Master of One…
Flyosophy Fun Fact: When the Flyosopher was a Youth Soccer Coach the team was named “The Sons of Gargamel.” The Smurfs are evil, the represent Collectivism and its hard growing up in the 80′s with...
View ArticleWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Time
Sexy Librarian – in Context Did you catch last week’s special guest? Probably not since it would have required insider info, and even the people with insider info barely noticed the single most...
View ArticleLegacies
Last week’s special guest was Sylvanus Packard…hold the applause. No doubt you have heard of him, he’s the visionary who, in addition to obviously being a favorite of the ladies, donated enough money...
View ArticleOn the Nature of Things
Philosophy, religion and science are all attempts to describe the nature of things. This is most often written – Capital “T” Truth. The lines between the big three get a lot blurrier the deeper you...
View ArticleSignificant Details
My mother is the worst story-teller on planet Earth. That is possibly an exaggeration since I haven’t met everyone on planet Earth. I’ve always assumed that if there was a worse story-teller that...
View ArticleA Bit about Bonefishing: It’s Just Like…
Baby’s First Bonefish How many times have you heard some variant of the expression “_____________ is JUST like bonefishing!!!!” ? I’ve heard in in regards to: fishing for carp, fishing for trout,...
View ArticleChanges coming to Maryland commercial striped bass fishery
From the Maryland DNR, 24 April 2013: The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Service is making a significant management change to the commercial Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass...
View ArticleHanging with Mr. Guide
Ever fish with a guide? I never had until the Bahamas. Now some of you may be thinking…. ”Ummmmmm isn’t Captain Mark a guide, like isn’t that kind of the whole point of this Flyosophy website the...
View ArticleI Doubt I Shall Ever See…
Of all the compliments and insults I’ve received as “The Flyosopher” only the ones about my skills as a writer do I really care about. As you may have noticed, I publish all the comments and...
View ArticleReality: Is that a Thing?
Today on Flyosophy we will ponder an age-old question: What is Real? “Real is what I keeps it.” “Who are you?” “I’m your Mother Fuckin’ Guardian Angel.” “Really you look like Huggy Bear? Where were...
View ArticleNothing Should Be More Important
The Flyosopher’s Dad – Happy Father’s Day So Why did I start this Flyosophy with a pick of my dad, but never the other years around Father’s Day??? Simple I haven’t had a stake in that Holiday since...
View ArticleQuestions Have Answers
Flyosophy Fun Fact: The Main Image of this article has nothing to do with the text. It is what I found when I googled “Sexy Librarian with pencils in her hair” if you do that yourself – which we all...
View ArticleThe Relative Importance of Things
And now a hypothetical enigma… Let’s say you are dating some girl, with a minute to go your team sacks the quarterback in the end zone – so naturally you jump up to do the Safety Dance. Your team is...
View ArticleFighting Addiction
Wait…wait…wait…I can already hear you clenching up, getting all chaffed, all sphincterfied…I’m afraid you may already have the initial symptoms of a chronic condition called “Reflex Butt-Hurt...
View ArticleSad Realities of Life: The Neil Armstrong Syndrome
Yes, a new Flyosophy try not to faint. Hate to say it, but lately fishing has not been a huge priority to me. And before any of you feebs accuse me of getting civilized or going soft, I want to set...
View ArticleReading the Facts
Get Thee to a Library Let’s play a game. Don’t worry its easy. I’m going to detail a fact, and yes this is an actual fact. Then I want you to stop for a second and answer this simple question: “Why...
View ArticleCultural Exchange
I didn’t even make this up… I took the course “World Civilizations” in college…because I had to, it was a requirement. Naturally the course was horrible. The title alone is a dead-giveaway – good...
View Article2014 Classes and Appearances
January 17, 18, and 19 – Royal Trade Plaza, Marlborough MA (Capt Mark) Connecticut Fly Fisherman’s Expo February 1 – Maneeley’s, South Windsor CT (Sean)
View ArticleI’m Every Invertebrate…and some of the Vertebrates…
First off, Merry Christmas! I sincerely hope you and yourn have a happy, safe and loving Holiday and – if I don’t get around to writing another one of these in time – New Year. My Christmas thought –...
View ArticleWhat the Master Forgot…
New Years is coming up, which means soon my gym will be annoyingly full of people who don’t know what the hell they are doing…whose fault is that? Fitness information is widely available. There are...
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