The Fish Wrap Writer Blog
For more than 20 years, we have been learning from and writing about outdoorsmen and women who fish, hunt, hike, pause, and sometimes just look around. Fish Wrap has been published over 480 times. Here you will find articles, interviews, reports, laughs, a few stretched truths (that’s true), and an unfortunate number of obituaries from good folks we have lost.
Please search, enjoy, and let me know if you know someone who we should meet.
Gathering On A River
A Gathering On A River happens at Whalers Brewery on April 28, 2024, with a host of conservation and fishing folks. Come have a beer with us!
Smoked Bluefish, Fish Wrap Style
Smoked Bluefish, Fish Wrap Style is recipe to help you prepare a fun treat; find all the details on the newest Fish Nerds podcast.
Thanks For Your Patience
Thanks for your patience, Fish Wrap was on hiatus for a while but changes are in sight. Thanks for reading, I appreciate every one of you.
Lt. Lewis Kitts’ Last Alarm
This is Lt. Lewis Kitts' Last Alarm. He has left Jamestown for heaven while friends and family mourn losing such a fine and charitable man. Lew Kitts gave to everyone and took great pride in knowing he helped. He will be missed for years so offer a small tribute to a giant of a man. Calm seas Lew Kitts.
TU Wants Your Christmas Tree
TU Wants Your Christmas Tree Trout Unlimited, a national cold water conservation organization with more than 300,000 members, would like to have your Christmas tree. That may seem an odd request but instead of tossing it onto a curb or over a stone wall or watching...
Surf Day and Stock The Box
Narragansett Surfcaster's Surf Day and Peter Jenkins' Stock The Box Fly Tying Expo help us prepare for stripers, albies & full tackle boxes. Both fight off winter blues and build a sense of community with anglers new and experienced, young and old.
2023 Holiday Gear and Gift Guide
Click to view my 2023 Holiday Gear and Gift Guide as I preview some items an angler in your life would love to receive this holiday season. A variety of cool items you don't want to miss.
Testing ORU’s Beach LT Sport Kayak
ORU Kayaks, ready to be unfolded and loved wherever you go, are feng shui for water. Check out our ORU's Beach LT Sport Kayak test paddle, the easy assembly and maybe just love them like we do. ORU kayaks are so smart and easy to use and when the day's over, they fit in a trunk or under a workbench.
Hunting Pheasant with Bruce and Sedna
Hunting Pheasant with Bruce and Sedna was a highlight of Fall, walking tall grasses for maybe birds but surely time with friends and dogs. Please meet Bruce Leduc, a master craftsman for all things hunting and fish while training dogs to be superior in a field and a friend on a couch with a gentle owner. Cheers Bruce and Sedna.
Wingshooting with Jarad Luchka
Jarad Luchka is an ace guide, total gentleman and a totally focused hunter who loves putting sports on ducks. If you want the best waterfowl experience, read all about him here then book a day in his boat. It's worth every dollar and laugh.
3 Outstanding Outdoor Gear Choices
We offer you 3 Outstanding Outdoor Gear Choices to help you welcome in Fall fun in comfort, safety and style. And they won't break the bank.
Hydrilla Invades Indian Lake
Hydrilla Invades Indian Lake is terrible news so we have information to help you identify Hydrilla and prevent its movement to other waters.
7 Late-Season Kayak Fishing Tips
Fishing from a kayak in cold waters can be fun and safe with a few precautions and the right gear. Here are 7 tips for kayak safety with hopes you get to fish far later and safer into the winter months.
Narragansett Gun Club’s Fall Charity Shoot
Narragansett Gun Club’s Fall Charity Shoot is an inclusive event, for all people, to show of their skills and teach others how to improve theirs. This is a day, steeped in charity, that should not be missed, pun intended...
Albies Are In Bigtime
Albies are in bigtime, from the Avenue's to the Ocean Mist to those fancy Newport cliffs. Now's the time, before waters get churned up since they're sight feeders. When Lee passes us by and waters settle, hopefully albies will peel away from offshore canyons and join us along the shoreline. This week, get your tips to catch them while you can!
Female Fly Fishers And The Flat River
Female Fly Fishers And The Flat River is a celebration of increasing female participation in fishing and the return of a lovely RI river, freed from her stone confines. Trout Unlimited is all over us this week and I'm glad to have them.
RI ‘Tog, Bass and Sharks
End of the New England summer means RI ‘Tog, Bass and Sharks so we give you a look at all of them this week. And, a visit from Ralph Craft who invites you to his RI Tog tourney, John Dodd talks Atlantic White Sharks in Rhode Island and Australia and our friend Mike Woods talks about Back Country Hunters & Anglers helping assemble striped bass data.
Redington’s New Wrangler Fly Rods
Redington’s new Wrangler Fly Rods are well-designed, easy to cast, built with an eye for quality and ready to fish right out of the tube. We fished the Bass model in northern Maine and it quickly proved itself to be strong, easy to cast and worth every dime of its fair price.
The Meditative Fisherman
Bryan Archer's "The Meditative Fisherman" is a fine book of fishing, travel, reflection and appreciation all angler should read several times. I loved every page.
Fish Wrap And Fish Nerds
This week, we announce our new partnership with the Fish Nerds Podcast, at least for a while and recap another successful BI Inshore Fishing Tourney around a wind farm. Summer in Rhode Island is in full effect.