“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ’s disciples being fishermen, and we were […]
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“It must have always been in me somewhere and, though it has faded at times, it has always lingered and returned; this interest in the hunt. The evocative smell of gun-oil, metal and old wood, of powder and dogs and leather. These have held me for as long as I can remember and they hold […]
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“I notice you speak slightingly of the bottle. I have drunk since I was fifteen and few things have given me more pleasure. When you work hard all day with your head and know you must work again the next day what else can change your ideas and make them run on a different plane […]
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