On The Board

Took longer than hoped, but got a striper on the fly rod again. May 31. I write about the fish, but this covers a lot of ground. Eyepatches, getting back to work, "Lodi." Had a lot to say. Big moment.

Where I caught my first post-injury fly rod striper,

There isn’t photo evidence I caught a striped bass on the fly again, but I did. Took longer than I hoped, but it happened. Knew it would if I kept at it. I caught it on May 31st. You can definitely get them earlier—April sometimes, early May, varies by year—but I wouldn’t call this late. I wanted to ge…