The Journal

The marsh is the most demanding water on this coast for clothing. Not because it is extreme, but because it is relentless: a long run out, no shade at all,...

Performance fabric fails for boring reasons. Salt left in the fibres, a hot dryer, and fabric softener, in roughly that order. All three are avoidable and none of them take...

The rope is not decoration. It started as a way to stiffen the front edge of a brim on a hat that was otherwise built to be light, and it...

Catfish do not become different animals at night, they just stop being careful. The same fish that sat in twenty feet of water all afternoon will be up on a...

Your hands take more damage on the water than any other part of you. Not from one dramatic injury, but from a season of small cuts, line burns and sun...

Nobody reapplies sunscreen properly on a boat. Not with wet hands, not at the end of a drift, not when the bite is on. That single fact is the whole...