So… In a land far far away, big boats with even bigger motors hanging off the back run away from the beautiful flats, shoals, creeks and mangrove lines that we here at Skinny Water Culture know and love. We do however share a few commonalities with these seemingly crazed individuals (and more often then not teams). We both will wake […]
The water can be deep and still skinny right?
Winter Steel
Four buddies and I traveled north to Pulaski for some true winter steelheading in typical Great Lakes conditions. The temperature was low and over the course of two days, it rarely stopped snowing. Each morning we awoke to 6-8 inches of snow that added onto the few inches received throughout the day. The temperature and wind resulted in frozen […]
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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 […]
First post of 2014
Happy New Years everyone, on my behalf. I hope everyone is doing great and looking forward to this upcoming year. Let me start by saying my New Years resolution was take all pics in black and white. Hopefully I can keep that promise until the end of the Year. Anyways, I’ve been doing some fishing lately, specially in the Christmas […]
Summer Sessions
Taking a look back, my last days of summer were well spent. I fished a lot of new water and got to try some new techniques in the process. I had an absolute blast. As summer came to a close salmon and steelhead took my focus away from carp. Carp are #1 in my eyes but swinging flies is #2. […]
Hillbilly Bonefish
Social media is an amazing thing. The connections, relationships and camaraderie that can be formed at your fingertips is mind-boggling. I am currently on the east coast of Australia. I’m here for a wedding, to do some exploring and to spend time with distant relatives. Upon leaving Sydney I posted a photo and asked ‘out there’ for input of […]
Next Day Mail
It has been tough fishing the last few weeks. This time last year there was not a flake of snow on the ground. Carp, steelhead, and pike were still cooperating and life was good. This year we seem to be back into our “traditional Midwestern winter.” This can be a blessing and a curse. I decided in the Fall that […]
Losing track of time
Giggling with excitement as we hopped out of the boat, the call for a good old game of Rock, Paper, Scissors was announced. The winner of this match got the first shot at the tailing Bastard we had spotted feeding its face as we drove up onto the flat. By this time of the weekend, and after a few already […]
Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel
The past week was a tough one for me, it was finals week. Really, all I could think about was getting home and getting back out on the water. When I finally turned in my last test. It was go time I loaded up the truck and scooted across the alley back to good ole Naples. I was itching to […]