Fishing and beer are places to start
Fishing and beer are things I enjoy, sure, but they are really just places to start. I like to write short stories, creative non-fiction, and hopefully clever snippets that elicit a feeling, whether it’s big feelings like remorse or nostalgia or just that little spark you get when you hear a good metaphor or simile, when two seemingly different ideas are juxtaposed and they make a connection that’s new to you but seems like you’ve known it forever, that spark you get when you hear a good rhyme or the way some words sound or feel or look together. Or maybe you’ll question the very fabric of your reality in a panic-fueled meltdown of your core beliefs? While of course I hope everybody enjoys my writing, I realize it can be a little weird. I can’t help it.
So welcome, weirdos, I hope you find something that hits you in the feels and makes you think.
I hesitate to say that I’m an expert on anything, but in terms of sharing some bona fides, if you care, I will say I have worked as a fishing and/or brewing professional for most of my adult life. I have a keen sense of the sublime and I cry easily. One time in college I did too much acid and listened to Dizzy Gillespie scatting and my heart almost exploded. I’m still a BBQ and sourdough novice, but love smoking meat and baking bread. I’ve been doing Youtube for a couple years and even started a podcast. I’ve been writing for magazines very sporadically for a while and you can see a list of my publications below.
2023 15.2 The Flyfish Journal “Everybody Loves Jay: How Jay Johnson Plans to Save the World”
2023 VOL.24 ISSUE 4 The Drake “Allegheny River Stories”
2022 13.4 The Flyfish Journal “The Appropriate Feelings of Superiority”
2016 VOL.18 ISSUE 1 The Drake “Bay Watch: Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan”
2014 VOL 16 ISSUE 1 The Drake “Michigan Moonrise: The Mouse, the Bowl, and the Handle”
2013 Summer Mountain Life Magazine “The Best Fly fishing in the Nation”
2013 Summer Mountain Life Magazine “Golf and Fly Fishing”
2013 Pulp Fly Volume Two “Frank Was a Very Dull Implement”
2012 Pulp Fly Volume One “Frank’s Inevitable Michigan”
2012 Michigan Blue Travel and Adventure “Fishing the Flats”
2011 VOL.13 ISSUE 3 The Drake “Charles Bukowski goes Steelheading”
2011 VOL.13 ISSUE 1 The Drake “Michigan Mayhem: Not everyone likes the new rules”
2010 VOL.12 ISSUE 2 The Drake “A Hoosier Welcome”
2009 VOLUME 32 ISSUE 2 American Angler “The Suds Hatch”
2007 Beer and Philosophy: The Unexamined Beer Isn’t Worth Drinking “What’s a Beer Style?”
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