Fly Fishing & Frustration

Fly fishing is filled with times of frustration: getting rained out on the stream, losing a fly in a low hanging branch, being un…

Holding a Trout in Your Hand

On one of my first fishing outings of the season, I was fortunate to find a pool full of trout on a local Connecticut stream. A…

Fly Fishing in the Rain

I am not a hard-core fly fisher when it comes to the weather. I generally fish when the air temperature is at least 60 degrees, …

Praying for Trout?

In the course of my years of fly fishing, I have probably spoken dozens of prayers while on the stream. When the sun was well bel…

Fly Fishing and Harmony

Harmony is when things fit together. In music, harmony occurs when two notes are sung together and they create a more beautiful s…

Fly Fishing and Solitude

I live in New York City with 8 million other people. I am a Rabbi in a Temple with over 2000 members. There are 125 apartments in…