I’m back at the vise tonight. I’m feeling optimistic, even though I’ve been fumbling and wasting material all evening/morning. I guess I feel pretty good for having such an off night at the vise. Maybe I’m feeling good because our house smells like a Christmas Tree. Maybe I’m feeling good because it seems like changes […]
It’s been a week since Thanksgiving, but things haven’t slowed down. Thanksgiving is just the unofficial starting flag for Christmas, which keeps everyone busy. We’ve been traveling a lot over the past few days, and now that we’re back in Nashville it’s time to catch up on a lot. Over the break I’ve quite a […]
Yep. You read the title correctly. I’m on somewhat of a normal sleeping schedule (for now). I was able to get up this morning after sleeping a full 8 hours, and drink a few cups of coffee while tying flies. It felt refreshingly normal. Outside of tying flies that I haven’t used, there’s not much […]
I’m back at the fly bench after a short hiatus. Typically whenever I take time off that means I haven’t lost enough flies. Don’t worry, though. One trip to the gulf and a few trips to the river will change that in a hurry. Tonight (last night) was a frustrating night. I needed dark wooly […]
Friday morning around 7:00 a.m., right as Rachel was leaving work, both of us decided to go to Florida. She worked Thursday night, meaning we were running on 26 hours with no sleep by the time we arrived late Friday night. It was the best decision we’ve made in a while. Also, add the Jones […]
That’s a pretty crappy picture. I guess that’s what happens when you take all of your pictures with a cell phone camera. Pictured above is one of my favorite flies. I’m not going into what it is because if you’ve ever read a post on this blog then you know. I guess I need to […]
It has been several weeks since I’ve wet a line. Between traveling, football games, and traveling to go to football games, it was nice going back out to the river. Of course, I’m on my usual backwards schedule so the only time to get out on the water was after sundown. Drew decided rig a […]
It’s been a long week. Not much fishing along with not catching much either. Last night I trekked down to the banks of the Cumberland and tossed some spinner baits around. There was so much debris going downstream from the rainstorms that I was snagged early and often. What really surprised me is that the bass […]
It’s time to pack things up and head back to Alabama. My fly box needed replenishing and someone requested a few flies. So, I figured last night would be just as good a night as any to tie up flies. The only thing my fly box has been lacking is the presence of more clousers. […]
I finally found myself back on the water. I’ve been splitting time on the Harpeth and Cumberland Rivers. The temperature was 57 degrees this morning, and the cooler waters seemed to bring in the bigger bass. Yeah, that’s the biggest bass I’ve hooked recently on the fly. I’ve found that the bass in the Cumberland […]
Tales from East Yahtam 