I was in the car by 5 a.m., coffee ready, podcasts downloaded, and a PB&J sandwich in the next seat. I drove the 75 min. to the river in the dark. The goal was to be well on the water before the sun peeked up. The temperature outside was 9 °F as I parked on
Category: Fly fishing
A Perfect Celebration
To fit in school events, we celebrated my birthday over a few days. It was a very simple set of events, which I liked. For lunch, Mrs. T. and I went out for some noodles, a Chinese tradition. Long noodles are meant to symbolize a long life. The next day, she made me a special
Contrarianism
In New England, Monday was a holiday. For the long weekend, I went to Barkhamsted, CT, to fish. I rented a small room on a river. Fished about eight to 10 hours a day. Water was very low, which made for very challenging conditions. The fish spooked easily, and so, you had to slowly creep
Persistence
After a two-hour drive and six hours of hard fishing on Saturday, I had landed only one very small fish. I felt pretty dejected. But, I’ve learned in the past that if I keep going, good things usually happen. It certainly did again. At the bottom of this post are pictures of a 22″ brown
Char
I assiduously follow Amelia and Dave Jensen on social media. They are living a cool life. In Alberta, Canada, they run a fishing lodge and a guide service. Then, during the N. American winter, they head to New Zealand to camp and fish during that hemisphere’s summer. And, they post some amazing videos, like the one
Saturday Morning
I was up at 2.30 am to be on the river before dawn. I wanted to catch a crazy and difficult hatch of Tricos, which are very small bugs about three to five millimeters long. The hatch is called the “White Winged Curse.” When trout focus on this bug, they will ignore everything else. Fish will be