About TVangler

Welcome to our site! We're a group of outdoor enthusiasts currently residing in North Alabama in the Tennessee Valley. We write about fly fishing and just about any other type of fishing you might be interested in. We also occasionally write about photography, blogging, conservation, backpacking, hiking and whatever random stuff happens to be on our minds. Hope you enjoy!

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Recap 2011

I did quite a bit of fishing last year, but I didn’t write about it much. It was somehow refreshing. But now I’m beginning to feel the urge to write again, so maybe I just needed a good break.

I fished several times with my good friend Eric last year, even convinced him to [...]

Just Finished Another Rod

I recently began building rods again, although this time I’m just doing it for myself rather than making any sort of foray into a side business. Over the holidays I finished a Lamiglas 7′ 3wt fiberglass rod. I’ve had the blank for quite some time, but it had been gathering dust rather than serving [...]

The Long Awaited Yellowstone 2011 Post

That is if anyone out there is still awaiting anything from TVangler…

I came within seconds of letting TVangler die a quiet death. The bill for renewing my hosting services appeared in my gmail inbox, and I was just about to delete it. But I couldn’t. I’m not sure why. I haven’t done a [...]

Back from Yellowstone

Been back from our annual fly fishing adventure for two weeks now. I’m still going through photos (and a tiny bit of video), and I’m working on a trip write-up. I haven’t posted anything on the site lately, so it might seem that I haven’t been doing any fishing. That’s, thankfully, far from the [...]

Review of tenkara: Radically Simple, Ultralight Fly Fishing

I mentioned this book awhile back when I talked about getting a tenkara rod for Christmas. At the time I hadn’t read it and didn’t own it, but since that time I used another Christmas gift (a gift card to an online book store) to purchase my own copy. I just finished it [...]