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.
There was so much downed timber in the water, far more than I remember last summer. The big, heavy kind that isn't easy to navigate. You can't go around it, thanks to the thick rhododendron lining each bank. You just need to climb it and go over. Or under if there's enough clearance. Sometimes it … Continue reading Logjam
It's a fairly famous meme, but it's also how I feel right about now... Typically, my trout fishing season shuts down in mid October as work starts to really consume most of the energy in my life and I begin to focus on just getting through the rest of the calendar year in one piece. … Continue reading I Got One More In Me
It had been a while since I fished. The trip to the White Mountains was now more than a month behind me. I really didn't need an excuse to head north again to find some trout, but my friends at a certain fly fishing company certainly gave me one when I found a new tenkara … Continue reading Storms, Snakes, and a Mixed Bag Slam
Fingers Crossed for a Resurrection 🤞 It appears the annual Atlanta stop of The Fly Fishing Show has been unceremoniously cancelled. Not necessarily by the organization that runs it, in fact I received an email from them back in April that had it listed on their schedule for January 30 - February 1st, 2026. Rather … Continue reading R.I.P. Atlanta Fly Fishing Show
Last weekend was a bit of a whirlwind... The weekend began in Tampa, Florida. I was there for a work trip on Thursday and Friday. It's about a three and a half hour drive from my house in northeast Florida. My original plan was to work in Tampa, then shoot up I-75 to a tenkara … Continue reading A Whirlwind Weekend