Troutrageous! Fly Fishing & Other Nonsense

Okay, let’s start the Driftless 2026 recap posts. Last year’s were Hobbit themed, but instead of the Shire, this year I’m making an album playlist. Music always seemed to be part of the conversation, especially during drives from stream to stream. So most of thes...

Oh, I’m back. Back from the Driftless, back home in Florida, and for better or worse, back to reality. But I’m armed with a fair amount of material to write about. I’m looking forward to sharing a few trip reports over the next few days (I fished for six) and getting everyone caught up, whether you like it or not…

Will it be another

After several rounds of interviews with multiple companies, Lilly was able to get a position this summer to work in wardrobe at the Bard College SummerScape. This is kind of ...

While I highlighted Season 4 of the Flylords Fly Shop Tour Midwest in general in a recent T! F5 post, the most recent stop along the way was a “must watch” as soon as it popped up in my YouTube feed.

Since my fly rods mostly sit in their tubes, and my fly reels in their pouches in the corner of my home office, I tend to forget exactly what I have. But I also like to catalog stuff. So to remedy that, I keep a Google Sheet of all the fly rods I own, along with all the reels, and the lines that happen to be loaded on them.

While this was not a good use of the ...