Troutrageous! Fly Fishing & Other Nonsense
A fly fishing and tenkara themed blog about trout, pop-culture, and my daughter Lilly. Philadelphia born and raised, living in Northeast Florida.
Only The Best In Roadside Attractions... In the last post about fishing up in North Georgia I noted that while fishing was quite therapeutic on Saturday, I didn't return to the stream on Sunday. But why T!, why? Well, I'm a sucker for a roadside attractions, (see Exhibit A), and I'm also mildly obsessed with … Continue reading Expedition: Bigfoot!
Sometimes a Picture Says a Thousand Words This awesome photo is courtesy of Len Harris, a Driftless area angler (and friend of the blog) who is known to tell a good story or two. In this case, Len didn't need to do much talking, but did share the following commentary: "The silly thing hit my … Continue reading That's One Hungry Trout!
"Florida Man" (or fish) clearly knows no bounds... So did everybody catch the story that a dead Arapaima was found in southwest Florida over the weekend? If not, read these two articles... Amazonian “River Monster” discovered in the Caloosahatchee River Citizens of Florida, Welcome Your New 'River Monster' Overlords So like what's the deal? Did … Continue reading Okay Florida, Slow Your Roll
Cryptozoology is Cool My affinity for "Bigfooting" and Sasquatch is not much of a secret. I've always been fascinated by cryptids, and in this day and age finding interesting content on the topic is not particularly difficult. Sure, a ton of the "evidence" is suspect at best, but every now and then you read or … Continue reading Keepin' It Squatchy
This has nothing to do with fishing, rather more to do with something else I dig... Bigfoot. You may better know him (or her) as Sasquatch, Yeti, or the Swamp Ape, but you better believe that it's big, real, and out there. Anyway, found these chainsaw wood carvings from artist Jim Haggart while scrolling on … Continue reading Totally Squatchy – Jim Haggart Carvings