The last Reel Good beer
Today marks the official first day of Summer and it was a year ago (nearly to the date) that Marck introduced me to a new...
Ode to the Cat Lady of the Ho Hum
For many years the Firehole Rangers have been making the annual pilgrimage to our namesake river in Yellowstone National Park. Depending on the individual Ranger...
Decorative fish, or a flop?
Mrs. UA and I recently moved, and in our new home the office of the Unaccomplished Angler is on the first floor, immediately off the entry,...
Help me find this rod
(EDIT: since I published this entry I stumbled upon an online auction site (not EBay) that had a very similar rod listed. Instead of a...
Following the cold trail of the JanSport D-series packs.
My somewhat odd fascination with the JanSport D3 backpack was explained in an earlier post: Ode to the JanSport D3 backpack. What follows here is...
Catching up, and a few fish
As 2020 enters its final month (good riddance, you piece of dog turd year), I give pause to think back on the strangeness of the past...
Finding our groove on the Middle Fork Salmon
I recently returned from one of those trips that changes a person. I’m not just talking about the week’s worth of facial scruff and weather-tanned hide. Nor am...
Ode to the JanSport D3 backpack
Disclaimer: this blog entry has nothing to do with fly fishing and will be long and boring if you came here for something related to...
For the love of Z-Axis
In the wake of last week’s troubling loss of my new Winston Pure 590-4, I do have some good news to report: the lost rod has...
An expensive day fishing
I recently had my best day on the Yakima river in 2 years, which also happened to be my first day on the Yakima river...
The UA turns 10, and the Occasional Drivel®
The UA was spawned in September 2009, but please hold off on the drumroll. While a decade of unaccomplishments may sound like quite an accomplishment,...
Fly fishing on Kiritimati: Part 3–The people and the place part
In case you missed it, Part 2 can be found here. If you’d prefer not to read Part 2 please do not click the link. “There’s more to fishing...
Fly fishing on Kiritimati: Part 2–The fishing part
In case you missed it, Part 1 can be found here. If you’d prefer not to read Part 1 please do not click the link....
Fly fishing on Kiritimati: Part 1–The getting there part
Just to clear things up, Kiritimati (a respelling of the English word, Christmas) is pronounced ‘Kirismas’ in the Kiribati language. Having never been on a destination...
The Firehole and Kiritimati: World’s apart and yet not so much
The Firehole Rangers recently returned from a trip to Kiritimati (aka Christmas Island, or CXI in modern day acronym-speak). Since this trip replaced our annual pilgrimage to...