Fishing and (mostly) fun

  • Tennessee me…

    Tennessee me…

    There are those few seconds when the dust is rising against the heat of a summer day (you can feel it, taste it) and the first drops of rain that try to beat it back down…when humidity threatens to stop your breathing and the sun moves behind the clouds.  A feeling of power is in Read more

  • I need a favor – (or A Tale of Two Heart Attacks) – you decide

    I need a favor – (or A Tale of Two Heart Attacks) – you decide

    I really thought being a retired, kept man was going to be much easier than it is proving to be.  I mean kept; I assumed that didn’t entail dishes, laundry, cooking, cleaning. It was going to be a breeze for me. I was going to be back in the kayak fishing, going to the occasional Read more

  • Unemployed dude with no meetings to attend.

    Unemployed dude with no meetings to attend.

    I am using the time to adjust to my new position as a kept man; more just a stay at home, retired old fat dude really but I like the idea of having (at least saying I have) a sugar momma for a bit.  Read more

  • Peace Thich Nhat Hanh…..thank you.

    Not fishing related…but then, not everything in my life is…. There are moments that are so vivid in my mind, memories that I can replay with such clarity; moments, people I meet, feelings of sadness or pleasure.  These are events that are so minor they would go unnoticed were it a movie playing out in front Read more

  • 2021 KAST championship…

    2021 KAST championship…

    Just home from the KAST state championship hosted by CMKA – Clinch Mountain Kayak Anglers – in Spring City Tennessee on Watts Bar Lake.  Directors Scott Bullins & Curtis Perez  https://www.facebook.com/groups/160029334416540, along with the KAST director Steve Owens put on a great event for the 97 anglers in attendance.  Dugout Bait and Tackle provided some great prizes for the crowd, Read more

  • thanks for it all Bobby Haskins

    thanks for it all Bobby Haskins

    We spent years as a military family, so moving was a pretty regular part of our lives until Ft. Campbell and Clarksville.  My parents decided Tennessee was where we would end those travels in the early seventies. Mom being from Lookout Mountain, dad from Ducktown, it was close enough to family…but still not too close.  Since landing here, Read more