Ok, ok. I’ve simply got to send a shout out to the blog: Flyosophy. The author–the so-called “Sean Juan” Murphy–runs (and I use the term loosely) a blog (again, loosely) that manages both occasional and prodigious output (or perhaps, throughput, is more accurate) on the subject of fly fishing… more or less. It is, I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘laughs’
BREAKING EVEN: A Month in Bonefishing (Pt. IV)
June 2004 I was once fishing a favorite flat with a new fly, a killer pattern I’ll say I discovered. I’d already taken several schoolies with it from South Sound and figured I’d try it on the big boys. It was a tough morning. Intermittent light and high water made for tough fish spotting conditions. [...]
Halloween Can Be Interesting
At costume parties people come dressed as him. He’s never once been asked, “trick or treat?” …they just give him the treat and leave. Every Halloween he dresses as himself, and still wins “Most Interesting Costume”. He is still the most interesting guide in the world. If you don’t have TV, never visit sports bars, [...]
Most Interesting Fridays
The Most Interesting Guide in the World on Halloween: “In my experience, the trick is always more interesting than the treat.” “I don’t always get to fish, but when I do I prefer bonefish. Stay salty, my friends.”
The Return of Interesting
He is so persuasive he once talked an apple tree into bearing limes… because he rather fancied a Mojito. On three separate occasions he’s negotiated peace between rival tribes with nothing more than a copy of The Prophet, two limes, and a barbless #2 Clouser Minnow. When asked the secret to his series of astonishing [...]
Most Interesting…Wednesdays?
When he picks up a flyrod, gravity decides to look the other way. He fishes giant tarpon with a 9-weight, because he has to under-compensate. Once, when the fishing was slow he invented the sport of shark hurling… he is still the world’s only surviving practitioner. He is…the most interesting guide in the world. “I [...]
