Bears are extremely human, even down to their footprints. But I am also a fly fisherman, so I have fished beside brown bears in Alaska and was once charged by a black bear. I love bears. — Joseph Monninger Copy Share Image
I am almost certain fishermen posess a peculiar bend to their makeup. Fisherman are optimists, and the fish in the future is always preferable to the fish at hand. Even the best fishermen catch fish only a small percentage of… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share Image
“...These stars will be gone one day for you. They will be for me, too. The Raven promises me I will turn back to… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
I'd love to do more woodworking, and maybe will someday, but I wasn't brought up in that environment. My wife is better at woodworking,… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
Bears are extremely human, even down to their footprints. But I am also a fly fisherman, so I have fished beside brown bears in… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
I learned to look up suddenly from a hatch or feeding frenzy and find myself momentarily removed from solid earth. I go fishing not… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
Biologists have determined brookies to be indicators of ecosystem health and have been recently campaigning to get the word out. If brookies inhabit a… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
I actually believe in simplicity as a way of life. My wife and I are considering moving into a yurt! — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
Fishing the small streams of New Hampshire is a pastime that combines hiking, map reading, and bushwhacking - plenty of it. — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
When a trout rises to a fly, it does not swim as much as tilt its fins and jet skyward. — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
“...'My father called me an enthusiast. I am enthusiastic about things. A lot of things.' - Mary” — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
I am almost certain fishermen posess a peculiar bend to their makeup. Fisherman are optimists, and the fish in the future is always preferable… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
I've taken a mail packet boat along the southern Newfoundland coast and spent some time on St. Pierre and Miquelon watching the seal colonies.… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
“In a universe, on a continent, in a country, in a state, in a county, on a river, in a small yellow boat,' I… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
I usually fish a Hornberg or a Muddler Minnow, a deer-haired streamer that comes in a variety of sizes and colors but replicates a… — Joseph Monninger Copy Share
