by Chris Hunt - Friday, Nov 1st, 2019
Son of a …
My eyes flip open. I reach for my phone and blindly swipe the screen to turn the damned alarm off. Everything is blurry. The alarm keeps blaring. I close my eyes tightly and reopen them.
The phone is upside down.
I flip it and slide the alarm bar to, “OK, already! I’m awake! Sweet mother of Christ!”Yes. I know. Blasphemy is no way to start the day. But, seriously. It’s 6 a.m. already? Where did the night go?
by Chris Hunt - Thursday, Oct 31st, 2019
What the …
Is that … ?
Oh. The alarm.
I reach blindly for the phone on the nightstand. I don’t usually set an alarm, but today is different. As consciousness slowly overcomes dreamland, I have a vague memory as to why.The Firehole. Fishing. One the last shots at it for the year.
by Chad Shmukler - Tuesday, Oct 29th, 2019
And why not? Indifly is a one-of-a-kind, non-profit organization dedicated to protecting fisheries by empowering indigenous communities to generate sustainable livelihoods through ecotourism.
by Mike Sepelak - Thursday, Oct 24th, 2019
It’s a common sentiment, written about with great regularity, that the packing for a trip is often as exciting as the trip itself. The suspense, the planning, the first steps into what one eagerly anticipates being a glorious adventure. The rod selection, the preparation of flies, the compilation of outerwear, footwear, underwear, and where the hell’s that bug spray. It’s heady stuff, anticipating the trip as one counts down the days to departure, but I have a confession to make. I like the unpacking better.
by Chris Hunt - Tuesday, Oct 22nd, 2019
My cup runneth over.
Or, rather, my fly-rod collection is embarrassingly big. I’m not braggadocious. There’s actually a bit of guilt associated with this claim. No one angler ought to have to spend 20 minutes debating which rod or rods to pack for a single outing to the river.
God it was ugly.
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