Matt Smythe
WEEKEND SORTIES
The school bus comes every weekday morning at twelve after eight. It stops out front of the house, pausing traffic in both directions for...
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Matt Smythe
- Apr 12, 2011
IN PRAISE OF SMELT
Smelt are the great equalizer. It doesn’t rightly matter if you’re rich or redneck or a combination of the two, when they’re running,...
Matt Smythe
- Mar 29, 2011
MAKING SOMETHING OUT OF SOMETHING
In this story, I catch no fish. Let’s just get that out of the way. It’s not like I’m giving away the ending or anything. Actually,...
Matt Smythe
- Mar 22, 2011
WE’RE VIKINGS, SUCKA
We dig Spring. As a matter of fact this year we did a whole bunch of celebrating and out-of-door reveling the day before Spring arrived...
Matt Smythe
- Mar 6, 2011
FRONTIER
I’m tired of small spaces. I’m not talking about my space at work…although I am definitely tired of that too. I’m talking about our woods...
Matt Smythe
- Feb 17, 2011
DIRT & WORMS
It’s back. Hot damn it’s back. Two steps out the door at lunch and it hit me like a ton of bricks. We’ve turned the corner. The nose...
Matt Smythe
- Feb 2, 2011
BECAUSE
Cold is no excuse. There’s not an hour in the woods or on the water worth rolling over after the alarm and slinking up behind 4 a.m.’s...
Matt Smythe
- Oct 22, 2010
DRIFT
They don’t bite when you’re expecting. They know when you’re trying just too damn hard and simply let your drift be. But when your mind...
Matt Smythe
- Oct 11, 2010
BIG FLY. SMALL FLY.
How in the hell am I supposed to see this thing on the water? I asked. You’re not, was the reply. If you see a rise within 3 feet of...
Matt Smythe
- Oct 6, 2010
MORNING BROWNS WITH DAD, Installment 6, Thesis
* The 6th installment in a series of sections from my Masters thesis, which was (in large part) about fishing. [20] Villager Restaurant....
Matt Smythe
- Sep 10, 2010
CALLING FOR SUN
Independence Day weekend was upon us and my wife, three kids and I were staying with friends in their cabin in Old Forge to celebrate....
Matt Smythe
- Aug 12, 2010
TONY AS MY WITNESS
Like any other fishing morning, Saturday started very early and with a strong pot of coffee. Tony arrived around 5 and we wasted some...
Matt Smythe
- Aug 4, 2010
THE BEAUTY OF TORTURE
OK. Before you jump to any conclusions, I’m talking about the view from my office window today. Some patient, fortunate and obviously...
Matt Smythe
- Jul 28, 2010
GEAR
Ahhh, mid-summer. The prelude to fall…my favorite time of year. Cicadas have begun to echo their rattling song in the lush heavy-ness of...
Matt Smythe
- Jul 7, 2010
1985
I was in 8th grade. Live Aid and We are the World. Reagan was sworn in for a second term. The first WrestleMania went top-rope at the...
Matt Smythe
- Jun 24, 2010
EAGER FISH. THE VIDEO.
While the phone didn’t play nice for Saturday’s outing, it made up for itself on Sunday with the boys. Here’s a little recap of the...
Matt Smythe
- Jun 22, 2010
THE GLORY OF EAGER FISH
Saturday’s kayak excursion delivered one very nice largemouth (see below), a mess of panfish, a lot of paddling and a chance to see one...
Matt Smythe
- Jun 17, 2010
ON THE HORIZON
Father’s day is this weekend. I honestly had no idea. I’ve got to get out from under this rock… Now that I’m cognizant of the fact that...
Matt Smythe
- Jun 9, 2010
SOMETIMES
We climb out of the dark for sunrise, ease into night from the evening. Somewhere in there the fish bite.
Matt Smythe
- Jun 3, 2010
A BOY’S FISHING ROUTE, Installment 5, Thesis
[2] I. Not yet sun-up. 10-speed with fishing pole across the handlebars. Tackle box in backpack. Maybe a snack. Maybe some paper route...
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