The “Stupissance” Resonates

Thanks to many of you who have written positive feedback to the editor’s column in the current print issue of Angling Trade (“Fly Fishing Through the Stupissance,” page 6). Guess that one touched a nerve, in a good way. For those of you who missed it, the point was that we’re living in an age when people are being encouraged less and less to actually use their brains… and fly fishing can be a welcome escape from all of that. Here’s a link to the current issue; you can read it there. (What you only get online is the bonus outtake “Arno the River God” editor’s shot that my crafty partner put together after reviewing the column for the first time… ha ha, funny… let’s move on.)