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Christmas Eve

December 24, 2011 Head east, past the cruise ships, tourist traps, and taxis, past the miles of coastline, muddied by the winds of the last fortnight. Small bays open unexpectedly around corners...

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The Strange Truth About Paradise

Reflections on Life in the Tropics The strange truth about paradise is that it eventually gets to be boring and, quite frankly, depressing. Well, maybe not so much “depressing” as “melancholy”. It’s...

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The (Fly Fishing) Revolution Has Not Been Televised*

  October 21, 2012 Ok, so here’s the deal with the revolution. First, there’s not one… revolution, I mean. Two, you can’t claim to be revolutionary because you do something as silly as fly fishing,...

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Worst Trout Set EVER! (Why fly rods don’t hook real fish.)

I hate posting this sort of thing but it’s one of those “it’s soooo bad, it’s good” situations! I mean, seriously. WTF, OMG, LOL and pretty much every-dang-thing-else. This guy’s (?) cast is pretty...

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Flyting: Old and New; Something Purple, Something Blue.*

  When I began fly fishing, tying my own flies was an obsession. It was the one thing I felt I could do with reasonable success. (Success defined here as wrapping materials onto a hook so they...

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Travel Log: Acklins

Day I November 29, 2013 Orange Hill Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas The sea was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli. I watch squalls pass to the north, unless that’s...

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Travel Log: Acklins (Day II)

Day II November 30, 2013 In Transit, Bahamas Dawn is a grey and drizzly affair, but calm. Perhaps our luck is turning. Aside from the typical incompetence by the local airline (SOP), the transfer goes...

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