I promised him a squirrel sandwich, and that is what he’s gonna get

I have a feeling the late, lamented Scruggs would have enjoyed this:

(Thanks to monochrom for the tip.)

Local man nets big haul in fantasy fishing

Though I do enjoy watching bass fishing tournaments on TV, I’ve never quite see the lure of “fantasy fishing“. However, this story in the local newspaper may be enough to change my mind:

Greensboro man reels in $100K in fantasy fishing league
[...]Reginald Pickett of Greensboro won $100,000 in FLW Outdoor’s Fantasy Fishing tournament.
Fantasy fishing officials will [...]

Cold, dead hands

Charlton Heston, whose memorable roles included Moses, Ben Hur, Michaelangelo, and NRA shill, has gone to the eternal chariot race in the sky. His gun is now ripe for the plucking.

Work in progress

My winter project with my child Alfie has been to build a canoe for fishing. After much procrastination, we made a good start this weekend.

New publishing genre: shelter & shooting magazines

In today’s mail, I received a free issue of Garden & Gun, a magazine devoted to “21st Century Southern America”. I’ve never heard of it before, but it looks like a good read. True to the name, there are articles about both gardens (South Carolina architect John Paul Huguley’s garden follies) and guns (quail hunting [...]

Cheese, Flies, & Business Organizations

BYU law professor Gordon Smith has embarked on a fascinating study of business organization and relations among cheesemakers in Wisconsin. What a great idea — he’ll undoubtedly have loads of fun collecting his data, and the study promises to shed light on the interesting, and underexamined, world of business cooperatives. And it gives me a [...]

What is to be done? (Part II)

IOZ follows up with an answer: “Buy a gun. Practice.” Makes sense to me.

Presidential candidates and fly fishing

Field & Stream’s Fflogger fly fishing blog is throwing its hat into the Presidential candidate endorsement ring. “The first campaign that sends us a sign that its candidate has even a slight understanding or interest in flyfishing (and better yet, gives us an indication on how they will make the country better for flyfishing) will [...]

Unharried in the Uwharrie

With the return of high temperatures, this was a good day to escape the city. Temperatures in the Uwharrie National Forest were somewhat more tolerable. The Uwharrie River was very low and absolutely slack, thanks to the ongoing drought, so the fishing was sub-optimal. I caught only one puny (~5 inches) smallmouth bass, but a [...]

My trophy

The guide from my fly fishing trip in New Mexico earlier this summer just sent the photos he took. Here’s me holding the biggest catch of the day.