I believe that saltwater fly-fishing places us deep in the coastal heart of the natural locations we discover whilst pursuing the fish. Catching the fish on the fly is often about these places, where and when, but its also about much more; its about being immersed in the things we sense on the way, there and back. The good moments, the fun, the challenges we face, the learning, and the technique through… Read More
I was looking for the will of the wild… The only thing I had to hold on to was the knife-sharp necessity to trust to the elements my elemental self. I wanted to live at the edge of the imperative, in the tender fury of the reckless moment, for in this brief and pointillist life, bright-dark and electric, I could do nothing else. The human spirit has a primal allegiance to wildness, to really… Read More
“The primary use of ‘misinformation’ is not to change the beliefs of other people at all. Instead, the vast majority of misinformation is offered as a service for people to maintain their beliefs in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.” Micheal Caulfield.
“I never thought I’d become a fishing writer,” John Gierach told me during an interview in 2006. I cannot imagine this sport—or this world—had he not. John died yesterday morning of a heart attack. I have many thoughts, but neither the will nor the inclination to share them right now. There’ll be time for that. But felt you all deserved to know. He represented the very best of what flyfishing is. R.I.P…. Read More
Approching weather system that may develop, models busy.
Tell me something good,just one good thing, just tell mesomething that will get me throughthe hours the days the weeks that bringnothing of any goodness, just morenews of other things likespoiled meat or else rawbones the dogs keep dragging in from godknows where, what bombed-out car or oceanwreck, whose child’s ribs wrenchedopen, what woman’s torso torn likebread, whose sons now head-less, what trashed home, whatoily sludge a hundred mileswide on which we… Read More
The sun in september
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