Saturday Shoutout / The Fishing Poet

6 comments / Posted on August 30, 2014 / by Louis Cahill

By Carter Lyles MATT SMYTHE IS JUST AS GOOD A WRITER AS HE IS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF FLY-FISHING, AND HIS FLY-FISHING BLOG IS KILLER. Matt grew up fly-fishing and took up his passion in writing as a freelance writer. I gave Matt a call the other week and...

Saturday Shoutout / Fishing Poet, The Things We Carry

3 comments / Posted on December 14, 2013 / by Louis Cahill

MATT SMYTHE, AKA, THE FISHING POET HAS BEEN ON A BIT OF A SABBATICAL. He's back now. With this beautiful, introspective essay written on a receipt trip to the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. Matt's ride in the De Haviland Otter takes him not only the...

Sunday Classic / Summer’s Over

4 comments / Posted on December 16, 2012 / by Louis Cahill

In August of 2010, at he end of a hectic and exhausting summer, I found myself in western Alaska for a week at the Alaska West Lodge. Frankly I was a little burned out. The weather, which can be a formidable challenge in Alaska, complicated...