On the water

HARD WORK, SON.

April 5, 2012

The Pere Marquette was a lesson in the art of disciplined optimism. This is not sunshine-and-puppies optimism. This is not a-bad-day-on-the-river-is-better-than-a-great-day-at-the-office optimism, which we all know is bullshit anyhow. This is optimism that punches back instead of turning the other cheek. Rugged and backboned, half-mad and unwilling to holler Uncle. Disciplined optimism. ** Alex Landeen and I [...]

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TRIFECTA

March 26, 2012

One trip. Three videos. All from the same footage. No…not win, place and show. Win, win and win. Big props to the editorial-stylizations and just plain good-dude-ness of Alex Landeen and Matt Dunn. The PM will not be the same. Well, we hope it’s not on our next trip anyhow. (official heads-up: strong language [...]

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PRETTIER THAN A CATFISH IN SHALLOW WATER

March 21, 2012

It’s been a while in the making, but Pulp Fly, Volume 1 is finally here. This eBook anthology of stories written by fly fishing writers is a first in the industry — and it’s good-looking body of work. The collection includes the literary machinations of Pete McDonald, Alex Landeen, Matt Dunn, Bruce Smithhammer, Bjorn Stromsness, [...]

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YOU PAYS YOUR MONEY, YOU TAKES YOUR CHANCES

March 13, 2012

Then all of a sudden, there we were. Straight from the airport. Three of us and a drift boat and a river unhinged and in the trees. Gusts to 30, temps in the 20′s and maybe two hours of fishable light before a 6 p.m. pull-out in the ice dark. It’s all good though. [...]

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