I did not fish the tarpon migration this year. Nor did I give chase to hefty spring time redfish wallowing in a meadow of turtle grass or pot-bellied snook foraging before the gentle bubble and foam of a mid-summer beach break. I haven’t even been south of Wall Street in the last six months. All of which is decidedly uncharacteristic behavior for someone […]
West And East
Bronze backs and Khaki Slacks
I have been trying to get these pictures up for two weeks now… I had the pleasure of drifting the Kankakee River with close friend Capt. Will Winans two Friday’s ago. We had multiple cold fronts push through full of wind and rain that day but we still managed to catch a few and have a some serious laughs in […]
Summer on the Road Part III
With day one in the books I was ready for an encore. Catching my first tuna and dolphin was a blast, but there was more fish to be caught. The morning ritual started just as the day before, creating pancakes out of a 12′ wide monofilament, lead-weighted net.
St Brandon’s- A Fly Fishing gem
A month ago, I found myself frantically packing and re-packing my bags after a short notice opportunity to visit St Brandon’s atoll with well known guiding co Flycastaway. This little atoll, approximately 5 miles long and 2 miles wide is part of Mauritius, an Island in the Indian ocean off the East Coast of Africa. After a 5 hour […]
Flamingo Reds
It was an overcast, cold 6AM when my friend Calvin Neff ,from Arkansas, and I woke up. We got to the Pelican Cove in Islamorada the night before. We hurried to get in our UV protection clothing and jumped into the car. We continued the morning ritual and headed to Trader Joe’s to get some subs and Gatorade. When we […]
25 Tarpon
My friend Richard, fellow NYC angler and aficionado of the southern skinny, sent me this video he put together from his last trip down to the wilds of the Florida Bay and the Keys. They launched a shit load of silver and got a bunch of fish to hand. It’s jealousy inducing and also prettay, prettay, prettay fucking cool. Watch it and enjoy. 25 tarpon from […]
One Vague Word
It was the third redfish we had seen since poling up onto the flat. Selfsame as the last two. Oversized and broad across the shoulders and neck where the small brassy scales ran around its collar and met the wide smooth cap at the base of its skull.
Summer on the Road Part II
It’s been a while. Where did I leave off? Oh ya, I left off in late August. After spending a week in the Louisiana marsh as an instructor for Outdoor Texas Camps I had a few weeks off before I would be leaving for Florida in the middle of September.
- Art
- Black Drum
- Dining
- Flats Fishing
- Fly Fishing
- Food
- Game
- Guides
- Mixed
- Photography
- Recipes
- Redfish
- Seafood
- Snook
- Tarpon
- Travel
Bar Tricks
It has been more than three full months since I have been able to fly a loop, with its tiny payload of steel and fur and feather, towards the scaled, torsional flesh of a gamefish. And, what is perhaps even worse, is that it has been almost as long since I’ve been afforded the time to sit down and write. […]
Window of Opportunity
I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year, and I hope that 2014 brings tight lines to all. Over my Christmas Break, I was able to take a trip down to the Bahamas with one of my best friends, Charlie Greivell. The main purpose of this trip was to work on finishing the remodel of my father’s house on […]