One hot August day, back before we knew computers could handle years beginning with “2”, Dr. Marcus Feely hooked the largest trout to ever come out of Fish in a Barrel Pond. The Neverwas Nonesuch Angling Society had never hung a fish on its walls, choosing not to emphasize trophies, but Dr. Feely insisted. He even paid for the mounting himself and bought the impressive brass plaque that hangs beneath it, engraved with his name, the date and the names of four men listed as witnesses. Sooner or later, whether you want him to or not, Doc Feely will tell you all about that fish. Continue reading
Posts Tagged With: fishing
The Fish on the Wall
Categories: +The Neverwas Nonesuch Angling Society, Fly Fishing, Humor
Tags: fiction, fishing, Fly Fishing, ghoti62, Humor, quill gordon
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Teach a Man to Fish …
This story no longer lives here but there are just too many links to it for one man to strip out and those Error 404 Not Found notices aren’t very polite, so you are seeing this instead.
The short story “Teach a Man to Fish … ” has been converted to e-reader format and is now available for both Kindle and Nook as part of Quill Gordon’s Story Time, Tales of the Outdoors for Anglers and Others!
The Blurb:
“Invited to fish a secret, forbidden honey hole, Quill Gordon can’t resist. Rigging up his favorite antique rod, he envisions delicate casts to difficult fish, but when he arrives he finds that not everyone shares his definition of ‘sport’. Featuring Quill’s unusual friend, Eugene, and Eugene’s unusual fishing methods, an early version of this humorous short story first appeared on the blog The View from Fish in a Barrel Pond in September of 2009.”
The Links:
“Teach a Man to Fish … ” for Kindle (Amazon)
“Teach a Man to Fish … ” for Nook (Barnes & Noble)
The Cover
Categories: Fly Fishing, Humor, Stories About My Good Friend, Eugene
Tags: fishing, Fly Fishing, Humor, otter poop, otters, quill gordon
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Fishing Hurts
Certain aspects of fly fishing confound even those familiar with the sport and no one, especially the uninitiated, needs me mucking things up trying to explain them. A quick search of the internet will reveal plenty of sources to confuse you better than I ever could but there is one important concept that is pivotal to this tale – the waving of a rod, causing a length of line to go forward and back.
The forward part of the cast is generally not very dangerous except, indirectly, to the occasional fish. The backward portion, however, tends to be somewhat more problematic. Concentrating on what is in front of him, a fisherman will sometimes lose track of where his line and the sharp, pointy hook attached to it are going, often with unintended consequences.
Ron Hogan is such a fisherman and his sloppy back cast is chronic. Continue reading
Categories: +The Neverwas Nonesuch Angling Society, Fly Fishing, Humor
Tags: fiction, fishing, Fly Fishing, Humor
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The Buddy System
There are a lot of links pointing to this post but stripping them out just seems too daunting a task and if I leave them in you’ll get one of those impersonal Error 404 Not Found notices, but the fact of the matter is that “The Buddy System” is no longer here. It has been taken down, given a good thrashing, and now exists in e-reader format, available for downloading to both Kindle and Nook devices.
Quill Gordon’s Story Time
Tales of the Outdoors for Anglers and Others
One Story, One Dollar
“The Buddy System”
It has been said that all fishermen are liars but when Jim Davis dies during a visit to Fish in a Barrel Pond his fishing buddies are forced to concoct a real whopper. Find out if they will be able to keep their own secret in this humorous short story of life at a fishing camp by Quill Gordon.
Click here for “The Buddy System” for Kindle (Amazon)
Click here for “The Buddy System” for Nook (Barnes & Noble)
Categories: +The Neverwas Nonesuch Angling Society, Fly Fishing
Tags: fiction, fishing, Fly Fishing, Humor, scotch
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First Trout of the Season
It is a bit of a gamble, declaring the last Saturday in April to be Opening Day at Fish in a Barrel Pond. Not only is it possible that the pond could still be covered with ice, there is also the chance that the cottages will not be accessible or have no running water due to frozen water lines. It is a mad scramble to get things up and running once the thaw sets in.
Some members of the Neverwas Nonesuch Angling Society clear their calendars months in advance, flat-out lying if necessary, to be here for the first day of fishing and the celebration that comes with it. They all know that Mother Nature has the final say but the possibility of postponement is not an option for me. I must plug away as if nothing could possibly go wrong even if it means I am still patching pipes as the last of the lake ice disappears with mere hours to spare. Continue reading
Categories: Fly Fishing, Humor, Rural Life, Vermont
Tags: fishing, Fly Fishing, Humor, nature, quill gordon, Rural Life, trout, Vermont
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The View from Fish in a Barrel Pond 