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Very Good, Young Grasshopper (or, One Man's Garden Rodent is Another Man's Bait)
Talk about a love/hate relationship!Five months ago, I was cursing like a sailor. Grasshoppers were devouring three rows of corn I'd planted in the early summer months. Spraying them with toxic...
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It's beginning to look a lot like...
...TROUT SEASON!!As I've gotten older, I've generally lost my enthusiasm for winter. I'm not sure when it happened. I used to rather enjoy a little bit of cold and snow, but at this point in my life...
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Super Bowl Sunday (or, a good excuse to work on the fly box)
Few things enthuse me less than the Super Bowl. Along with Valentine's Day, it falls increasingly into the category of "non-event" for me. The last one I really enjoyed - at least in terms of the...
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The Benefits of Restoration (or, Quit Your Whining)
For the past two years, trout have been laughing at my expense.I've taken to riding my bike to work as often as possible. It's a blessing in many ways. It keeps me on the verge of becoming physically...
View ArticleEd and God on a lake
Not that he doesn't love us all, but God loves fishermen.This post is a little different. It's a story relayed to me by one of my favorite fishermen in the world. I'll just call him Ed. I re-wrote...
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I'm a Fishing Legend in my own mind
Flywriter's Note: Thanks to the folks over at Wind Knots & Tangled Lines for the writing prompt. Also, check out www.flyfishingcrazy.com to see a really cool logo and a great, original website...
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Stoned on Sunday
First, let's be clear about the title of this post.I didn't go off the deep end and start experimenting with mind-altering substances to fill the hours on a Sunday evening. Not that kind of "stoned."...
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Springtime Glory (or, Doc's Sweet Revenge)
It was bound to happen sooner or later. The sight of a magnificent Blue Heron sticking out like a sentinel in mid-stream should have been a clue that I was in for a special day.The stars must have...
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Guard Duty
There's more to the Poudre than just fly fishing (I know, I could hardly believe it either). Every now and again you see something really spectacular if you simply stop to look:This guy was perched...
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Back Into Focus...
It took a gentle reminder today to jolt my memory and get me back on the stream, where I belong. For lack of a better way to put it, life's been full of a lot of garbage over the past month. In...
View ArticleDoc and the Furious Rainbow
Boy. This rainbow got all NASTY with Doc.There's a story behind this, I'm sure. Trouble is, I've forgotten what it is.I found this short video clip hidden in a bunch of pictures I'd long since...
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My Confession
It wasn't supposed to go down the way it did today. As always, I came home from church today in a good mood, making note of the sunny skies and an afternoon completely divorced from any pressing...
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Threat Level Orange: Terrorist Hits Flywriter HQ...Again (or, the mangy mutt...
In a precise, highly coordinated attack earlier today, a suspected terrorist lashed out at Flywriter HQ. Early indications suggest that the attack was carried out by Brooke the Cairn terrier (aka Ch....
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Joy In a Thousand Cutts
I suppose "a thousand" is a bit of an overstatement. OK, so it's a huge overstatement. But during a few brief hours two weeks ago I felt, for the first time, like I could do no wrong with a fishing...
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Right Where I Belong
I suppose it's easy for most people to determine that my fishing preferences and skills are far short of being multifaceted. I gave bass fishing an honest-to-goodness try, and we all know how that...
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Big Bug Bonanza
Sometimes, size does matter. I should clarify that I'm referring, of course, to fishing, so there's no need to avert your eyes. As the summer closes, I've developed a fascination with big bugs;...
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Ad-libbing, Algae, and the Best Peach Ever.
The build-up was almost too much for us.For months, my friend Jae and I have been talking the talk, comparing notes and fly boxes, and spinning yarns about our previous angling conquests. Between work...
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Three strikes, One Fish...
...still far, far better than work. Ridiculously low water levels and bright sunshine made the trout stalking pretty difficult yesterday. The fish were feeding selectively, and it seems that every...
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The Year of the Hopper
Clark W. Griswold would be proud of me. It's rapidly turning into a Christmas made for National Lampoon. I managed to scatter lights across the front of the house and throughout the branches of the...
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Reflections from the Home Waters, 2011
I'll ask you to forgive me in advance if this post gets a little too sentimental for the average angler. Then again, it's been my experience that fly fishermen are sentimental folks. In my extensive...
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A Numbers Game...
The look of puzzlement on Jae's face matched the confusion dancing circles in my own mind. "Tough fishing today," he deadpanned. Tell me about it. I've only sent five separate flies drifting down...
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Building a Better Trout Trap?
Well folks, this is difficult.I've been wracking my brain trying to think of a way to introduce this topic in a way that doesn't completely destroy my dignity and leave me looking like the world's...
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Emerging Awareness, Part One (March 10, 2012)
I was surrounded by rings of water, telltale signs of feeding trout that did nothing but increase my frustration as I watched the imitation mayfly drift effortlessly past me, time and again. The water...
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Emerging Awareness, Part Two (March 25, 2012)
Trudging down an elevated footpath overlooking the Poudre, I gather intelligence, oblivious to the perfection that surrounds me. A sip of hot coffee, sweetened to perfection with cream and sugar,...
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Intelligence Report: The Iron Is Smokin' Hot!
Just intel today, folks. Raw, unfinished, actionable intel. There are fly fishing pros, and there is fly fishing prose. Then there's me. I can't, with any honesty, count myself among the former,...
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