Brian at Hickory Nut Gap

@bchunter.bsky.social

Life in Asheville & the French Broad River watershed. Rivers, salt marshes, tidal creeks, conservation. UNC grad. Former financial & tax consultant. Now I'm a fish bum, it seems. #humanist #globalist #flyfishing #waterman

I wish our government would go after pedophiles like they go after brown men headed to work at 7 am. I wish they would close billionaire tax loopholes like they close our public schools. I wish they would fund healthcare like they fund forever wars in the Middle East.

"The construction has outraged many people across Texas for its speed, as well as its seeming disregard for a prized piece of untrammeled wilderness...carving a path with bulldozers and excavators." 🌏 #rivers #conservation #thisplacematters

Border Construction in Big Bend Is Halted After Drawing Criticism (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has been carving a path through some of the beloved national park’s major natural attractions.

nytimes.com

"As long as you know you can make a comfortable cast and put it in front, doesn't matter what the distance is, that's fine. But if you might be short, don't cast."-Capt. Juan Rossouw Must-see film for lovers of remote saltwater fly fishing. Note-Outdoor Channel sub. required. 🧵

Fly-Fisherman Presents: The Shoals - Outdoor Channel

Get up close and personal with the sharks and giant trevallies of St. Brandon Atoll . . . a wild and undeveloped saltwater paradise that is dangerously remote.

outdoorchannel.com

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —Martin Luther King, Jr.

Most fun part of that #Braves win was hearing Braves TV announcer Jeff Francoeur light up Padres mgr Craig Stammen for taking out lefty pitcher Hart and replacing him with righty Canning to face leadoff lefty Michael Harris II to start the 2nd, who then promptly hit a solo HR. Really, Craig? 1/2