Category Archives: Culture
Best Books for Summer
Being fly fishers, I always think that many of you are avid readers, too. The two passions seem to share a symbiotic relationship. Certainly, all of you read guidebooks, or at least you did at one time, until you became … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Travel
Tagged Adventure Books, Best Summer Books, Best Summer Reading, Best Travel Books, Fly Fishing Books
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Rene Harrop’s 2013 Henry’s Fork Fly Fishing Forecast
Rene Harrop has fished east Idaho’s Henry’s Fork River his entire life. He’s gone toe to toe with all those big rainbows in Box Canyon, outwitted those bankside risers in the Harriman Ranch, mastered those Wood Road giants, and wrecked … Continue reading
Image of The Week: Sod Clod
There’s something interesting about this image that you may not see at first glance. And it may remind you of your own swing. Take a look and have a good laugh. By the way, this is how I regard golf: … Continue reading
Camp Bonaventure Wins Orvis’ Fly Fishing Lodge of The Year Award
If you are thinking about fishing Atlantic salmon this summer or early fall—and, by the way, you should be thinking about fishing Atlantic salmon this summer or fall—you would be doing yourself a favor to visit the Web sites of … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Culture, Spey, Travel
Tagged Camp Bonaventure, Gaspe Peninsula Atlantic Salmon Fly Fishing, Quebec, Salmon Lodge
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Meet The Pogues
Take 2:17 away from your work and listen to this one. I think you’ll like it. And you may want to go out and buy more of these guys, the Pogues, one of my favorite bands. Where do the Pogues … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Music, Road Tunes
Tagged Irish Whiskey, Shane McGowen, The Parting Glass, The Pogues
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NYC Pub Crawl . . . with permission
Saw these signs in Manhattan, NYC and thought they would give you guys a laugh. I was there last month to meet with people from Canada to figure out what trips might be appealing and most beneficial for them and … Continue reading
Big Ass Bass: Fly Fishing for Largemouth in Western Montana
Thought all of you might like to see the damage I did on bass over the weekend. The result of the only strike I got in the three hours I fished. Didn’t see any bass in the shallows, nor any … Continue reading
Fred Thomas Fish Art: Discount
Many of you know that my father, Fred Thomas, is one of the country’s best wildlife artists and I thought I would share his work with you from time to time. Fred is willing to offer a discount to AT … Continue reading
Being A Steelhead Junkie Just Got Easier
Being a steelhead junkie isn’t the easiest thing in the world—between tides, weather, river conditions, and the fickle nature of the fish itself, catching a steelhead often feels like a minor miracle. Just getting to steelhead country, with the epicenter … Continue reading
The Orvis Helios 2 Fly Rod and Monster Trout
Got this Orvis Helios 2 a while back and have wanted to really put it to the test. That test arrived in eastern Washington a couple weeks ago when I fished private lakes for some monster rainbow trout, fish stretching … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Gear
Tagged Orvis Helios2, RIO Camolux fly line, Trophy trout in eastern Washington
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