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[26 Oct 2011 | Comments Off on The Terrible Burden of Thought | ]

  When it comes to women most men have a “type.” This is very obvious when the type applies to physical aspects – for instance some guys like leggy blondes: they date leggy blondes, watch porn starring leggy blondes, marry leggy blondes, and then cheat on their leggy blonde wife with a leggy blonde skank. […]

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[21 Jun 2011 | Comments Off on The Faith in the Math | ]

I was cleaning my pool the other day and realized I had discovered a fundamental principle of the universe…more on that later. Pool maintenance can be frustrating, especially during pollen season. The grains of pollen are too small to catch with a net, and when you vacuum them half of the mess seems to vanish […]

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[11 May 2011 | Comments Off on Flats and Sight Fishing: A Presentation About Presentation | ]

If Alternate Reality Vince Lombardi was a fly fishing coach, he would be known for having said: “The Presentation isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” He would have been right. Very often anglers will talk about the “presentation” of a bait, lure or fly, and, as is often the case when angler’s talk, this is […]

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[26 Mar 2011 | Comments Off on Flats and Sight Fishing: Finding the Fish | ]

The ocean is a big place. Spin a globe fast enough and you will only see one color, blue. People do poorly though with scale. Probably the easiest example of this is in the climate change debate. As is always the case, your personal opinion doesn’t matter; just consider what you have heard. The problems […]

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[11 Feb 2011 | Comments Off on Flats and Sight Fishing: Getting Geared | ]

Ok, class no more screwing around – you know who you are. The next few articles will detail how to fish for stripers on coastal flats, both when you can and when you can’t sight fish.  Of all the ways a person can fly fish, flats fishing is one of the ways I find most […]

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[6 Jan 2011 | Comments Off on 10 Things Every Fly Fisherman Should Know | ]

With the Holidays coming up (ok so I missed them get off my back) I figured I would create a list of things I appreciate in my awesome life.  Stuff like health, wealth, family, no friends, and the joy each night of coming home to hear the most delightful sound a man can hear – […]

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[8 Nov 2010 | Comments Off on The Burden of Being Too Good | ]

Quick – which is worse: being surrounded by Idiots or being surrounded by Morons? There actually is an answer to this.  See an “Idiot” has an IQ of 0-25, whereas a “Moron” boasts an impressive IQ in the range of 50-71.  A person of “average” intelligence is in the range of 90-110.  So 20-30 IQ […]

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[26 Oct 2010 | Comments Off on What Exactly is Fly Fishing Anyways? | ]

Probably an odd inquiry, especially this deep into a blog – which on the surface at least – is about fly fishing.  Yet, it is one not easily answered, or perhaps more accurately stated, not consistently answered. First just as something of a disclaimer… Many states have as part of their fisheries management strategies “Fly […]

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[13 Oct 2010 | Comments Off on Fishing Buddies | ]

I have a confession to make. Actually not a confession, a confession is an admission of guilt for a crime or failing.  This is more of an embarrassing fun fact. Flyosophy Fun Fact:  The Flyosopher has no friends.  His mother, however, is blameless for his funny attire…he did that himself. “Nothing but heaven itself is […]

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[12 Aug 2010 | Comments Off on Sex and the Single Fly Fisherman | ]

Remember way back when I said I do requests…well I do…Don’t worry this wont be about sex back when I was in Creative Writing class the teacher said to only write about what you know… Okay boys and girls Quiz Time don’t worry there is only one question. What single piece of equipment does the […]