Streamer Junkie

A Trout Rut by Mark Usyk

I caught a really good brook trout up north, in the 20” range. Then I didn’t fish for two weeks and when I finally did I caught a great 21”...
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I'm a Horrible Dry Fly Fisherman by Mark Usyk

I don’t know why, but for some reason I always thought things would get easier as you get older. You know, the longer you do something the easier it should...
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The Bending Rods and Cracking Bats by Mark Usyk

We stood on the bridge, looking down to the small stream and the fly fisherman standing knee deep in the soft current. The sun had been up for a couple...
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It's the Least I Can Do by Mark Usyk

It starts as several little branches, wandering through the Adirondacks like lost souls without a care. Some begin as the outflows of small ponds with no names in a boreal...
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If I Have To Explain It... by Mark Usyk

I heard the alarm, barely. I laid there wishing I didn’t have to get up. I felt the bed shift as Holly reached out to shut it off. Damn, I...
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Cuba and Flat Billed Trucker Hats by Mark Usyk

For the past couple months now I haven’t been able to pick up a fishing magazine without finding an article inside about fly fishing the flats in Cuba. Like flat...
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The Rookies by Mark Usyk

I’m a rookie fly fisherman, and I make all the rookie mistakes. I make too many false casts. I don’t match the hatch. I don’t have a back pocket full...
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Three Flies by Mark Usyk

I look out over the trees as their branches sway in an easy breeze. Below me some 200ft down is the world that everyone else knows. The constant noise of...
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