With storm after storm raging outside, I’ve been spending some good time at my fly tying desk. I love this time of winter, for the quiet hours spent either tying favorite patterns, or experimenting with new ones.
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Starting next Wednesday, February 4th, through the end of February, I’m going to be giving away one fly fishing item per week. All you need to do to enter to win? Refer a friend — or, better yet, twelve.
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This fall my good friend Jared and I chased albies of Watch Hill, RI. It was awesome. Here’s the video, and some photos, from our trip.
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As New England is hunkering down for a potentially historic snowfall, Andy Bonzagni at Concord Outfitters shared the below photos with me from his recent trip to New Zealand. Nothing like a few hogs to get you through the storm.
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Over Thanksgiving, I shot video of my dad explaining his relationship with Everett Garrison, who owned most of the workshop equipment before him, his love of working with bamboo, and the importance of it being in a museum. Check it out here.
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It was great to see everyone at the Marlborough Fly Fishing Show this weekend. I ran into some old friends, made some new ones, and met a bunch of fans of the site. This year, the show felt a bit different — namely, I think, because there were a number of new booths, and new faces.
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Last night, as the mercury plunged, a few friends gathered to tie flies in a subterranean Boston restaurant. It was a great antidote to the bitter cold outside: jokes were told, patterns debated, and the jerk chicken was much, much hotter than people remembered.
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I don’t know if we were hearty or foolish but, faced with some sun and a few days off from work, my friend Ben Brunt and I drove out to the Deerfield River in Western, MA, to see if we could find any willing, if not cold, trout. The weather? Sunny, 27, windy.
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Thank you everyone for such a great year. 2014 has been great to New England on the Fly — lots of new friends, a new partnership with The Compleat Angler, and some great fishing trips. Thanks for all of your support and engagement on the site.
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I’ve been fortunate to know many of these craftsmen over my life, but I’ve come to know one recently: Marc Aroner, the man behind the bamboo rods of Spinoza Rod Company. Here are some videos of him working in his shop.
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