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FIELD NOTES: Fishing for East Tennessee’s Smallmouth Bass
When Winston asked me to pull together some Field Notes for East Tennessee's smallmouth bass, my mind fills with imagery—lunar phases, weather patterns, fish‑hotel geography, line‑speed mishaps, and countryside views best seen from the river. East Tennessee has a way...

Travel Season Episode 3: The Permey Dreamland of Cape York
For reasons not understood by me I have had writers block for this final episode of Travel Season 2025. I thought maybe I would just keep it short and simple: Australia—it was epic. The End. Perhaps it is knowing that finishing this piece means that the passport, rod...

Travel Season, Episode 2, Christmas Island
“Trout Suck” —Matthew Heskett Not the most popular opinion in fly fishing circles. Certainly not the most diplomatic way to open a blog post for a fly rod company based in Twin Bridges, MT. But context is everything. Christmas Island—or Kiritimati in the local...

TRAVEL SEASON BEGINS
It’s a Pacific Northwest tradition: when winter sets in, anglers flee the short days, rain, snow, and ice for white sand flats and palm trees. It sounds inviting — unless you’re a winter steelhead guide, which I am. In that case, you wait for another window to get...









