Tag: fly fishing
Is it Time Yet?
I’d always wondered what woodland flowers had to do with morels and fishing. I’d also marveled about how robins knew when to return north or questioned why certain mayfly imitations work better than others during the opening weekend of trout season. What did one have to do with the other?
Thinking and Writing in ¾ Time: A Few Thoughts on Jimmy...
There are many surprising things about getting older. As I sit on the cusp of my late thirties, staring at that blinking cultural landmark...
The Holy Waters, the Bra Tree, and The Unexpected: A...
And then comes the last kayak, plenty buoyant, and in it a beauty contestant in minimal black swimwear.
Flipping the Woolly Bugger
Finding myself 2000 miles from Montana but with a couple of boys who want to go fishing, we ventured into the brown waters of...
Against Vacation
The vacation, far from being a treatment for a serious illness, is instead a symptom of it.
Norman Maclean and the Question of Craft
"Fear and pity are made out of grammar,” he writes, and in this most particular grammatical unit he finds the fabric of tragedy itself.