During a recent trip out West I hooked four steelhead while fly fishing the North Umpqua River in Oregon. I also hooked my nose, burying an egg fly into my beak during a particularly ugly backcast. It was a good reminder of why you should always wear sunglasses or clear glasses when fly fishing. Even a small fly is bad news when it hits an eyeball.
While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
You're a brave man to put that out in public
What did our pal Scott Martin have to say about it?
Comment by Mark DeWeese — September 13, 2006 @ 2:30 pm
But did you reel yourself in? Great video and great advice.
Comment by murdock — September 13, 2006 @ 9:06 pm
Scott probably hasn't seen it yet, Mark, or I'm sure he would have had something "clever" to say.
As for letting that go public, I believe in painting an accurate picture of reality. Unfortunately, reality is I'm a klutz.
Comment by Mark Taylor — September 14, 2006 @ 8:07 am