of the rest of the country.
McDonald’s wants a taste of that action, opening a “Feng Shui’d” grease mart that [...]