The month of October had barely packed it's baggage, the first little north wind announced the flames in the fireplace and the delicious fragrance of grilled ch...
The first time that I met Josy was in the 80's. I had just walked out of a horrible drawing class on the "Places des Voges" in Paris. It was raining cats and do...
At the weekly reunion in our offices at the Hotel Crillon there was a great commotion when, out of the pocket of my yellow gabardine, I produced a New ...
Veritable nightmare, that's what airplane flights are, for someone like me who suffers from claustrophobia. Sometimes however, they become supportable; for me i...
It was "Junior", my portoricain buddy from next door who gave me the idea: "To get rid of jet lag my friend, there's nothing better than the sun and a shot of t...
It was at the end of the meal while we were savoring a marvelous Raspberry liqueur that little Elsa captured our attention with these words: "During my last vi...
From the middle of the river, where I spend most of my time annoying fish, I saw game warden Lucien T. park his motorcycle; I thought to myself that something ...
On February 19, 2012, l published a story about a spectacular fishing tripin Mexico, the title was "Tuna Grande". Today, my friend Ethan W., who was present o...
That beautiful spring day, when I debarked in the charming village of Cagnes-sur-Mer, my first reflex was to go and say hello to my old friend Auguste Renoir....
Maybe we'll finish our days in a glacial prison in Siberia but, taking that insane risk, we choose to publish this photo of Mr. V. Putin frolicking with...
"You'll see for yourself Fleche", announced Sergio Bandeira the celebrated Master of Carp fly fishing; "I'm taking you somewhere that's serious". You want to se...
He came from Luxembourg to fish. Me, I arrived from Brooklyn to do the same thing. He had the mug of a guy who knew how to have fun. His eyes sparkled and the ...
I was just releasing a lovely fish (don't dream, it was just a chub) when I noticed the guy (shirtless, pudgy and as ugly as a right-wing activist) trying despe...
We are currently working on the translation of this masterpiece
D'aussi loin que je me souvienne, avec mon père, ça a toujours été le pugilat, verbal....
I stopped the bus next to the river that day; I turned off the motor and I was far from knowing that my life was about to take a sharp turn.
"OK Fleche, you kn...
Every summer it was the same thing.. The great family transhumance that took us to the little village of Ousinieres, a port nestled in a dead end, a stone's thr...
The morning at the riverside was of an enchanting sweetness. Not because I raised a multitude of fish worthy of gracing the covers fishing magazine, but becau...
It was a few years ago (how time flies!) that I offered Stan our spy and fisherman of renown in Florida, a painting as gift for his services rendered to le Mouc...
We just received this intoxicatingly perfumed letter that was covered with lipstick smacks; the message was quite clear.
Dear Mouching,
Let me introduce mysel...
This is practically a summer's day I thought as I edged my little car toward the end of the lane that winds to the river. The trees, that were as naked as the d...
Like the day before, the damned wind started up about 9 in the morning, forcing us to make a u-turn and quickly returned to the port at full steam in order to a...
When I tell people that one of my best New York friends is a real nun, everybody takes me for, at least, a joker (which I am) or, for the worst, a dark imbecile...
When Marie and I took our pre-retirement from the RATP (subway system, Marie was in administration, I was an mechanic), we found a charming little house...
We just received this letter from M. Rene Crochu, 5 rue de la cerise fourbe, Ricaut sur Gelee (Cher).
Dear gentlemen,
First of all let me introduce myself. I...
The first time that I saw Henri was at the Metro Station on "Spring Street" in the Soho section of Manhatta and it's a day that I'm not about to forget.
It was...
I quickly understood that I had better pack up my gear and get outta there real fast. This wonderful spot on the river that I decided to explore, rapidly beca...
Paul Déroulède was a very unusual guy. First of all, just the fact of having the same name as the late vengeful, villainous wrecker of the Commune of 1871 is, ...
A few days ago a bicycle messenger (utterly charming, indeed!) delivered a missive from the Palais de l'Élysée, 55 rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, me...
Today I can confirm it: Herve Duchaussoy of the Butcher Shop Duchaussoy, 55 rue Clemenceau (next to the Credit Lyonnais Bank), at Epinay on the Seine, taught me...
Ahhh ! Women...i love you so much....better than Nutella...better than stuffed mussels...better than clean sheets...Ah!! women... i love you sooo much !
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There isn't a shadow of a doubt: we absolutely love rivers. Even when we are pressed, we resist making pipi in the water. And we drool with joy when, on rare oc...
We have just received an astonishing photograph from New Zealand that was sent to us by our Tintin National: Benoit de Vilmorin, better known under his sobrique...