So here I am in typical high school procrastination mode, writing a story months after it happened. It’s a story about a canoe trip down the Housatonic River that I took with several of my good buddies for my 31st birthday. It was a trip that I think embodies what EB&T is really about…
It was a situation to which I’m sure you can relate. Just when the anticipation of an upcoming adventure reaches a crescendo, ol’ mother nature steps in and mocks ye little plans. In this case, a cantankerous nor’easter had blown buckets down on western New England that week, quite literally raining on our parade…..
The start of the fishing season had officially snuck up on me, just like tax day each year, and this time the potential hurt was real. A very generous friend was offering up his place out west – a stone’s throw away from the Eagle River in Colorado – to call home-base for a long weekend of fishing at the beginning of April…
Tall tales and lore of 4 pound, football girth brook trout with contrasting exquisite colors rivaling that of any fish on earth are almost told to mystical proportion. What lengths would a devoted angler pursue to hold such a specimen in their hand? Where is one of these creatures said to reside other than the practically intangible vastness of Labrador? The Rapid River…
It was a situation to which I’m sure you can relate. Just when the anticipation of an upcoming adventure reaches a crescendo, ol’ mother nature steps in and mocks ye little plans. In this case, a cantankerous nor’easter had blown buckets down on western New England that week, quite literally raining on our parade…..
So here I am in typical high school procrastination mode, writing a story months after it happened. It’s a story about a canoe trip down the Housatonic River that I took with several of my good buddies for my 31st birthday. It was a trip that I think embodies what EB&T is really about…
The start of the fishing season had officially snuck up on me, just like tax day each year, and this time the potential hurt was real. A very generous friend was offering up his place out west – a stone’s throw away from the Eagle River in Colorado – to call home-base for a long weekend of fishing at the beginning of April…
Tall tales and lore of 4 pound, football girth brook trout with contrasting exquisite colors rivaling that of any fish on earth are almost told to mystical proportion. What lengths would a devoted angler pursue to hold such a specimen in their hand? Where is one of these creatures said to reside other than the practically intangible vastness of Labrador? The Rapid River…
