Fly Shop Chronicles: “Bill Bishop, Tarpon Tamer”

By Capt. Gary Henderson
“A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.”

The Last Walk

By Richard Taylor
PROLOGUE:
Most everyone can recall at least one defining moment of emotion or sentiment that’s lodged deep in their memory.

The Great Sadness

By Roger Emile Stouff
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I fish where Indian warriors once stalked hardwood oak forests and paddled dugouts through stands of red cypress older than the cathedrals of Europe; where enormous stepped-pyramids rose from clamshell islands off the coast of what would become Louisiana.

The Weight

By Nick Conklin
What is courage? What is that desire and fight that never lets you give up, no matter what is thrown at you? How do you know when you have it, or in my case when you don’t?   You can discover a lot about yourself when you are put in a position of [...]

Surprised By Providence

By John Michael White
Concentrating my gaze on the olive PMX beginning its drift, just inside the current seam, tranquility began to replace the gnawing disappointment of recent days.  Standing little more than ankle deep in a riffle of the Colorado River, alone, feeling the warmth of the afternoon sun on the back of my neck [...]

Gone Fishin’

By Len Harris
Photos by Barb Harris
I went to the nursing home to pick up my wife. She had worked a double shift because of the bad weather here in Wisconsin. The nurse that was to work the shift could not make it in because of blowing snow. Barb left her little car in the parking [...]

So Much Depends On A Little Red Boat

By Brandon D. Shuler
The heat of the fire burned the front of his thighs through the cloth of his khakis.  The excited fibers of fabric itched his legs.  Phineas shifted from his right to left leg moving a white mug in his closed left fist to his right.  He stared out of the closed patio [...]

“Summer”
Photo By Len Harris