When I was a kid living in Southern Illinois, I had a line in the water if I could. Being young and boatless, shore fishing was our only option. Preparation then sitting and waiting was the game. It’s a tranquil business tight lining for catfish. Skip ahead many years and many miles, I found myself living in Chicago [...]
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Powerlining
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Poke, Musubi & the Committee for Safety
I just got back from a week in southern Kaua’i. Like all vacations, the time was too short, and now I want to move there. A week living amongst people who stab away their days in the slow, tropical pulse of the south pacific rim makes me wonder how and why I managed to find [...]
Also posted in Grilling, Health, Instructional, Recipes Tagged Bruce Brown, Chicago, Committee for Safety, Endless Summer, Hawaii, Kaua'i, Koloa Fish Market, Maki, Musubi, nori, Poke, Spam 1 Comment
Bill Dance – Fisherman, Funnyman, Everyman
Now that summer is here, kind of, and I’ve had a chance to take a few casts I am reinvigorated by the opportunity to get some fishing in. But not only that, I am also reinvigorated by the existence of all things hilarious. It’s as if a great weight has lifted and my soul has [...]
Cook County Trout Fishing
The warming weather has brought with it a renewed faith. I now believe that spring will actually arrive. Assuming my hunch is correct I think it’s high time to start dreaming about early mornings on the water or at the very least the banks. There really is no better way to spend a spring, summer, [...]
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Back from Seattle
Arrived last night from Seattle after an AA fare sale kept us stuck in the northwest a few days longer than planned. I’ve uploaded some photos from the trip to the facebook account, but who knows, I might even post something more extensive about it here. The trip was amazing, we hit 6 parks – [...]
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Thermocline
In just about a week I’ll be heading up to Minnesota for a little rest, relaxation and some fishing. I’ll be staying on Lake Lida, a lovely body of water and certainly fun for recreation. The fishing however, while improving in recent years, hasn’t always been the best. Given the fact that I’m a man [...]
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Zombie Fish!
Check out these dogfish that keep wiggling after they’ve been skinned and gutted!
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Full Outsider’s Almanac Website Still Coming
Don’t lose hope dear internetting ones, we still have every intention of launching the full Outsider’s Almanac website in the near future, it just won’t be quite as soon as we had hoped. We’re pretty insanely busy these days, between writing projects, client needs, body/mind/spirit rehabbing and the pursuit of winter in it’s many splendered [...]
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Urban Caveman Movement Taking Hold
Film maker, OA Woody Creek correspondent and all around American Hero Wayne Ewing sent me an article today about a new movement taking foot in the shadows of New York City. Self-proclaimed urban cavemen sustain themselves solely on red meat and some vegetables and fruits. In addition, they eat in a manner that would mimic [...]
Also posted in Grilling, Hiking Tagged Arthur De Vany, Evolutionary Fitness, John Durant, Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, Paleos, Urban Cavement, Wayne Ewing Leave a comment
Fly Fishing
Woke up this morning early, without a hangover, a rare Saturday occurrence. Thought I’d try and get some work done and in the process ran across a story I’d started just after we got back from the Lake Vermilion fishing trip. Well, one thing led to another and before I knew it I fell into [...]
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