Fire Girl in The Drake and American Angler

I keep getting emails from comrades and friends across the States, talking about a feature that ran in this fall’s issue of The Drake.  I haven’t been able to track down a copy myself, but am excited to take a peek.

(Hint, hint… think fishing in a Diablo stand up paddle board / kayak on Montana’s Holter Lake.  For carp.  It was epic.)

Sometimes, in the middle of summer in one of the best trout towns in the world, you need a break from the trout.  And with Jake Gates as a stellar angler / model / Buff pirate, the photos promised to be strong.  We took a shared day off from Headhunters HQ, grabbed the boats and ran.

The end result can be seen in The Drake.

Feedback continues to trickle in on the “Water Wars” feature in the current feature of American Angler.  It’s generating lots of chatter – something it was designed to do.

Talk.

Consider.

Think.

The care of the Madison is a topic close to the hearts of many anglers and Montanans.  The purpose of journalism is to inform and to encourage independent thought.  Get after it.

Here is Washington, things continue to swirl.  I’m working to find my feet out here, and, as sometimes happens, finding the oddest – and coolest – contacts in the strange places.  I’m still living out of a duffel bag (Hey, I’ve done it for the past 18 months.  I won’t know what to do when I pull my stuff from storage in Texas.  Someday.) and rolling with the punches.

Every day is an adventure.  Here’s to living light and living hard.

Tags: Fire Girl Photography

Tagged as: carp, Diablo, fly fishing, Montana, SUP, The Drake