...always be the most analyzed NFL quarterback that never really played the game and that's too bad.Brian Smith is the city editor for the Clarion and a loyal Broncos fan, even after last week.

...and mostly meaningless. Rhetoric becomes hot air. Tangles become manageable. Life appears only as the water in front of me and I'm suddenly thirsty. Brian Smith is a reporter and city editor at the Peninsula Clarion and avid fisherman.

...there." Capital idea -- maybe they can tell me how to be a better fisherman.Well, one can dream. Brian Smith is city editor and reporter for the Peninsula Clarion and an avid fisherman. Share your fish dreams with him at brian.smith@peninsulaclarion...

...catch big fish -- I'm convinced. Leave your ego at home, pray for good weather and expect nothing.Brian Smith is city editor for the Peninsula Clarion, an avid fisherman and a former deckhand. Share your big catch stories with him at brian...

...pursuits. That can wait for winter. As fast as the sockeye hit they will be gone. Embrace the madness. Brian Smith is city editor for the Peninsula Clarion and an avid sockeye fisherman. Share your fishing stories with him at brian.smith@peninsulaclarion...

...than you were before, right?If the kid who ate Cheez-Its until he puked can do it, so can you.Brian Smith is city editor for the Peninsula Clarion. He can be reached at brian.smith@peninsulaclarion.com.

...I said. He just looked at me, flashed that big, bearded grin and shook his head disapprovingly.Brian Smith is city editor for the Peninsula Clarion, an avid fisherman and a former charter boat deckhand. Share your fishing pranks with him...

...So, then perhaps we should measure a fly fisher not by fish romances, but rather fish heartbreak.Brian Smith is city editor for the Peninsula Clarion and a beginning fly fisherman. Share your stories of fish heartbreak with him at brian...

...Bollocks.It's a phrase, they say.Stream time beats desk time, you know.Remind me Monday. Brian Smith is city editor for the Clarion, an avid fly fisherman and novice haiku writer. Share your fish poetry with him at brian.smith...

...them not because they mean any thing in particular. But because they are a thin frosting. Indulge. Brian Smith is city editor for the Peninsula Clarion, an avid fisherman and painting enthusiast. Email him at brian.smith@peninsulaclarion...