Looks like this end of the state is going to be still water warm wart fishing. I guess it is always good to learn more something pretty new.

Just went out flailed the local pond well. How could I have 'forgotten' how to cast?!?!?! It wasn't that long ago.

Think I need to go get a wrist brace to break the habits I picked up with the #3 on small streams.

Snapping of flies on the back cast? CHECK
Casting "S"'s? CHECK
Bonking self...

As many know I was away from the forum, my home and of course this computer keyboard for the time span December 23, 2012 - March 27, 2013. Before I start writing a series of long photo filled entries about all the work and a few photo opportunities that I had over the winter at the cabin it seems appropriate to re cap 2012. The years entries wouldn't be complete without telling you about ............


It was August and as summer wound down the season...

So it has been a while since I posted last, but I have to be in the right frame of mind to say anything anywhere.
Over the last couple of years I have been debating the relationship I had or have with God......sorry I do not like that word, it carries too many negative connotations for me but people refer to him as God, I think of "him" as an entity that is not He or She, does not adust all of our lives individually all of the time. I believe we have the freedom to create our own...

A Rare Get-Together, Flamingo 3/8/13

Today I was fortunate to fish with a couple of good buddies who don’t get out in the bay very often. Matt Davis and Lee Gahagen drove up from Islamorada, and were able to take a much-needed break from the deep-water side of charter fishing. We left from Flamingo bright and early with a mission to catch, rather than fish. For the first time in a long time, I put away the fly rods and broke out the spinners. The day started off slow. We fished...

Pere Marquette River - Twenty Thirteen