Cold Case Vol. 1

The early morning sky was a fire. I had received reports of “Bruiser” and his “gang”, running about in the creeks and tidal ponds. The mosquito cuts were a necessary route of passage for these young bloods and O.G.’s of the mud. I set out to find an operative to help locate and discipline the group. I needed a real […]

Summer Time Madness

It was a normal Saturday in the summer, which means boating day!  The alarms went off at 6:00 am.  Between struggling to get my mom up and going, I packed the truck with the cooler and all my rods I pre-rigged at 1:00 am the night before.  We arrived in Tarpon Springs around 8 am, dropped the boat in, and […]

Going Way Back (Part 1)

I was able to get a weekday off with Hard Core Fly Tying (HCFT) ambassador, Dustin Pack, to go explore a local creek that we have been eyeballing on Google Earth for a while. Global Imaging Systems and Google Earth have drastically changed the face of exploratory hunting and fishing.  As a kid we would spend long days exploring where […]

Respect the spot

We all have them local, go to ponds to get our quick fishing fix. To take our kids for a bass and bluegill bite. Most of them are on private land, in apartment complexes, or behind a store, or along a roadside. Most times people see you are fishing, and allow you to stay so long as you are respectful. […]