
Writer | Storyteller | Angler
Coming soon: The Best Fly Fishing is Everywhere, the book.
Based in the backyard and beyond the horizon, a collection of nonfiction fly fishing stories, essays, moments, and reflections presenting fly fishing more as art and practice than sport or contest while emphasizing that ‘the best’ is always subjective.
The way the story goes,
I caught my first brook trout when I was six years old. My father cheered for me, filled with excitement and pride. After calming down, he asked what I thought about that. Straight faced, I replied, "I wanna catch another one."
Twenty years later, I netted the first trout after six fish-less hours for a client who had never touched a fly rod before. Relieved, I slapped him on the back and asked what he thought about that, and he responded with the exact same answer. I guess I had that coming.