Long Shots
January 15, 2020
A twilight evening of fishing on a familiar beach takes the author back 50 years to his childhood.
A twilight evening of fishing on a familiar beach takes the author back 50 years to his childhood.
A wilderness trip to the backwoods of Maine reconnects the author with the simple life
Our rituals teach us that we don’t need the biggest boat or deepest pockets to catch fish. A little “mongrel smartness” will do.
With a ruptured brain aneurysm in his wake, AJ’s editor-in-chief is among the newest members of the “woke up still not dead again today” club.
I’ve been waiting for a son or daughter to share my fervor for fishing. I may have finally found one with a grandson who is taken by all things fish.
Sometimes gambling and fishing is more about the action than the size of the pot. Money is just a way of keeping score. For years, big fish were the juice, a big pot, the big score.
Often the most memorable places are the ones that are hard to reach, such as a tiny island that pokes its rocky snout up amid rips and tide races.
A twilight evening of fishing on a familiar beach takes the author back 50 years to his childhood.
A wilderness trip to the backwoods of Maine reconnects the author with the simple life
Our rituals teach us that we don’t need the biggest boat or deepest pockets to catch fish. A little “mongrel smartness” will do.
With a ruptured brain aneurysm in his wake, AJ’s editor-in-chief is among the newest members of the “woke up still not dead again today” club.
The allure of seaside towns before the crowds arrive.
I’ve been waiting for a son or daughter to share my fervor for fishing. I may have finally found one with a grandson who is taken by all things fish.
This mussel bar holds plenty of fish and history.
Sometimes gambling and fishing is more about the action than the size of the pot. Money is just a way of keeping score. For years, big fish were the juice, a big pot, the big score.
Exploring a language all our own through the anglers of yesterday
Often the most memorable places are the ones that are hard to reach, such as a tiny island that pokes its rocky snout up amid rips and tide races.
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