Category Archives: Fishing Stories
Sunday Classic / The River Is Full Of Want
By Louis Cahill "I DON'T DESERVE THAT FISH. I DON'T DESERVE THIS DAY ON THIS BEAUTIFUL RIVER. I DON'T DESERVE TO FISH WITH THESE GOOD MEN." I wade out into the rushing water of the Dean, farther than I should. The cold of the water grabs me...
Saturday Shoutout / Hendricksons
"YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THIS SHIT WHEN YOU'RE YOUNGER." This piece by Steve Zakur for Hatch Magazine is one of the nicest I've read in a while. A frank story about fish and flies, friends and failing health. Proof that things don't always work out like...
Sunday Classic / F-ing-A Yampa!
This story contains adult language. If you chose to read it, don't complain. IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO SET IN, WE ARE ON ONE OF THE GREATEST TROUT RIVERS IN THE WORLD AND THE FISH ARE GOING OFF AND WE ARE TOTALLY ALONE. Wal-Mart, Frisco,...
Eternal Return
By Lauren Holt "IN HINDSIGHT, CHANGE WAS CERTAINLY ON OFFER THAT SANTERIA SUNDAY MORNING" “There is no being apart from becoming.” – Hegel maahnk maahnk maahnk maahnk maahnk maank I rolled over to find my phone and kill my alarm, groggy in the stillness and the purple dark of...
Careful What You Ask For
All fish are not created equal. It's funny how what we want out of fly fishing changes over the years. We've all heard the story, I want to catch a fish, I want to catch a lot of fish, I want to catch a big fish......