Is it May Yet?

First off, if you have power to read this, I appreciate it. I understand that Winter Storm Fern is probably messing with a bunch of you in some form today. Snow, sleet, ice. Clearly some messy weather that could gum up the works for the next few days for those in her path. I hope … Continue reading Is it May Yet? →

Far From Fishy

After I went fishing in Georgia two weekends ago, I haven't been very fishy since. Another week of work travel (in Philly) was quickly followed by a train ride for a little bit of a weekend escape to NYC to celebrate K.C.'s birthday on Saturday. She loves those damn Broadway shows, especially Moulin Rouge! A … Continue reading Far From Fishy →

Bring Back Trout Stamps

I wasn't much of an angler growing up, but when a few of my friends from school and I became early teenagers, we decided to try our hands at fishing some of the local reservoirs. Collectively, we didn't know much about what we were doing, using worms and corn under bobbers launched by spincast rods … Continue reading Bring Back Trout Stamps →

Happy New Year 2025 from Valley Creek!

Had a wonderful morning reacquainting myself with Valley Creek in Valley Forge National Historical Park on New Year's day. https://youtu.be/SYO0TRPZfv4?si=wav2d73_IzwoTvrK It was a brisk 40 degrees, but not super cold. It was breezy, which made the tenkara rod and level line the wrong choice. As my nymph got blown around a bit, I sure could … Continue reading Happy New Year 2025 from Valley Creek! →

New Year’s Eve Waiting…

I begin writing this ramble of a post around 6 PM on New Year's Eve. It's that no man's land where you want to stay up to ring in the new year with a bang, but you don't want to wait another six hours to do so. I'm an oldhead now, I need my sleep! … Continue reading New Year’s Eve Waiting… →