On May 21, 1968 a man by the name of Dick Proenneke arrived at a place called Twin Lakes in Alaska. Dick was 52 years old and newly retired. Over the course of the 30 years following his arrival, Dick would live in a cabin he built by hand....
WEEKLY WATCH: “Alone at Dick Proenneke’s Log Cabin in the Wilderness” by My Self Reliance
That Damn Hat
Author’s Note: Following is a fictional story the I wrote in September of 2012. At the time I was writing for an old blog of mine that found its way to the ever popular Neglected Blog Heaven. The story, while fictional for the most part, does have some truthful...
WEEKLY WATCH: Hammock Hangin’ How-To PART 1…Essentials for Noobs by Shugemery
First off, let’s address the elephant in the room. Yep, this video has nothing to do at all with fly fishing. After a little hiatus and much contemplating, I’ve decided I’m going to take this blog in a slightly different direction. I have a bajillion hobbies and interests that...
WEEKLY WATCH: A Visual Poem of Trout Fishing by Aaron Peterson
Near my land in the upper peninsula of Michigan there is a little “river”…a stream by most people’s standards…that flows through the Northwoods. It’s the type of place where the brook and brown trout eagerly take a copper colored wooly bugger, roll casts are essential and the water is...
WEEKLY WATCH: The Dorado with April Vokey
It’s no doubt that many of you, if not all of you, have a bucket list of fly fishing destinations, species, self imposed goals, etc. I’m sure some of you have catching a Golden Dorado on said list and I wouldn’t blame you. There’s just something about the way...
Sticker Junkies Unite!
I don’t know what it is about fly anglers and our love of stickers. For some reason I just can’t get enough stickers to cover my fly boxes, filing cabinet in my den, truck window, inside my locker at work, etc. and it seems to be a common addiction...
Top-Water Retrieves for Smallies by Skip Morris via Midcurrent.com
The crew at Midcurrent have shared another great article, this time on techniques for retrieving those top water flies for smallmouth bass. With spring approaching fast and with it one of the best times of year to fish for smallies, I thought I would share this helpful article with...
WEEKLY WATCH: Farquhar Bird Fly by Fish The Swing
This week’s Weekly Watch is just a short video that I came across a couple of years ago. In the video, these guys are catching Giant Trevally on…well…let’s just say it’s some crazy stuff. You’ll have to watch for yourself to see what I mean and just how insane...
More Fletcher Approved Fly Fishing Podcasts
Not quite a month ago I posted up an article listing some fly fishing podcasts that my dog Fletcher and I enjoy listening to. They ranged from the serious and educational to the humorous and comical. Well, Fletcher and I were sharing a beer the other night and he...
Shakespeare & Duct Tape
“Do you know where Grandpa’s fly rod is?” I asked my grandmother. Grandpa had passed away four months ago and I was hoping to look at his fly-fishing rod and reel. Being the only fly angler in my family, I was probably being a bit presumptuous, but I assumed...