Here is a list of 100 ideas for Year Defining Goals. Go out and create some meaningful stories in your life! Many of of these seemingly impossible tasks are things you are capable of. If you don’t believe, we get it. But know you have one person in your corner. We believe in you. 100 […]
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We are sliding right into the winter doldrums of trout fishing in the United States. Maybe it is just Mother Nature and US Department of Wildlife teaming up to encourage us to spend more time with our families during the holidays. Who knows? But this time of year is when the act of fishing takes
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I was nervous. I am not going to lie. My first fly tying class. Initiation into the dark arts of fly fishing. I am not sure why I was nervous. Everyone else in this class was new to this craft, so I wasn’t going to stand out. We were all equals. Maybe it was my
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She wasn’t being reasonable. At least, in my eyes she wasn’t. There were tears, there were sobs, there was a lack of oxygen. Teenagers can be that way when their world is seemingly on the verge of collapse. It meant everything to her; why couldn’t I see that? I have a way of casually dismissing
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Back in my day…I know, I know…anytime you hear those words there’s an automatic responsive eye roll that occurs, like Pavlov’s dogs (I think I just dated myself twice in the same sentence. Some people might look at that as a detriment; however, I see it as a gift). But seriously, back in my day,
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Typically, people think about the word navigation from the standpoint of directions. At least, people from my generation do. I know I’m dating myself here, and here it comes: …back in my day, we didn’t have GPS on a little computer in our pockets. We had maps, literally. Growing up in a family of five,
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How often have you found yourself muttering, “…one of those days.” What were you yammering on about? We’ve all had those days out on the river, when we show up with the hope of what will surely be an epic day! After excitedly rigging up and scampering to the water, we forget to do the
First times. First time anything. The first day of school. The first interview. The first day on a job. The first presentation in front of people. The first failure. The first beer. The first date. The first kiss. The one thing every “first” has in common with another is fear. It’s a weird emotion, fear.
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There are moments in life when you stumble across something that epically changes an aspect of your existence. I don’t say this in an existential way, but in a practical way. Life and all the shit in it can be complex, and if I let the complexity consume me, it leads to agitation and an
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I read a insightful quote the other day, “ Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.” – Pema Chodron When Things Fall Apart And it got me to thinking. Fishing is a relentless exploration of one’s self. The journey from
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