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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Total Fly Fishing Emersion Weekend – Day 2
The second day of Total Fly Fishing Emersion Weekend was somewhere between an outstanding success and a complete bust. Events of this extended nature usually require some semblance of stamina, but when you decide you are going to drive 200 … Continue reading
Total Fly Fishing Emersion Weekend – Day 1
But first, a word from our sponsor… Pete McDonald is on the conservation line today, helping his friend Capt. Gordon Churchill get gill nets banned in North Carolina. Gill nets kick redfish butt, which is a heck of a waste … Continue reading
Conjured in On The Fly
Tagged brownlining, carp, college friends, emersion, Fishing Jones, fly fishing, gill nets
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Florida crocs go magnetic – fly fishing world sniffs opportunity
From the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission : Crocodile-human interactions have increased as the crocodile population has recovered. One technique to resolve these conflicts is translocation. This involves capturing the crocodile and moving it to suitable crocodile habitat as … Continue reading
Conjured in On The Fly
Tagged brownlining, crocodiles, Fishing Jones, Flip Pallot, Florida, fly fishing, magnets
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Finance quote of the month – February ’09
Jeff Matthews: In fact, at yesterday’s close of slightly north of $2.50 a share, you could give up your morning Starbucks latte and instead buy a share of Citigroup stock, with enough change left over to buy a share of … Continue reading
Conjured in Notes
Tagged Citigroup, Fannie Mae, finance, quote of the month, stock price
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Movie Review: Raising The Ghost (UPDATED)
“The charm of fishing is that it’s the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable. A perpetual series of occasions for hope.” – Sir John Buchan As independent film production has followed the promotional opportunities afforded on the internet, we’ve … Continue reading
Conjured in On The Fly
Tagged dry flies, Fly Boys, fly fishing, green drakes, Raising The Ghost, Skagit line, spey rod, steelhead, wild fish
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Without ‘public confidence’ there are no markets
The public has been told all their lives to invest. Sock that money away – put it into the market. For the long term. Save dividends, which are now being whacked hard, long-term equity investors have little to show for … Continue reading
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Tagged buy and hold, equity markets, long-term investing, public confidence
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Why I’m just a little code monkey
Sometimes you’ve just gotta leave it to the pros I had this little problem with the WordPress Codex a while back – I wanted to display a link to feeds for my tags on the tag pages. WordPress is pretty … Continue reading
Brunch with the Fat Guy
Fat Guy Fly Fisher Kyle Deneen gets Mondays off. On this particular weekday start, he was near Denver (I planted a GPS tracker on his ride during this scene), and since the weather was supposed to be pretty nice I … Continue reading
Conjured in On The Fly
Tagged brownlining, brunch, carp, Fat Guy Fly Fishing, fly fishing, Kyle Deneen, Tom Teasdale
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For the love of bugs
Snow fell here two nights ago, and although signs of it where gone by midday the next, the message was clear: winter isn’t over yet. Some pass the time tying flies, while others drink beer and watch fish porn. But … Continue reading
