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 […]

Fat Guys in Little Boats

Currently on the way to the Florida Keys for a day of fishing. I writing this blog on behalf of Derek Rust, Jason Fernandez, and Joe Mirrione. For the past couple of weeks we have been mentioning about a tandem canoe with with four us. Yesterday we finally made it happen. We have been wanting to take out Derek for quiet […]

Rainy Days

The weather in the Keys has totally gone to crap the last few days.  Endless rain and wind have me cooped up in the house, and it’s starting to get to me.  I came across this video while schmoozing on the Venturing Angler website.  I was mesmerized by watching these micro permit feeding in their natural environment. And, the title […]

West And East

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 […]