fly fishing poetry – Casting Around

A Poem: The Curse of the Early Trout

September 22, 2014 Anthony Naples 0

The Curse of the Early Trout Right away she gives you a trout- butter belly and orange red spots- and misreading the message you lean into the day with a skull full of fish. She […]

Three Rivers – A life in water

February 17, 2013 Anthony Naples 4

I came across this three part poem that I wrote a while back but never got to use for anything. So I figured might as well set it adrift on the river of the interwebs. […]

Poem: Fat with Promises (a Memory of Alaska)

January 21, 2013 Anthony Naples 2

Fat with Promises (a Memory of Alaska) She is fat with promises, with silver lies and with fictions in her eye. The mountains cascade in slippery slime reflections on her side. She slides onto the […]

A poem: Has this ever happened to you?

January 2, 2013 Anthony Naples 0

I have been sick with the flu. At first I slept all day – now I cannot sleep at all. As I lay on the couch, in and out of sleep strange ideas come in […]

Fly Fishing Poetry by Cameron Scott

November 8, 2010 Anthony Naples 2

I just thought it would be nice to present some fly fishing poetry from a real poet here on Casting Around, so I asked Cameron Scott if I could “reprint” one of his poems. He […]

Daily Fly Fishing Poem #30: The Fish

October 1, 2010 Anthony Naples 4

Well- all things must come to an end, and so I find myself sitting at the computer for the last installment of my Daily Fly Fishing Poem project. It comes a day late due to […]

Fly Fishing Poem #29: The Weight Of Water

September 30, 2010 Anthony Naples 0

Fly Fishing Poem #29: The Weight Of Water The weight of water and boxes full of flies, mended and reaching casts that drag fish from the stream, empty containers waiting to be imbued with meaning […]