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.
When "memories" pop up in your social media feed, they often bring a smile to your face. While many can be relatively inconsequential, the one that appeared this weekend was pretty damn cool. It references something that happened a year ago. Something oddly enough, I've never written about here. I'm republishing the article I originally … Continue reading One Year Ago, I Had an Amazing Fishing Experience
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
Okay, I've procrastinated long enough... I'm in.While recent blog posts and photographs may indicate that I'll be doing more fly fishing (with a reel) in 2020, I'm still really into learning more and taking a "next step" in my skill level when it comes to fishing with my tenkara rods. I've dedicated a lot of … Continue reading Countdown to Oni Tenkara School 2020
Gyotaku.You may not know it by name, but I guarantee you've seen it before. In brief, it's a traditional Japanese method of printing fish... like actually taking a dead fish, applying ink, and using it like a rubber stamp to make an impression on paper. Sure, that sounds a little crude, but stick with me … Continue reading Gyotaku – The Traditional Japanese Method of Printing Fish
While it doesn't appear that he went Shaku Hunting, check out the pretty slick article titled "Wild In Japan" by Dave Fason that was featured in the current issue (#71) of This is Fly.Not only is this trip recap and essay a great read, but This is Fly has surfaced over 150 pages of superb … Continue reading This is Fly: Wild In Japan