The Classical Angler

Fly-Fishing stories and Essays by Erik Helm.

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Awakening

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  Awakening   Copyright 2022 Erik F. Helm  (Author's note: A true story as imagined, and told from a different perspective: that o...
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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Oh Deer!

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  Oh Deer!   Last evening I was sitting hunkered down with a glass of wine in our Wisconsin winter where the wind chill and cold had the...
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Monday, March 15, 2021

Of Trout and Eggs

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  Of Trout and Eggs   Copyright 2021 Erik Helm   George was a peculiar fellow. I had known him for over fifteen years, and in all th...
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Zion Creek

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  Copyright 2021 Erik Helm     Part One: Gateway to Zion   The river was born in the mountains and flowed from north to south do...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

The problem with modern trout flies… or 30 pieces of ‘flair’.

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  Two mayflies?   After having presented a talk on fly fishing for spring-creek trout to a gathering of anglers, one of the sports purlo...
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Saturday, September 12, 2020

Blue-collar rods and guns

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  Stevens 311 from the 1970s reborn   Copyright 2020 Erik Helm   A concept of value…   At a gun show last year I lingered at a t...
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Erik Helm
Driftless, Wisconsin, United States
I am a middle aged hyper-creative writer, angler, and hopeless romantic.
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