Amawalk

Fishing for most is a hobby, a weekend sport, and a way to relax. My father Vincent finds the sport of fishing to be much more, and it has held his passion for decades. This series was shot in my father's workshop and on the Amawalk Reservoir in Northern Westchester County, NY. In the Northern Westchester and Hudson Valley region watershed areas, lakes, rivers, and streams are plentiful and put to use all year round in a number of ways. The popularity of the sport of fishing is prevalent in this area, and holds the affection of many. I wanted to not only document the act of fishing, but also shoot a smaller subculture of it, the art of tying flies. By creating these tools needed to fly fish, an even more prideful connection is formed to the sport and the spoils of it.