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I have a short piece in the latest issue of Eastern Fly Fishing on one of my kinda, sorta secret streams. Just a beautiful stretch of water. With carp.

Carp don't know much about history Eastern Fly Fishing magazine look away look away not Memphis There's carp in there writin'

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July, July

First, apologies to the great Tim O'Brien for ripping off the title of one of his novels.

July so far has not disappointed.

There were fireworks over the holiday weekend (sans fire, but a show nonetheless, at least from where I was sitting):

A visit from the infamous Miles from Meeeechigan to fish the hallowed waters of City Lake.

And a piece in The Drakeby yours truly about those same hallowed waters.

I'll count that as a good start to the month.

Feels like we're starting to get into a summer rhythm here. In any case, the carp are around and we're catching them more or less regularly. I'm sure the coming weeks will bring lower water levels and the usual cries of alarm from meteorologist types that we're breaking one drought-related record or another. Then fall will come and it will rain and everybody will calm down again.

God said we could fish here.

Not in so many words, but I think He was ok with it.

Looking upstream at Three Dollar Bridge on the Madison a few weeks ago. Sleeted on us all day. The sun showed up just long enough to throw this rainbow up through the clouds.

Non-anglers don't realize that fish are only part of the equation. Often the smallest part.

Still here.

Seems like I never come here any more. I mean to rectify that but then six weeks goes by and there I am again.

In any case, it has been a busy spring. There was a trip to Montana. A carp spawn which I mostly missed. Any number of 9U baseball tournaments (Aiden is turning into a hell of a pitcher). Some writing. Some reading. Speaking of which, do yourself a favor and go read this piece by David Zoby.

Losing the Land

This is one of those articles that I'll print off and carry with me for awhile, reading bits here and there, trying to absorb it. Staggeringly good. Seriously. Check it out.

Meanwhile, I hope to post some photos of Montana at some point. It really is another world out there. Cold as a mother though, even in May. The annual carp excursion to MI is coming up in two weeks. So there's that. So far I have two flies tied up for that trip. Two.

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