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.
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
The last two-ish weeks have been hectic. A whirlwind even. All is settled now, but things were a little dicey there for a hot minute. Legitimate turbulence in important things, such as gainful employment and the physical health of multiple family members all seemed to combine into one stress-inducing cocktail. Definitely shaken, not stirred. Needless … Continue reading THE TROUT DEPARTMENT (TTD)
The Trade Thursday, August 28th. I was just about ready to leave the office for the day when one of my co-workers popped his head in the door. "Did you see it?" A lot of potential things rushed to mind, but I was drawing a definitive blank. Then he said, "Micah Parsons got traded to … Continue reading Work, Water, and a Few Wild Trout
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
June was a very good fishing travel month for me. A few weeks following the Driftless adventure, I was able to visit the White Mountains of New Hampshire again. This is the second year I've visited the Whites to fish, and I'm finding that they really provide a very different fishing experience when compared to … Continue reading A Long Weekend in the Whites