Tag: cheer

Layering

Two anglers, one net, one bent rod — a reminder that the right layers are what keep you in the water long enough for this moment.

12/15/2015•Cecilia Pudge Kleinkauf•8 min read

The Bad Hair Day

A scruffy craft fur streamer that darts and dives like nothing else, and has hooked some of the biggest tarpon in Tabasco.

12/15/2015•Dun Magazine•1 min read

Taking on Tenkara

She swore off the reel-less rod for years, until a cold morning on a Colorado reservoir changed her mind about Tenkara for good.

12/15/2015•Jenny Sullivan•4 min read

Household Chores

Chores can wait. There's a wooden canoe, a lake full of lily pads, and a bass story that almost had a happy ending.

12/15/2015•Carmen Hardin•2 min read

Fly Fishing at 13,000 Feet

A reluctant first cast in Ecuador's El Cajas National Park turned into a lesson in patience, friendship, and a lifelong love of fly fishing.

12/15/2015•Mayra Angelica Martinez Molina•2 min read

Fishing With the Big Boys

Seasickness, saltwater, and a boat full of men who'd fished longer than she had - one woman's rough, funny start at chasing Dorado on the fly.

12/15/2015•Karen Margaret Hall•6 min read

Mercury & Dragonflies

A biologist looks past the fly pattern to ask what's really living in the streambed, and what it's carrying.

12/15/2015•Megan Hess•4 min read

Zen Fly Fishing

A reluctant yogini discovers that the patience it takes to hold a pose is the same patience it takes to land a fish.

12/15/2015•Karin Miller•5 min read

Home Waters

A mother and her kids help carry wild brookies home to a Smoky Mountains stream closed to fishing since 2008, then return to fish it once it reopens.

12/15/2015•Charity Rutter•7 min read

Martini Adventure

Two women trade the crowded Bighorn River for Carp and Bass on a quiet lake, and learn that chasing Carp beats watching a strike indicator any day.

12/15/2015•Ann Bode Nash•5 min read

Curiosity

A twisted ankle, an idle summer, and one stubborn curiosity turned into a crash course in fly fishing, trout, and letting go of pride.

12/15/2015•Claire Topalian•4 min read

Tom & Jerry Cocktail

A frothy hot batter cocktail with rum and brandy, spiced and warm, for the coldest nights after a day outside.

12/15/2015•Dun Magazine•1 min read