A fly fishing and tenkara themed blog about trout, pop-culture, and my daughter Lilly. Philadelphia born and raised, living in Northeast Florida.
If you're an avid fisherman - and if you're reading this blog, I assume you might be - you may have received some promotional mail from Acadia Sports at one time or another. Famous for their "buy one, get one free" rod pricing, Acadia prided themselves on offering high quality fishing equipment at reasonable prices … Continue reading Acadia Sports – A Fond Farewell
Okay...enough procrastination...time to write up the Flying Fisherman Pago polarized sunglasses review...I mean the OBN didn't give these to me for free for nothing. I'm not a total slacker though, as I already wrote a "First Impressions" post about a month and a half ago. You may want to read it first HERE, before proceeding … Continue reading Gear Review – Flying Fisherman Pago Polarized Sunglasses
After two weeks of erratic scheduling, the Nibbles are back home, to Wednesday...where, uhh...the magic happens?I'm going to start this week's edition with a list...because people love lists, right? Well, it's not my list, but FlyTalk over at Field & Stream.com's list. It's a list of the Top 12 Best States for Flyfishing in the … Continue reading Wednesday Nibbles – Strategically Placed Feathers Edition
When I was at the Greater Philadelphia Sportsman's Show in February, I met Mike Gogal from Gogal Publishing at his booth. Up until now, his company was primarily known for making print (paper) maps of regional Pennsylvania trout & bass waters. Well all of that changed, and what he's concocted as the next generation fishing map is … Continue reading The Next Generation of Fishing Maps
Yesterday was a pretty fun day on the water. No, not because the fishing was great (it actually wasn't too bad, but more on that later), but because I was going to try out a new (to me) piece of equipment.I've got two borrowed Japanese tenkara rods at my house this week, and yesterday I … Continue reading The Japanese Invade Valley Forge