Author: Len Handler

Ben Rinker on the East Branch

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Post date November 25, 2022
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Watching Ben lay out 70-80 yards of line was to watch poetry in motion; Ben is one of the superb casters, angler, guide and teacher in the business.

Fish Porn Rivers & Fish Porn

Rainbow; Lordville Riff;Delaware River

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Post date November 25, 2022
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Rivers Rivers & Fish Porn

The Esopus

A lovely Catskill River boasting a nice population of wild fish. Lot’s of great pocket water makes it a haven for Rainbows.

Tunes

The Last First Ball

Len Handler & Michael Mugrage

What was it like to see the last time the Dodgers played in Brooklyn? To see the “first pitch” for the last time at Ebbett’s Field? Back in a time when our heroes would never desert us!

Music Tunes

Antique Store

Written by Len Handler & George Wurzbach

This is one of those “out” tunes I wrote with George Wurzbach, but I’ve always loved the story. A couple walks into an antique store, and in the back on a shelf is a 100 year-old photo of a young couple. The shoppers have a hard-time getting past the age and stiffness of the photo, and it made me wonder what they were really like, stripped of the confines of their photograph and frame. The demo is by George.

The Lasky Family, around 1913. Anne; Lou; Al; Sally; Jack; Morris; Saul; Evelyn; Phil; Grandma and Grandpa;

Rivers

The Big Flat Brook

Blewett Tract; Near Walpack Center, N.J., c1968

Rivers

The Tennessee River

Below Wilson Dam in Florence, Alabama

Friends

Dennis Evans

Dennis was a superb guide below Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River. Alex and I would fish with him whenever we were in Sheffield (Shoals Area) visiting Deb’s family. The Tennessee is massive in this area, and Wilson Dam is a massive hydro dam supplying electricity to the Shoals area. The river is rich in Catfish (Channels & Blues) to 100 lbs! Striped Bass, trophy Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass as well as many other warm water species. Dennis was a good ol’ boy – always “up”, always teaching – with a great knowledge of the waters and the fish. I miss his sunny personality and love of the sport – and we miss fishing with him.

Blog

Early Influence

Some early magazine articles/writers from “Outdoor Life, ” “Field & Stream,” and “Sports Afield” that were huge influences on my love of trout and salmon fishing. Writers such as Ray Bergman, Ted Janes, Peter Barrett, Ernie Schweibert, A.J. McLaine, Rodrick Haig Brown, John Alden Knight and so many more, kept my piscatorial passions burning. Most of these shown are from 1958-1960.