Month: August 2015

The Zen of When

August 10, 2015

I was once in a conversation with a group of fly fishers as they discussed what they called “the BS Index”.  According to this group of fellow fly fishers, the “BS Index” is the number of fish claimed divided by the number actually boated.  Say a guy claims he caught ten but actually only caught … More The Zen of When

What a little slack line can do to an afternoon of fly fishing…

August 3, 2015

Years ago, before the local reservoir’s dam road was four-lane, there was a ditch running parallel behind the dam where I liked to fly fish.  The ditch ran parallel to the massive earthen dam, on top of which was Spillway Road.  I liked the ditch because I could bank fish it easily from the manicured … More What a little slack line can do to an afternoon of fly fishing…