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.”
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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 [...]
Tarpon Opera
Ummm…I don’t really know, but I think I get it. Somehow. More madness from the Keys. Enjoy. What do tarpon fishermen do on long, lonely nights when tarpon season is effectively over? Well, some do this.
Midweek Sermon: Less is more.
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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s a first…
I’ve never done this, but couldn’t help it. The film in question is just a sweet, sweet vid that I had to do a review on what I’ve learned in a just a few practice sessions. A review of the flycasting DVD “Taming the Wind: Prescott Smith Reveals His Secrets & New Techniques for Casting Into [...]
Fashionably Late & Interesting
I must be slipping; can’t believe I missed Interesting Friday’s… actually, I just wasn’t in the frame of mind to come up with another three original lines. Good news, however, the wait is over. ____________________ His double-haul is so sharp, you can get whiplash just by watching. His fishing journal has been listed as classified [...]
