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DAY 360
It’s five days shy of the new year. Holy. Crap. Not sure if it goes without saying, but every time the calendar reaches the last page and...
Matt Smythe
Dec 26, 2012
PRETTIER THAN A CATFISH IN SHALLOW WATER
It’s been a while in the making, but Pulp Fly, Volume 1 is finally here. This eBook anthology of stories written by fly fishing writers...
Matt Smythe
Mar 22, 2012
THE VIEW FROM MY BOOKSHELVES
My home office has got some hellafied built-in bookshelves. As a matter of fact, those bookshelves and the barn were the two things that...
Matt Smythe
Jan 18, 2012
GETTING AFTER IT
It’s been a busy summer for house-projects, travel and work. Four months have already passed since I made the jump from the agency world...
Matt Smythe
Aug 22, 2011
MAY ONE. DAY ONE.
Less than a couple weeks. That’s what I’ve got left of the day job. That’s all that’s left of the twice daily auto-pilot-and-iPod-mix of...
Matt Smythe
Apr 19, 2011


THE BOWHUNTING BOOK
One of the best things about being a creative at an advertising agency is that I’m fortunate enough to call some amazingly talented...
Matt Smythe
Apr 6, 2010
WHO SAYS POETRY DOESN’T PAY
I’m a writer at an advertising agency. My job is to understand our clients’ business at least as well as they do and deftly influence the...
Matt Smythe
Oct 1, 2009
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