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.
Time to start the recaps of the Japan trip. I'll try to keep these readable, but I also really want to jot down my memories. I recently realized this blog has been around for 19 years, which is genuinely hard to believe, so if nothing else I appreciate it for the journaling. And I'd like … Continue reading Japan 2026: 16 Hours on Planes & Exploring Tokyo
So here's a bit of news. Labor Day weekend plans have changed. Dramatically. Those of you who read my earlier post about Lilly's summer at Bard College and our plans to visit the Hudson Valley know that an extended Catskills fishing trip was very much on the table this summer. And for a while it … Continue reading A Bit of a Change in Fishing Plans
Man, this summer is flying by. I was traveling a lot for work last week. Jacksonville to Philly to New York to Boston and back to Jacksonville. I've seen more planes than fish lately, but this video by River Runs Through Japan snapped me right back to where I needed to be. https://youtu.be/_rKXgpFXMr8?si=KXVX3IBzpxWHQIa0 First off, … Continue reading Strange Brown – The Fate of Brown Trout in Japan
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