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.
A blog from yesteryear that I really enjoyed was Pile Cast Fly Fishing. The author, Dave Hosler was definitely a nonconformist. Or at least his blog was as counterculture as fly fishing writing got. While the rest of us were glorifying the almighty trout or the saltwater species of the tropics, Dave focused his writing … Continue reading Catching Up With… Dave Hosler
Is there anything in fly fishing better than an aggressive topwater strike? Don't answer that question if you disagree, because you'd be wrong. I followed up on my Saturday sojourn with a Sunday walk back to the scene of the crime. Still muggy, still humid, even a bit drizzly, but this time with the Clearwooder … Continue reading Sunday Success
A "floater" can be many things... a transient worker that doesn't have a home office or dedicated role, that annoying squiggle that glides across your eyeball, a layer of hard alcohol atop a cocktail, or, if you have a first grade sense of humor like me, a buoyant "number two." Yesterday, it was a dead … Continue reading Floater
It's March already! While I've been writing a bit more about fishing in 2024, I hadn't actually done any fishing to this point, which might be the longest drought I've ever had to start a new year. So, I gathered up the 4-weight fiberglass rod, a clicker reel, and a clutch full of flies and … Continue reading The First Fish of 2024
Catching up on Lost Time... Hadn't posted in a little bit, but we've been active here in Northeast Florida. Not necessarily fishing all the time, but all in the outdoors vein. A Walk in the Woods Two weekends ago I spent some time walking around the Timucuan Trail in the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine … Continue reading Some Recent Florida Hijinks