A Fish Ate My Homework
Rick Robinson and Wade DeHate have put together an eloquent and lighthearted guide on why to take up fly fishing and the basics it …
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One Star Amazon Reviews of Fly Fishing Classics
A River Runs Through It – Like rancid ice cream… The Longest Silence – Nothing but sex and fish… The River Why – He hated …
Reel Genius: ‘The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life’
Matt Labash reviews David Coggins’s new book ‘The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life.’ The Optimist isn’t some dreary how-to, or about character …
BOTWW: Steelhead Fly Fishing
Days of steelhead past. January 27th, 2021: Steelhead Fly Fishing by Trey Combs, Lyons Press In the 1990s, at least among the group of steelhead …
BOTWW: Lords Of The Fly Edition
An obsessive steelhead angler’s thoughts on a book about the obsessive pursuit of tarpon. OCTOBER 28TH, 2020: Lords Of The Fly by Monte Burke, Pegasus …
Down By The River: A Fly Fishing Story For Children
By Greg Fitz I don’t have children, so the original publication of Andrew Weiner’s picture book Down By The River a couple of years ago …
A Crappy Boat Ride, a Record Catch and a Fly-Fishing Frenzy
Another meaty excerpt from Monte Burke’s new book Lords of the Fly. Forty-odd years ago, a former college lineman’s upset stomach and a running-back-sized tarpon …
The Drug-Smuggling Miami Mobster Who Fell in Love With Tarpon Fishing
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, something unique happened in the quiet little town on the west coast of Florida known as Homosassa. The …
Book of the Week Wednesday: Trash Fish Edition
Time for another edition of Dylan Tomine’s Book of the Week Wednesday. This week’s pick is also one of my favorites. Trash Fish: A Life …
RIP: Michael Russell
Michael Russell, who has died in Norfolk aged 86, was a publisher, wit and author, especially notable in the latter capacity for writing the spoof …