Archive for September, 2019

Monday Morning in Mansfield

| September 30, 2019 | 0 Comments

Good Monday morning from Port Mansfield, Texas. We had to hunker down yesterday evening as some strong storms with lightning pushed us inshore from our look-see at the Land Cut, and I was told they rumbled through again about 5-am today … I was sleeping like a rock apparently! The report from here goes like […]

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Slipping into Fall

Slipping into Fall

| September 23, 2019 | 0 Comments

Today is the first day of fall, which is mostly meaningless here in North Texas. Fall is as illusive as spring in North Texas, a short-lived season that acts much like a crack in the sidewalk between two slabs of winter and summer. We don’t often have time to contemplate the fall colors or the […]

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Boat Trailer Tires

Boat Trailer Tires

| September 19, 2019 | 0 Comments

SKIFF READINESS Undertaking a long journey of nearly 1-thousand miles round-trip is cause for reflection. Not only do I remember my illness of four years ago, it is also same time I picked up KoKo, my skiff, in Florida. Four years means some things must pass away, especially two well-worn bias-ply tires that came stock […]

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Tournament Tuesday

Tournament Tuesday

| September 17, 2019 | 1 Comment

Global Warming Trickles Down Who would have thought the change in world climate would trickle down, like a bead of sweat, to little-ol’ us right here in Texas? August 2019 was the second hottest August on record, and while myself and other hardcore carp fly fishers examine their navels trying to figure out “what’s wrong,” […]

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