Sometimes a morning on the beach is just about fishing, but sometimes it’s much more when you stop, look, and reflect. Today’s time on the beach was the second. This weekend’s new moon is contributing to spring tides this week…

This is the week of the 60th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s speech at American University (June 10, 1963). As I wrote last year, his words are as relevant – if not more so – today than they were then….

Donald Trump is a buffoon. He never understood the ways in which Washington DC worked: he didn’t fully staff his administration with cabinet officers and advisors who would genuinely support his goals and help him succeed in the DC swamp;…

I was going to write a new post for this year’s Memorial Day, but I then decided my post from 2018 still expresses most of what I would have said so I’ve posted a link to that below. However,  I…

A common problem in fly casting is observing shock-waves (ripples in the fly line) during either the back cast or forward cast. Aerodynamically, the shock waves increase drag as the line is unrolling and reduces the efficiency of the cast…

While it’s been many decades since I’ve considered myself religious or have what I’d call faith, I deeply respect people who live their beliefs and faith in service to others. One of those was Father Salvatore Polizzi, who died Monday…

It was a cool day (50F) on the beach.  There were morning clouds with the sun starting to break through.  A high tide had just occurred and the waters of Puget Sound were slowly, very slowly, moving into an ebb….

I haven’t posted in over one month as I felt I’ve had nothing interesting to say. A new year – but the same old problems. Current events are boring (US domestic politics); ridiculous (a San Francisco proposal to pay its…

If any movie could be said to have launched the modern era of fly fishing, it is A River Runs Through It from 1992. And yet, as I wrote about five years ago (see here), it is a movie about…

As I wrote a bit over three years ago when we lost Rainier, having a pet eventually means having to say goodbye. I understand why some people can only do this once, as it hurts so much. But it deprives…