There’s a hard bend in the back corner of the harbor opposite the houseboat that upon initial approach isn’t obvious. Once you make it back to farthest and westernmost point of the harbor it’s possible to see the bend cutting back to the north. A grim reminder of the harshness of navigating the waters sat […]
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“Y’all did alright today, but just wait until tomorrow. We’re going to hike up through there and hit the honey hole,” George told us as Dad was cleaning the day’s catch. The term “honey hole” is widely used in fishing lore. To keep it within the realm of fishing, it’s the proverbial end of the rainbow […]
Tales from East Yahtam: An Exercise in Remembering
I’ve recently felt very nostalgic about my past trips to Alaska. I genuinely hope to go back and fish there again someday, but I understand better now than before that I won’t be able to do what we did 10 years ago ever again. George Mann was a friend of my father and an accomplished […]
Long weekend in the woods
This post is a day or so late, but I’m sure you’ll forgive me. Since we had a long weekend, and our wives went on an all-girls East Tennessee retreat, Drew and I decided we’d go somewhere too. First thought was camping/fishing trip. So we packed our crap into his car and headed up to […]
Final Post of 2011
The holidays have been busy. I probably didn’t need to tell you that, but alas, it is true. I’ve been fortunate to spend time with family & receive some fishing gear on top of that. This post is really just a way of saying, “Hello, I haven’t been fishing recently. I want to go fishing […]
Weekend Round-up: Fisherous.com Edition
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a weekend round-up. It’s also been a while since I went fishing on a weekend. Anyway, I’m sure you’ve noticed the header on this post is for another websites. You may ask, “well, why would you put that on your blog?” Simple. Fisherous.com is an awesome fishing blog, […]
Creek ‘Gills
I’m back home in Alabama for the next week and a half so I decided to sling some bugs in the creek behind my parent’s house on light tackle. Fortunately, the creek still gets plenty of sun. The water temp seems to be significantly warmer than waters in Tennessee. Naturally, I can’t help but snatch […]
Late Night Fly Tying
I have got to stop tying and get on the water. Still, I haven’t had time to change that. We’ve had steady rain for the past several days (staying away from the river for a while), and it has gone from cool to freakin’ freezing! I’m afraid the bass have holed up – have I […]
Late night fly tying
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 […]
Off the fly: One and done kinda night
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 […]
Tales from East Yahtam 