My friend Tap moved home to Bangkok a few years ago and recently made a limited run of Pile Cast shirts. He sent them over here on his own dime and I gave two of them out. Ian Anderson got one and he sent me this picture yesterday of a smallie he got this weekend.…
Read detailsScot Hinkel owner of Modern Fly Guide Service and Austin Aducci owner of Grab Your Fly Charters were on some fish recently. Check out this awesome fish Scot got into on Lake Michigan.
http://www.neverwet.com/videos-news.php This is AMAZING. My friend sent me this video and the uses could translate into fishing so well. Cameras and cell phones no longer having to be in special housings or dry bags. I’d coat my clothes and leave my waders at home. I’d coat my gear and never worry about it having to…
Read detailsDave was one of the first people to check out Pile Cast when I started it a few months ago. He’s got awesome taste in music (like me), has awesome tattoos (like me), and tonight he posted on facebook that he was giving his blog a second chance at life. Dave lives in Chicago. Fear…
Read detailsI just found out about this dude and his project Sam Alone. This shit is killer. Raw and gritty; the way music should be. He’s also the front man for a band called Devil In Me. Check it out. Then go fishing.
Scott Hinkel, owner of The Modern Fly put up this video recently and it makes me miss home. The spots he’s fishing I fished daily about a decade ago. I grew up fishing these areas. Some of my best memories are catching those big carp in Hobart. Check out some of his recent photos and…
Read detailsBack in 1960 my great grandfather participated in a tournament. Last year I received this plaque from my mom. I loved it when I saw it as a kid and never knew what happened to it. My mom moved and she found it while unpacking. I never met my great grandfather. He passed away before…
Read detailsIf you want me to have nice things, go vote for me. My chances are super slim knowing the other folks who are in the running for March. http://thefiberglassmanifesto.blogspot.com/2012/04/vote-marchs-finalist.html is the link to hit. Shoot an email off to Cameron and let him know who you want to win. A non subliminal message is that…
Read detailsI’ve had this picture on the wall in my office for years. Ten years to be exact. It was taken in June of ’02. Those days I was living above a skate shop and working in the shop by day. Seems like a lifetime ago and to be honest it was. I look at this…
Read detailsLast month on a trip on which we were skunked, I went to remove the shoulder strap from my Blue River Chest Pack and one of the clasps snapped. I don’t know why it did. I’d never taken the shoulder strap off and never before had I used the waist strap. I personally prefer to…
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