Amidst a gentle Saturday snowfall, I decided to go shopping. A new Cabela’s store just opened about a 30 min. drive away. I’ve been a mail order customer for some time. They have good and cheap fishing equipment. The store was mobbed. Surprisingly, they had a decent fly fishing section. I picked up a few
Category: Personal
A Saturday’s Worth of Fly Fishing
I woke up at 3.30 am today. Drove to a river. Fished all day, and ate lunch standing up in the river. Drove back. Arrived home at 8.30 pm. I had a blast. The sun felt warmer today, and there were more bugs emerging, which is good for the trout and is a clear sign that spring
A Day at the Farmington River
Today, Sunday, was filled with a lot of fun work. I awoke before dawn and drove to the Farmington River. It was challenging. The water is cold and the trout are savvy this time of year. But, it all worked out: a 19″ brute of a brown trout. Photos up top. And, an even bigger
Confronting the Past
Everyone has a dark secret, I’m convinced. It’s likely something that happened to us in the past, and a memory which we no longer want to retrieve. But, when a whisper of that moment resurrects, it can bring on sudden and seemingly unexplainable feelings of fear, shame, anger, and self-loathing. One of my favorite parts
Time Flies & British Ska Music
What ever happened to British ska music? It’s Saturday morning, too cold for fishing, and so, I’m home tying some fly fishing flies (photo at bottom). For some reason this week, I’ve had 1980s music on the brain. From Joy Division to New Order to Echo and the Bunnymen, it’s what I’m thinking about at
Snowed In (with Apple Pie)
It’s Sunday of Presidents’ Day weekend, and I am snowed in, due to a blizzard (see up top, or click here, for a pretty cool “Snowlapse” of a recent Boston snow storm). Mrs. T., our London-based exchange student, and our two older children are in NYC to visit some colleges, enjoy some musicals and have