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.
I snuck out last weekend to hit a pond I like to fish on occasion. I haven't fished it in a few years as there's been a lot of development in and around it, and it's not quite as easy to access. That said, with some nice weather, I thought it would be a good … Continue reading A Slow Day and a Quick Release
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
Typically, when I fish the neighborhood ponds by my house, I go to a specific pond first. It's no secret, and in a well foot-trafficked area. It sits just beyond the chain link fence of a youth baseball diamond and within spitting distance of a jungle gym, not that you'd actually find yourself spitting at … Continue reading Turtle Gauntlet
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