Freedom Ain’t Easy

Freedom Ain’t Easy Battling earth, wind, and fire for a deadline bonefish. Saltwater Fly Fishing August/September 2005 The island had been burning for days, and the dry Bahamian air smelled of scorched palms and barbecued lizards. It wasn’t that the brush fires...

Wading In

Wading In There’s no such thing as too much good information. But when does it cease to be “good” for all? Saltwater Fly Fishing June/July 2005 Back in the day and well before “The Movie,” I lived in a small Rocky Mountain town that I had privately...

The Fingerling

The Fingerling Running and gunning on the Carolina Coast. Saltwater Fly Fishing February/March 2005 For two days the albies were everywhere and nowhere, crashing around our boat with a randomness that, by sunset each afternoon, had left us sore and swivel-headed. But...

Summer of the Shark

Summer of the Shark In pursuit of a really large fish with a very small stick. Saltwater Fly Fishing December 2004/January 2005 Capt. Bob Candopoulos does get excited. He’ll be sitting there crammed into the wheelhouse of his 53-foot charter boat—The Legend—legs...

O’ Brother

O’ Brother, Where Art Thou Fishing? On the road to a first striper, with a little help from our friends. Saltwater Fly Fishing October/November 2006 My brother, David, fishes with the same sense of vital necessity that other people read the Sunday Times. It is a...

Ways and Means

Ways and Means If fly fishing is about anything, it’s about the way we fish. Saltwater Fly Fishing June/July 2006 Undoubtedly, it was going to be a day with bugs. For the last two hours, Islamorada angler and artist Tim Borski and I had been working our way...