This is the second in a series on good luck charms for fishing (see lucky fishing mugs).
They are more like fishing hats than lucky fishing hats, but I’d never go fishing without at least 2 fishing hats. And if one is not working I will switch it out.
On more than one occasion my hat flew off my head and I’d go and fish it out of the water.
A man of many hats (lucky ones at that)
How far is far? Depends on where and how you are traveling. Six hours in the car with screaming kids is far (trust me). Flying across the Atlantic in coach is far. Driving across country on a road trip with a great soundtrack is not far. Been there done that. The furthest point away from…
Having a “free day” between fishing adventures on the Kenai Peninsula, I decided to trek to the Kenai Fjords National Park and hike the Exit Glacier. KFNP At the edge of the Kenai Peninsula lies a land where the ice age lingers. Nearly 40 glaciers flow from the Harding Icefield, Kenai Fjords’ crowning feature. Most…
Fall is about my favorite time of the year to fish in my local waters around Biscyane National Park. There’s a fall migration of many gamefish chasing mullet and other baitfish and a natural need for predators to fatten up before cold fronts come and make their sources harder to find. (see video at end…
Fishermen are a superstitious lot. While I don’t consider myself superstitious, I will admit to having a lucky hat and favorite fishing mugs, fly rod, etc. But I don’t get bent out of shape or blame my luck when the fish don’t bite. It’s called fishing and not catching for a reason (see blog post…
Islamorada Florida Keys it’s a drinking village with a fishing problem. and is the perfect place to spend a day in paradise! where you can enjoy lots of delicious alcoholic drinks while you take in the sights and sounds of Islamorada Florida Keys. Not to mention, the fishing is great here too! so check out…
This is second post on a series of hostile border crossings (see post 1) where I was detained or otherwise questioned by armed border guards while legally crossing international borders. Bulgaria / Yugoslav Border (1984) After spending a delightful few weeks along the Dalmatian Coast in the former Yugoslavia, in late 1984, we started off…
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