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Category Archives: Fishing Memoirs
Fishing Memoirs- 8:10
It was the early 2000′s, and the Detroit Red Wings were a force to be reckoned with on the ice, and Trout-master Jim and I were still fired up about the great, but very brief, fishing experience we had in the … Continue reading →
Posted in fishing, Fishing Memoirs, Fishing Stories, humor, outdoor stories, summer fun, urbangrizzly, writing
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Tagged cars, castle rock inn motel and cafe, Detroit Red Wings, fish, fishing, Gallatin River, montana, nature, outdoors, Rainbow trout, summer fun, syndicated, transportation, travel, Trout, Trout Master Jim, vacation, writing
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Fishing Memiors- Of Family, and Fishing Trips.
Dear readers, I have been away for a while on a family trip out West. It was as beautiful and amazing as it is advertised. This post concerns lessons learned from long ago, and rules I still employ…even with this … Continue reading →
Posted in Fishing Memoirs, Fishing Stories, vacation
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Tagged fish, Gallatin River, montana, Rainbow trout, River, Trout, United States, vacation, Yellowstone National Park
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Fishing Memoirs- Vises, and Their Pleasures.
My dear, sweet, lovely wife called me from work, one day and said; “My sources tell me that Ted Nugent is going to be at the outdoor expo at 2:00 p.m. so if you are not busy, go and meet Ted.” … Continue reading →
Posted in Fishing Memoirs, vacation
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Tagged Artificial fly, fish, Fishing line, fishing memoirs, Fly, fly fishing, fly fishing show, Fly tying, grizzly hackle, Kitchen, mom, outdoor expo, pleasure, Ted Nugent, travel, vacation, vices, Woolly Bugger
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Fishing Memoirs- Going (Urban) Grizzly
After catching that first big Bass I became much more involved in fly fishing. At the rate I was going, I thought I might become good enough to where the name of the sport would change from Fly-fishing, to Fly-catching. … Continue reading →
Posted in father and son, Fishing Memoirs, vacation
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Tagged adventure, Clinton River, fish, fly fishing, holiday, Huron River, Metropark, michigan, outdoors, Recreation, sports, urban grizzly, vacation
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Fishing Memoirs- Practice Makes…Better.
By and by, time went along, and I found that practicing casting the fly rod did make casting easier. I was better than when Jim first taught me, though I knew that I needed more improvement. So, I was always … Continue reading →
Posted in father and son, Fishing Memoirs, Fishing Stories, humor, sports
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Tagged adventure, fish, fishing, fly fishing, sports, story tellers
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Fishing Memoirs- Homework
I am not entirely sure how, “memoirs”, are supposed to be written. I want this project to be more fun than work, so I will be typing the stories as they come to mind. That being said. The next thing, … Continue reading →
Posted in Family, father and son, Fishing Memoirs, Fishing Stories, outdoor stories, sports
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Tagged adventure, berkley, cherrywood, fish, fishing, fly fishing, hemingway, memoirs, michigan, pflugger, sports, two-hearted river
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The Fishing Memoirs- The Lesson
If I say that it started with the shared love of a young woman, it would be true, though slightly misleading. It is more accurate to say that it occurred one breezy spring day, in 1996, when my wife and … Continue reading →
Posted in Fishing Memoirs, Fishing Stories, humor, outdoor stories, sports, urbangrizzly, vacation
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Tagged adventure, Casting (fishing), first lesson, fish, Fishing reel, Fishing rod, fly fishing, flyfishing, holiday, memoirs, memories, michigan, outdoors, Recreation, United States, vacation
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A Memory…
Sitting on the deck of the hotel/fly shop under 400 billion stars, telling stories of the day’s fishing. Strangers and friends remembered trips from the past, and planned future trips, while night bugs buzzed the dim light … Continue reading →
Posted in father and son, Fishing Memoirs, Fishing Stories, Motorcycle trip, outdoor stories, sports, vacation
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Tagged cigar smoke, fishing, fly fishing, good times, Guides and Charters, memories, montana, mountains, outdoors, Recreation, Shopping, sitting, United States
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