How long, exactly, has it been since we’ve decided that we don’t really give a crap about anything but getting more stuff? But that’s not right is it? I don’t think there was ever an actual decision–not as such. It’s hard to achieve precision in anything so murky as our present predicament, but what is [...]
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The Quiet Sport…
They call it the quiet sport—the pursuit of gentlemen, poets, priests and presidents—but don’t let them lie to you. It’s an obsession, an addiction, a drug. And, just like any other junkies, we can’t tell you why we keep going back for more, why we keep on searching for that which cannot be found while [...]
New Flatswalker Film: “Hunting the Fox”
“Obsession brought us to this place… in search of a ghost, a phantom, a shadow that is all but invisible… unless you know how to find it… Flatswalker’s Journal, March, 2009.” Windknot and Dad, guided by none other than Big Charlie Neymour, find themselves facing 20 knots of breeze… and some truly BIG bonefish. To [...]
New Flatswalker Short Film
“Flatswalker’s Journal, March 2010. We descend into paradise to look for the Grey Fox, but we also find a wolf…” Do it yourself (DIY) fly fishing leads to an unusual discovery for this small group of anglers at an undisclosed location in the Caribbean. Barracudas (the Wolf) are on the attack and bonefish (the Grey [...]
Tarpon Season’s Comin’…
And We Don’t Have A Freakin’ Skiff! Yup, tarpon season is just around the corner and our brains are heating up along with the weather. Just got this little piece of mental clusterflop from good old Nate “Dubya” down in Tavernier Key. I can’t figure whether to call the Bureau of Mental Health, just feel [...]
