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The Fly Fisher’s YouTube Rabbit Hole
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I am not that “Old School” that I would say technology is the devil, but there are times. Nothing can burn up more time than watching YouTube videos.
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Fly Fishing in New Hampshire’s Small Streams
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Most anglers will choose a body of water to fish and that will dictate the fly rod they will use. During the winter and spring I have been fishing larger rivers like the Cocheco, the Lamprey Rivers.
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Writing on the Fly: Fly Fishing and Collecting
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Collecting can be an addiction. The first item that I remember collecting were Topps baseball cards when I was six or seven.
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Fishing Mad Beaver Pond, My Local Favorite
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In New Hampshire, the trout ponds open their season on the fourth Saturday of April. I try to avoid “Opening Day” like the plague.
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Writing on the Fly: Chasing ‘Rainbows’
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I enjoy small stream fishing. Catching beautiful brook trout on a light weight fly rod is a joy. Catching them on a dry fly is even more enjoyable. Brookies are the gems of New Hampshire mountain streams.
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Author John Maclean Donates To UNH’s Milne Collection
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When I saw that John N. Maclean put out an edition of the “Big Two-Hearted River” for which he did the foreword, I had to have a copy for my collection and personal library.
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It Is All About The Tug
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Strengthening the knee to get back out on the water has been a long process. If I did the majority of my fly fishing from a canoe or a drift boat, I might not be so particular and thorough about my knee rehabilitation.
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They’re Paving Paradise Like Joni Mitchell Said
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On the way home I drove by my spot and my heart sank. It was a realtor’s “For Sale” sign. All I could think of was Joni Mitchell’s song “Big Yellow Taxi” and the verse, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”
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Glad For the Groundhog
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A couple of days of fifty and sixty degree weather has me shedding my winter coat and heading for the river to fight the crowd. The spring-like weather had produced a “Hatch” of fly fishers on the river.