Category Journal

The Ascension of an Angler

“If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.” — Tom Brokaw Like most hobbies, fishing, and particularly fly fishing, can be tainted by a certain degree of “snobbery”. Use these ten archetypes as a gauge of where you…

Minimalism and Fly Fishing

Fly hooked on fly rod hook holder

“Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hinderances to the elevation of Mankind” – H.D. Thoreau The first “fly rod” I ever had was a 12 inches long. Around…

Fishing a Hypothesis

Releasing a cutthroat trout into a river by hand

“Fishing has been styled ‘a contemplative man’s recreation,’ … and science is only a more contemplative man’s recreation.” – H.D. Thoreau Going fishing somewhere new is a lot like conducting a science experiment. First, you start with a hypothesis—a big…