Category Archives: 2012 Photo Essay Contest
February 6, 2012 – 5:10 pm
Wouldn’t you say, that when life throws us the unexpected, that’s when we need to get lost in the feeling of a spectacular fishing memory? Wouldn’t you say, that a great fishing story is better than any movie, any book, any internet game – especially when you have someone special telling [...]
February 6, 2012 – 2:16 pm
2011 was the most fun and productive year I’ve had with a fly rod in salt water, full of great memories and many “firsts”…. I started the year by buying my first boat, a little 15 footer with a 20hp tiller motor, to take me to the flats on the flood tides. A few weeks after [...]
February 6, 2012 – 11:33 am
It started with a cane pole, bobber and wiggling worm. Then came casting and spinning reels. After a while, bait- sit- and wait evolved into trolling, running a lure, bouncing a grub. This could have lasted a lifetime and been very good. But then came the challenge of catching, or attempting to catch, a fish [...]
February 6, 2012 – 11:21 am
It’s no secret that men and women are different. For example, have you ever noticed that Columbia markets its PFG shirts to men with phrases like “blood and guts resistant” while those words are nowhere to be found on the tag for women? When I first began dating an angler, I knew little about fishing, [...]
February 4, 2012 – 5:12 pm
To a diehard fly fisherman, Brevard, North Carolina is on the way home to Charleston from Charlotte airport. Really. Never mind that Brevard is over 2 hours from the Airport, in the opposite direction of Charleston. The way a fisherman sees it, once at the airport, you are 2 hours closer to Brevard, home of [...]
February 3, 2012 – 6:31 pm
*The winning essays will be announced at the South Eastern Wildlife Expo and posted to the Charleston Angler’s Reel Blog & Facebook page! The judges whom you’ll have to impress are Capt. Peter Brown , renowned Fishing Guide, writer and speaker, Matt Winter, Editor of Post and Courier’s Tidelines Magazine; and Daniel Nussbaum Vice President of Zman Baits. *For more [...]
February 3, 2012 – 3:56 pm
On September 18th, 2011, I was an ancillary invite on a fishing trip – the turning point for all my thoughts on fishing. I never liked to fish. My dad took me bass and bream fishing as a child and I was never excited about it. I never understood how Robert, my husband, and his friends [...]
January 23, 2012 – 2:08 pm
Hard to describe what was better, catching the 22 inch cutthroat on a dry fly on the Slough Creek in beautiful Yellowstone or the fact that it was bigger than the 20 incher my dad caught the same day. We had a great week, all catch and release , and no close encounters with the [...]
January 23, 2012 – 12:55 pm
Brent and Annie came into town this weekend before leaving for California. Brent wanted to catch one last Redfish in SC before they moved across country. Despite the windy conditions we were determined to find some fish. We found a creek sheltered from the wind and set up to fish a couple of docks that [...]
January 23, 2012 – 12:39 pm
The summer of 2011 was a very strange and interesting journey. I played lacrosse, went to summer camp, helped take care of a foreign exchanged student, roamed Washington D.C., and last but not least went fishing with my dad and friends. Going fishing with my dad was the highlight of my summer. We would go [...]
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