Wow. What a Columbus Day holiday. Everything clicked. The weather was beautiful. The leaves were colorful. And, the trout were eager for my homemade flies. Too tired to write much more. Very grateful. Hope everyone had a good holiday.
Category: Fly fishing
True Joy
Two recent and very cool images below. First, a precious 10 minutes. I was back at my alma mater to speak with some students about the Top 3 Things I Wish I Knew in College. I stayed at my old residential college, Saybrook, in the guest suite. As I was settling in, I was greeted with the following
An Autumn Saturday
It’s autumn in New England. The leaves are turning, the breezes are becoming crisp, and the sounds of soccer and football are in the air. I awoke super-early to fit in a 1/2 day of fishing. It was fun. A day for small flies. Caught a 17″ rainbow on a tiny size 28 dry fly (photo
Autumn
I love the fall season. Football, soccer, kids back in school. Though we in New England technically are in summer, the signs of autumn are growing. Leaves are starting to turn and the morning air is chilly. Soon enough, the scent of smoke from fireplaces will permeate weekend mornings. I think I will cook a
My Labor Day
I don’t have much time to blog, as we shortly will be starting our partners’ meeting. So, the summary about my Labor Day is this: small bugs and eight rainbows. Hope you had a good holiday.
Sun and Guns
It is an outdoorsy Labor Day weekend. One of my children wanted to try skeet shooting, found online Addieville Farm, and booked a session. So, I took two of my children over, and we tried our hand at firing 20 gauge shotguns at clay pigeons (videos here and here or up top). Hitting a moving target is much more difficult than it