Michael Agneta
@troutrageous.com
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Husband, dad, angler, and e-commerce lifer. Especially fond of Philly sports, Sasquatch, Star Wars, WWE, wild trout, tenkara & fly fishing. 🤘
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Founder: tenkaraangler.com
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Michael Agneta
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· Sep 22
Michael Agneta
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· Sep 14
Pheasant Tail Simplicity
Whether you know it yet or not, I'm guessing the landslide of "fly fishing press" will be coming in short order regarding Yvon Chouinard, Craig Mathews, and Mauro Mazzo's latest book, "Pheasant Tail Simplicity: Recipes and Techniques for Successful Fly Fishing." So folks at Patagonia, consider this some additional free advertising you didn't even ask for.
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· Sep 12
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· Sep 11
Teddy Roosevelt’s Kids and Their Insane Quest To Kill a Giant Panda – The MeatEater Podcast
I don't hunt, but do listen to the MeatEater podcast pretty frequently. I picked up the habit all the way back during COVID, and just enjoy the banter between the "regulars" and their guests. Most of the topics tend to skew towards general outdoors rather than just hunting, and more than a few are also historical in nature. On most occasions it's an engaging and entertaining listen that helps long spells in the car or the evening walk around the neighborhood go by faster.
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Michael Agneta
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· Sep 9
Red Spots & Blue Halos
A new blog you say? In this day of short-form social media, you don't hear much about folks starting up new blogs anymore. Especially those that focus on writing. But my friend Bill Holleran is doing just that. Welcome Red Spots & Blue Halos! According to the site's subtitle, Bill's new blog is, "Where wild brook trout streams meet quiet reflection…
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Michael Agneta
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· Sep 8
Michael Agneta
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· Sep 7
Work, Water, and a Few Wild Trout
The Trade Thursday, August 28th. I was just about ready to leave the office for the day when one of my co-workers popped his head in the door. "Did you see it?" A lot of potential things rushed to mind, but I was drawing a definitive blank. Then he said, "Micah Parsons got traded to the Packers." F*ck.
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Michael Agneta
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· Aug 28
Remembering Flip Pallot
The news broke last night that we had lost a true legend of fly fishing and the outdoors, Flip Pallot. Known for his gentle wisdom and honest storytelling, Flip become an icon of sport and conservation whose influence spread far beyond his beloved Florida. I'm not one to write tribute posts often (if ever), but I thought this would be one of the rare occasions where it was fitting.
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Michael Agneta
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· Aug 21
A New Computer & Purple Rain
I bought a new desktop computer recently. My old one was so old and slow, I couldn't do much on it other than doomscroll social media. It was over 10 years old, so video & photo editing was super tedious. I wanted to record a quick 4K video to see if the additional horsepower would help make my editing software more tolerable...
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Michael Agneta
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· Aug 11
Wicked Fly Rod & Reel Co.
Stumbled upon the brand Wicked Fly Rod & Reel Co. over the weekend when a teaser video for a new three-weight model popped up in my YouTube feed (courtesy of Midcurrent). They've been around since 2017, so I'm just slow on the uptake I suppose. That said, I really dig that minimalist logo. Based out of Arizona, Wicked produces two series of graphite rods, the "Flex" and "Origin", as well as an "Artisan" series bamboo rod, all with handsome graphics and a reel seat with windows to highlight the rod blank.
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Michael Agneta
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· Aug 9
Storms, Snakes, and a Mixed Bag Slam
It had been a while since I fished. The trip to the White Mountains was now more than a month behind me, so I really didn't need an excuse to head (relative) north again to find some trout. But my friends at a certain fly fishing company certainly gave me one when I found a new tenkara rod on my doorstop one Friday afternoon.
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Michael Agneta
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· Aug 8
Michael Agneta
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· Aug 4
R.I.P. Atlanta Fly Fishing Show
Fingers Crossed for a Resurrection 🤞 It appears the annual Atlanta stop of The Fly Fishing Show has been unceremoniously cancelled. Not necessarily by the organization that runs it, in fact I received an email from them back in April that had it listed on their schedule for January 30 - February 1st, 2026. Rather the venue, the Gas South Center, pulled the plug according to…
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Michael Agneta
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· Aug 3
Hot Spot Futsu Kebari
I wrote a bit about fly fishing brand collaborations on Friday, but it occurred to me that I never mentioned the recent partnership I personally participated in with a fly fishing brand. At least I never mentioned it here on the Troutrageous! mothership, even though I might have called it out elsewhere. Jason Klass of Tenkara Talk and I were approached by…
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Michael Agneta
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· Aug 1
Dead on the Water | Simms x Grateful Dead
Brand & product collaborations are all the rage, we've seen Coors & Ross Reels, Nike/Drake & Abel Reels, even Supreme & South2 West8 tenkara gear in recent years, just to name a few. One of the latest is the "Dead on the Water" collection, brought to us by Simms & legendary jam band, the Grateful Dead…
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