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
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
Surface like hammered glass
And I’m taking in, the Indian summer. And I’m soaking it up in my mind. And I’m pretending like it’s paradise – Van Morrison
On their way from the US, along with others, these ‘weedless’ keeled bendback 7inchers will be thrown on the next set.
And through the Autumn.
It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak. Mary Oliver
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