Tag Archives: learn to fly fish
Must Save Tokyo!
“Must save Tokyo,” I mutter in a completely offensive fake Japanese accent. My buddy John looks up to see what I’m staring at. Thousands of bright backlit forms are etched against walls of the Black Canyon and the deep blue Colorado sky like angels on...
The Last Cast
I guess I can learn from my mistakes. Her name was Penny. She was adorable, even before she smiled and when she did it was like sunshine. She was happy and carefree, I was angry and self destructive. I was about to graduate from high...
The “Shake and Bake” Method of Fly Dressing
Will Sands shows me how he dresses his fly. "it's like frying chicken" he tells me. I love that, the guy from Colorado telling the boy from Georgia about frying chicken. I'll admit that I was skeptical at first but Will's "Shake and Bake" method really...
What To Tie and What To Buy
I should be sleeping. Oh man, that would feel good, it’s been a while. I’m flying to Colorado tomorrow. I wouldn’t be home today if a crown hadn’t fallen out of my mouth. This would have been the third trip in a row with only...
The Speed Knot
Little things make a difference. When you watch a really good fisherman you notice a lot of those little things, the details that add up to kicking ass on the water. My friend Will Sands is like that. One of those super technical fisherman who...