With a title that says, The Tug Is The Drug, you know that Chris Santella gets it. I’ve fished with this boy, listened to him sing and strum a guitar, and I’ve swilled a few during the down moments, ranging from overnights on the Deschutes to prowling the flats around Bimini for giant bonefish. Here’s a collection of some of Santella’s best work and it doesn’t cost much for the read. When you buy this collection you are getting a great read and you are supporting the fishing fever of an even greater guy. Check it out.
FUNNY, THOUGHTFUL ESSAYS
FROM FLY FISHING’S TOP TRAVEL WRITER
THE TUG IS THE DRUG
30 Fly Fishing Essays from The New York Times and Beyond
You may know Chris Santella as the author of Fifty Places To Fly Fish Before You Die, Fifty More Places To Fly Fish Before You Die and a host of other “Fifty Places” books. The Tug is the Drug collects Santella’s first-person fly fishing narratives – including many stories that first appeared in The New York Times.
These thirty pieces take readers from leaping makos near the fairways of Torrey Pines to midnight Atlantic salmon fishing on the fabled Ponoi to encounters with very friendly mujeres on the streets of Havana… and even offer an unauthorized (yet unequivocal) account of Continue reading →
Headed to eastern Washington for my annual lake fishing foray and thought I would share some images of past success. These lakes rest out in the scabland north of Soap Lake and are tremendously fertile. The fish grow faster here than almost anywhere else and they are super aggressive and solid in April. That means a big, big bend in a five-weight. It’s going to be a big-time leech and chironomid show, as it always is. I’m loaded down with Snowcones but I’ve got some new techniques and flies to try out, too, and I’ll let you know how those work when I return. For now, enjoy the visuals and look forward to more next week.
