Blast From The Past...

I saw this the other day. I had this poster on my wall in college. 

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Shameless Plug

Hey Dudes & Dudettes... Here is a shameless plug for this year's DSP Carp Slam shirts. My buddy Scott Wells (who I have featured several times on here, including the shot a couple posts down) designed this shirt. They look awesome and proceeds help Denver TU.

All of the cool kids have them....

Buy Here

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People Are Strange When You're a Stranger

When you're strange 

Faces come out of the rain 

When you're strange 

No one remembers your name 

When you're strange....

Photo #2 By: Dave McCoy

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Doc Of The Drakes

"Doc Of The Drakes" trailer - by Bryan Huskey | Fly Fishing Movie from The Fly Fishing Film Tour on Vimeo.

When I saw this at the Fly Fishing Film Tour a while back, this film damn near brought a tear to my eye. If you don't like this story, then you are a heartless human being. But if you follow my blog, you probably are the type of person that will dig it. Enjoy!

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Glass Is Not Dead

We got out this weekend and broke out some glass. It's always great to fish rods with soul. These particular ones sure did.

Visit thefiberglassmanifesto.blogspot.com/ if you don't understand the appeal. 

Photography By: Ben Sittig

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Pay It Forward

Somebody taught you how to fly fish, right? Take this summer and pay that solid forward. Seeing kids get hooked on the sport is one of the great joys of this world. Give a kid something to be passionate about other than video games. These are some pics of my nephew Jackson tearin' up the bass pond with me. 

The kid is a natural. 

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Life Is Fleeting

I wrote this on a forum about a year and half ago and randomly thought about this event in my life today. This took place about a year and a half ago, but it is something that keeps running through my mind recently. Life is a journey, folks. Drink it in.... HttS

I am not a guy that really ever thinks about death, but this year a lot has changed. With today marking my Grandmother's (who passed this summer) birthday and the events of yesterday (explained below) has got me thinking about things. Things like how I spend my time, who I choose to share it with and what I want to accomplish before this life is over.

Yesterday ______, _______ and I spent the day fishing at a local tailwater. Fish were caught, good times were had, I lost a huge fish (per usual). It was a good day. So after we got done fishing, we decided to stop by a restaraunt up by the river that has great food and libations. It is a classy joint with some of the best ownership of any restaraunt I go to. I always have a good time there... until yesterday.

As we walk in, laughing and enjoying a 60 degree/sunny January afternoon, we come to a jolting stop. On the floor in the middle of the bar, a man is getting CPR on the ground. I asked the waiter if they needed someone that knows CPR (not that he was doing it wrong, just that I am certified and was willing to help). He told me that the guy giving the CPR was the man on the floors son. Shortly after, the medics came in, the police, etc. The man on the floor never started breathing again and died on the floor of the bar right in front of us. His son had to walk over to his table where his friends and adolescent daughter sat. He whispered something to his friends and told his daughter that they need to pack up the car while they help Pappa. He sheilded her from seeing his dead body and left. Watching him hide his pain from his daughter was excrutaiting. I don't know if I would have been able to do what he did for his daughter.

And alas, that is life. One minute you can be enjoying a beautiful day with your child, grandchildren and friends. Taking in the sun and enjoying great food, drinks and laughs, and the next moment it can be over..... Life is Fleeting... so enjoy it my friends.

Peace Be The Journey

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No Judging Zone

Sometimes you catch fish, sometimes you moon the Amtrak, and sometimes you need a urinal on the outside of your house. We're not judging....

12 Months of Awesomeness: March

So.... as many of you know, I turned 30 recently. Once I finally quit dry heaving and hyperventilating I took a real hard look at how I have spent my life. Now don't get me wrong, I have had a very spirited and eventful life, but I haven't completed half of the things that I thought I would have by now. This is an epiphany that will not go unnoticed or without immediate action. I have decided that I don't want to wake up 40 and feel the same way.

This leads us to [/que Michael Buffer voice] 12 MONTHS OF AWESOMENESS......

So here's my plan. I have spent too much time saying that, "one day I will". Every month starting with March, I will do something that I have always wanted to do, but put off. In March, I will take guitar lessons. I have sat around far too many campfires wishing I knew how to play the guitar better. 8 weeks of lessons will hopefully set me on the right path and get me jamming CCR songs by July. Either way, I will have done something that I always said I was going to do.

This is going to be a great year. 

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