Saturday, May 28, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
FBI (Fly By Image)
Photo and illustration by Steve Stracqualursi
Monday, May 23, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
A New Day
I spent yesterday prepping the inflatable with my friend Joe. We filled the baffles with air, WD40'ed the rust spots on the trailer, cleaned the boat, organized the life jackets and dug out the anchor. Given that the end was near, these activities were pressing. Fortunately "the end" that I'm referring to was not that of our planet, though concern is still warranted; I'm talking about the end of fishless tides and the beginning of a new day. A fresh season is creeping over the sand.
Photo by Runar Kabbe
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Key West rookie
Key West is one of those places that qualifies as legendary in fly fishing terms. The ecosystem is rare. The colors are extremely intoxicating. Key West is special and you feel it as soon as you enter the boundaries. Recently I had the good fortune to travel there on a product development mission. This trip would have me fishing with Captain Will Benson (World Angling) and Captain Bryan "Bear" Holeman. Our collective goals were to get acquainted, chase tarpon and to beat the heck out of some poling and sun glove prototypes. Suffice it to say that Will and Bryan are very good at what they do and we accomplished our objectives in addition to doing some shirt fabric trials while good weather prevailed.
I didn't spend too much energy on nightlife but the local dinning and entertainment scenes are noteworthy. I did take-out and spent the few remaining evening hours MacGyvering prototype repairs, recording details and catching up on life digitally before prepping for the next day, which would be announced by the local roosters wandering the neighborhood streets. When it was eventually time to go home I headed for the sleepy Key West airport and boarded my 8am Delta flight north. My last glimpse of the area was from high above. I could see that it was going to be another good day to be on the water.

Photos by Will Benson, S. Stracqualursi and Bryan Holeman
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