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An old Jewish neighbor of mine had a favorite expression he’d pass on to me after watching me struggle with yet another project. He’d watch me for a while, he’d stroke his grizzled beard, and then he’d say, “Don’t work harder, my son, work smarter!”
And so it’s been like that through my life; when confronted […]

Longtime readers know of my fondness for catching rockfish and therefore can imagine my excitement as July draws near and I can dust off my shallow water jigging tackle!
Much more than the fact that rockfish fight really well (they don’t) and are particularly hard to catch (they aren’t) is that I never know what will […]