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HEADLAMPS & HOMEMADE BOWS

November 1, 2010

The leaves aren’t the only things that turn in this neck of the woods once Fall arrives. In our barn, upstairs in the hunt/fish lodge, the fishing gear that has been sitting in various states of take-out and put-back for the past four-or-so months has do-si-do’d with my hunting gear. Chest-packs and tackle boxes, rods [...]

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MORNING BROWNS WITH DAD, Installment 6, Thesis

October 6, 2010

* The 6th installment in a series of sections from my Masters thesis, which was (in large part) about fishing. [20] Villager Restaurant. 5:30 a.m. Laminated breakfast menus. Short lived eggs, toast, sausage—coffee-to-go, toothpicks by the register. We head to the bait shop for sawbellies, a wriggling handful of bump & tick in our aluminum [...]

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TONY AS MY WITNESS

August 12, 2010

Like any other fishing morning, Saturday started very early and with a strong pot of coffee. Tony arrived around 5 and we wasted some time talking at the kitchen table, having misjudged first light by about a half hour. By the time we got to the marina, loaded my gear on his boat, untied the [...]

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THE TRIP. THE VIDEO.

May 9, 2010

One very cool thing about this blog is the fact that my kids, when they’re old enough to appreciate it, will have a pretty exhaustive chronicle of who their dad is – through writing and pictures. I get the biggest kick out of looking at old photos of my parents when they were young and [...]

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