THIS WEEK Cameron Scott shares his thoughts on Michael Garrigan's newest book of poetry. "This is definitely not your dry fly purist’s unattainable perfection," Cameron writes. "And with that said, it isn’t your down-and-dirty catfish noodlin’ slip-slop, either. Somewhere between these pages the words gain energy, and behind them Garrigan’s careful shaping of the poems carries them like gravity."
In this week's tying video Tim Flagler ties the Dirty Bomber. "It’s supposed to look like this," Tim says. "It’s one of the most wild and woolly flies I’ve ever seen in my life. You really really don’t have to be too neat with it."
"Is the mayfly, the trout, the mink, the bear, and even the angler, nothing more than a collection of molecules that are constantly expanding, dying, changing, comprised of flesh and bone, mere containers to hold a mixture of bodily fluids?"
