Wow time sure flies! The opening day of Southeastern PA’s Trout season was two weekends ago and I still haven’t passed along part 2 of my opening day story! If you didn’t catch part 1 of the Trout season opener click here After catching our limits of Trout in record time, mom and I decided [...]
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When is the opening day of Trout season in Southeast Pennsylvania? TODAY! For my family the beginning of Trout season has grown into the most celebrated holiday of the year. Mom and I have made this a special day of family bonding and this year we even brought dad. Arriving at 6:30am we quickly [...]
Last night at 11:46pm I came to the realization that after all of the hard work and fanfare over my new DIY fly tying desk, I neglected to actually tie anything on it. Two weeks with no fly tying makes me cranky… With a burning desire to put some Bigmouths on the end of my new Sage [...]
There is nothing I hate more than guys that copy other people’s posts but after seeing this video this morning I’m going to hope epic Troutmaster Troutrageous! Mike will forgive me for stealing this. Turns out there was a sewage spill in Valley Creek last weekend. The video below states that there hasn’t been a [...]
A guest post by: Larry Chandler Thanks to the internet and smartphones, it is fairly easy to find almost any information about a local spot such as a restaurant or entertainment venue. Unfortunately, finding information about where to fish and what kind of fish might be available has not been so easy to find. However, [...]
I’ve got a secret… I’ve been secretly sneaking quick 30 minute fishing trips on the way home from work… Almost every day… Some people would call this addiction… I call it PRACTICE. My usual “on the way home” spot along the Skippack Creek is currently closed to fishing. Due to the stocking of trout for [...]
Apparently if you are an amazingly talented painter like Christina Deubel you can make art out of anything! A few weeks back Christina contacted me on Twitter and explained that she is doing an entire art show based on flies that were tied by fly fishermen on Twitter. She wondered if I would send her [...]
Do you like sports? A little March Madness Basketball perhaps? Well, if you are looking for that thing called “NCAA Tournament 2012” or some such nonsense you might be in the wrong place. I mean… The title of this blog is The Functioning FISHaholics… Now on to some REAL March Madness Oh yes, the Bassmaster [...]
After spending a day fishing Valley Creek and watching the Fly Fishing Film tour it was hard to imagine my weekend could get any better. Then, there was Sunday. Turns out fellow Functioning Fishaholic Jeff has one HECK of a father in law. While I’m not 100% sure how much of his soul he had [...]
