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Tales from the new book “Adventures of a Fishing Bum”

Baboons sitting on boulders near the river

Adventure Tale: Sticking With It in South Africa

Baboons, desert heat and smallmouth bass. They don’t often go together, but they do in Africa. But of course, these guys knew their local waters far better than some fella who (literally) just got off the plane. They were under 40 and (like most of their countrymen) in great shape. So I sure wasn’t showing […]

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Working the Jungle Stream

Adventure Tale: Jungle Smallmouth

BOOK EXCERPT—- Hawaii– sun, sand beaches, sea breezes, snorkeling, palm trees and tourists everywhere, right? For that reason it was never high on my list of “must see” places… until I discovered Hawaiian jungle smallmouth. However, it isn’t just mainlanders who have never heard of this odd fishery; few on the islands have either. Hardly […]

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Boulder-strewn Mattawamkeag River

Adventure Tale: Maine Damselfly Frenzy

BOOK EXCERPT– from “Adventures of a Fishing Bum” It was a couple summers ago. My pal Dan and I loaded up the car with a big canoe and lots of tackle and headed northeast. Though the route through Vermont was slow, it was interesting and enjoyable nevertheless. Twisting and winding thru green forested mountains and […]

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