This will seem kind of strange to most people, but when I was a kid, my parents used to go camping a lot. The road trips were very long, so to past the time, I would play this little game called "the license plate game". In Connecticut, back in the day our plates consisted of three numbers and three letters. Nowadays, it's two letters and five numbers. Anyways, I'd come up with some pretty bizarre sayings, quotes, or some gibberish that really didn't make any sense at all but it was very silly sometimes. Even as an adult now, my mind is always thinking about making my life easier for me on the water - not just fishing, but also for safety too.
So, while driving past a Kentucky Fried Chicken building, I noticed that they had "shortened" their business name to just three letters, "KFC".
As I drove by, I said to myself, there's your next tagline, "KFC - Kayak Fishing Country, a blog for people that kayak, fish, and love the country!"
And so it began, my personal blog on fishing from a kayak in the country of the USA. Sometimes I fish in the most remote settings, while other times I fish down at the shore in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. I will admit that most of my fishing is down at the shore in RI, but I will also fish fresh and salt water within my home state of Connecticut too.
I also set out to make my own logo and design to "brag" about my blog page, rather than write down the blog address, I designed my own business cards. Even though it's not really a business, I dubbed them my "remembrance cards", so I wouldn't have to say it or write it down a hundred times. Now, people could have access to my page. If they decided they don't need, or want the card anymore, I would tell them to pin it on a message board at a local coffee shop or pizza shop where someone else can take it. Pictured below is the design I made on Cafe Press that's used on shirts, stickers, and my remembrance cards.
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall - Owner/Blogger/Artist
(the above design is protected by Cafe Press)
I brought the cards along to our fishing club's annual saltwater fishing show in Providence,RI. Out of 500 cards made, 300+ cards were taken. The had all my info on it, as well as a picture I took of my customized kayak, and a friend's kayak that I was slowly modifying. It was taken in Jamestown,RI at the deep water launch site, a place that's popular with the area scuba dive shops and their dive students.
The following year, I decided to try a new angle by adding different scenic photos to my cards from the previous year's outings on the front's inset and on the back of the card in full color. Each card was listed as a "collector card" and would feature members of our fishing club immortalized on both sides of the card - the back of the card would mention their name and the town location of where I took the photo. My cellphone is always with me on the water in a clear waterproof dry bag, so I can capture the action as it happens. This tactic proved to be a winner because nobody else has ever thought of it.
And, that's how my blog name came about.
As usual, keep those lines wet & tight! - J
