Category Archives: Fly Fishing Lifestyle
Sunday Classic / The Borg Don’t Fish
I AM A CHILD OF THE SIXTIES. But my childhood in a small Virginia town in the 1960s was not the long haired, free love, groovey sixties that phrase brings to mind. Mine was the nerdy, plastic rim glasses, popular science sixties. In 1966 when Star...
Saturday Shoutout / Guide Life Alaska
The life of an Alaska guide is one of challenge and reward. I remember seeing my friend Kyle Shay standing in the pouring rain without the first piece of rain gear, looking like a drown rat, his clothes plastered to him. A guest remarked, “you look...
Veterans and Fly Fishing
By Bob Reece Fly fishing is as powerful as you believe it to be. Six years ago I was asked to go to a brief evening meeting regarding the creation of a veterans focused fly fishing group. Since then I’ve been blessed to...
Sunday Classic / There’s No Such Thing As A Bad Perm
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY. THERE ARE NO SMALL PERMS. Just perms, and big perms. Happy perms and happy clouds. If you can't catch perms, you can always drink. Here's Bob Ross to teach you how! http://vimeo.com/32582348 The Bob Ross Drinking Game...
Saturday Shoutout / Behind Hank
I never get tired of Hank Paterson, your fly fishing guide. Everyone knows Hank, but far fewer folks know Travis Swartz, the real guy behind the world’s foremost fly fishing expert. That’s a shame, because he’s a brilliant guy and pretty damned interesting. Elliott Adler, of...