Spring

My most favorite musician of all time has to be Pat Metheny. The man is a prodigy and his music is such a joy to listen too imho...

April 2022 - Trout

It was exactly 180 days since I last caught a wild trout. I was itching to bring one to hand. So, I set off for a river that has become my favorite - for some reason...

May 2022 - Finesse Fishing

One of the last things I bought before moving back to the USA from Japan was a JDM finesse spin rod and reel as well as a few dozen ultralight spoons. Little did I know how much use I would get out of that rod over the years...

June 2022 - Mountain Laurel

After five years of faithful service my Daiwa spin reel seized up and the internal spring snapped. I took the plunge and got a BFS reel. To break it in I checked out a stream near the border of Rhode Island...

April 2023 - An intense moment on the river...

There I was just minding my own business switching out my spoon for hard bait when suddenly just upstream and around a bend I heard the most horrific sound of animals fighting, splashing in the water, and a sound like that of deer dying...

June 2023 - Dealing with ticks...

This season I have had a much bigger problem with ticks than I did last season. I am not sure what the cause is but if I had to venture a guess I would say that our lame (read: warm and hardly any snow) winter is to blame...