Many of today’s saltwater flies look so real that you’d swear they were actual baitfish. Space-age synthetic materials that closely imitate the color and sheen of live bait, plastic eyes, epoxy heads, and the talent of hundreds of skilled professional and amateur fly tiers combine to create a vast choice of excellent flies that fool multitudes of game fish.
By Kib Bramhall
Big wind is coming to a 300-square-mile area south of Martha’s Vineyard, but it’s unclear how it will affect a previously unknown feeding area for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
By Sara Brown
What's the origin of Quansoo? Who was Abram Quary? How did the Queen Elizabeth 2 run aground? And where is Quick's Hole?
The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen; To the New Owners by Madeleine Blais; and My Soul Looks Back by Jessica B. Harris.
Watermelon picnics on the beach are a favorite pastime. But in which past time did this picnic, labeled on the back as being on Chilmark’s south shore, occur?
For two decades, Vineyard House has offered a safe haven for those who are ready to recover.
By Mary Breslauer
“I am going in a new direction. It is fresh and new and not what I normally do… And taking a risk in life is important to do.”
Full Disclosure?; Just When You Thought it was Safe to Get Out of the Water; Sanctuary Beach, Anyone?; Say Armen, Brother; Submitted for Your Approval; and “On Martha’s Vineyard, summers end but grudges remain.”
The “Dude Train,” the “Flying Dude,” the “Dude Flyer.” It’s one of the most famous passenger trains ever to run in New England, but you couldn’t walk up and buy a ticket to board it. Nor did any of its various nicknames ever appear in an official timetable or on a station wall.
By Karl Zimmermann
