Worst Holiday Gift Ever?

This quote stood out when I ran across an article on GoErie.com that asked Executive types about their worst ever holiday gifts.

"Emilia DiMenco, executive vice president at Harris Bank: "Someone once gave me a fly-fishing pole, complete with a tackle box full of flies. I hate fishing"

This has to be the best explanation we have heard yet for the American financial crisis.

How about it fly fishing executive or non executive types? What was your worst holiday gift ever? Your best?

The Editorial Trophy wife will most likely weigh in right away with a comment about the clothes steamer we got her for Christmas a few years back (we won't do that again). Feel free to leave your comments anonymously to protect the "innocent."

Happy Halloween

May your treat creels be filled with candy fish.

photo from Flickr via Cayusa's photostream.

Happy Father's Day

to my dad, Rev. Homer Murdock. In Dad's "spare" time he travels the world and has touched lives in numerous countries around the globe. His work often focuses on children, and always focuses on feeding, clothing, housing, and healing people. His latest ventures take him to Africa where Touch The World Ministries is actively working in villages where almost every household has been ravaged by AIDS. Obviously, I am very proud to call him my Pop.

Visit Touch The World Ministries to learn more.

Memorial Day

On this Memorial day we want take a moment to wish all of those who serve or have served our country a thank you. Nothing we could possibly say could express the debt of gratitude we owe. We ask you to think of the good folks behind groups that serve those who have served such as Project Healing Waters.

Happy Easter!

An Easter egg from the FlyandFloatFishing.com website. Instructions for tying their McFly Foam Egg reside here.

Green is the new Black: Happy Saint Patty's Day

(photo courtesy Knowledge Seeker)

Try fly fishing at Ashford Castle via Orvis.com.

Visit FlyFishIreland.net

Join the Irish Trout Fly Fishing Association.

Cook up a batch of Irish Cured Trout.

Have some Bushmills or Guinness if you want to stay away from the hard stuff.

Sleep it off at the Brown Trout Inn.

Fly Fishing Romance

Lovers Key, Fl -no doubt a popular place for romantic fly fishers on Valentine's day.

Cyber Monday: FlyFishMagazine's 2007 Holiday Gift Guide

Around this time each year we ask the editorial team from FlyFishMagazine.com to stop fishing long enough to let us know what fly fishing products they would like to find under their Christmas tree. Not that we plan on buying any of it for them but it makes for good insight into what goes on in the twisted minds of the die hard anglers we run with.

The resulting list of gear has either become one of the most exclusive compendiums of holiday gift giving goodness in the fly fishing industry or a great tool for showing our wives and loved ones what we want for Christmas.

We start things off this year with gear picks from Jay "The Salomon Wrestler" Moore. Jay's picks run the gamut from limited edition Orvis trout knives to tropical shirts by Tommy Bahama. At the end of this email he dropped the real bombshell. It seems that our middle Tennessee piscatorial guru has himself been hooked and reeled in and is getting married in early 2008. Congratulations to Jay and Tammy!

View Jay's gear picks via FlyFishMagazine.com's 2007 Gift Guide.

Stay tuned for more picks from the other FlyFishMagazine.com editors later this week.

Thanks Veterans!

It's posted a bit late in the day but we want to say thanks to all those who serve and have served their country. We appreciate all that you do and have done to protect our freedoms.

On this day of thanks to our veterans we ask that you remember worthy causes such as Project Healing Waters.