Monthly Archives: October 2009

Fly fishing hacks: self-studded rubber-soled wading boots

As much as I like those Weinbrenner wading boots I picked up a few months back, the fact remains they have rubber soles. Rubber soles just don’t grip like felt, but with the latter quickly going the way of the … Continue reading

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It’s looking like baetis weather

There come’s a time in a fly fisher’s life when you throw caution to the wind. And it just so happens that such time reoccurs each and every autumn just as the weather moves into the idiotic unbearable stage. It’ll … Continue reading

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The Social Media Guru

Show me to your computer, and I’ll hook your twitter to your facebook and plug your blog feed into my reader. Then, only if you’re good, I’ll ask my friends to follow you, and be nice to you, and maybe … Continue reading

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How to catch plenty of fish and still get schooled

I have this recurring nightmare. I’m sitting in the office when I get a call from a college administrator: “Mr. Gracie, it seems one of your high school teachers never input your final grades for their class – noted was … Continue reading

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Getting Wireshark running on OS X Snow Leopard 10.6

Wireshark is every fly fisher who’s missing the fall brown run’s ubergeek’s favorite network protocol analyzer, both because it kicks main butt, and it’s free. With the recent upgrade to Snow Leopard, I finally found a need to upgrade. Then … Continue reading

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The audacity of telling it like it is

It’s nearly always fun listening to what Jeff Matthews is not making up on any given day, and his latest on “healthcare reform” is no different: Say what you like about healthcare reform—say that it is necessary, or it is … Continue reading

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A stupid Xcode trick, for find and replace with carriage returns

I’m really proud of this new trick, which means I’m getting down and dirty with work it’s obvious I haven’t been fly fishing in a while. I was taking a look at a pretty complex CSS file, but the whole … Continue reading

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Missing fly fishing

Autumn is here. With a vengeance. I started the ’09 fishing season with what I felt was a bang, stepping onto the water for the first time in early January. And barely looked back. Spring and summer delivered some extraordinary … Continue reading

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