Charles H. Daniels

Writer, Storyteller, Outdoorsman

“Some people say there is  no magic left in the world. Bullshit. They haven’t stood in the Purple Light.”

– STANDING IN THE PURPLE LIGHT
“We carve out moments into our memories like rivers carve out canyons: slowly but relentlessly until they become part of us forever.”

– THE RIVER REMEMBERS EVEN WHEN WE CANNOT
“Petitioners. All lined up to  hear the Gospel according to Pyramid, praying to the piscatorial gods to look favorably upon their offering, catapulted into the watery expanse by high-tech graphite.”

– UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A REDEMPTION STORY

Featured Contributions

SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE FLY:

The Novice, Avoiding the Hat, and The Payoff

Issue 54: February 2025

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STRUNG SPORTING JOURNAL:

Standing in the Purple Light

Winter 2024 Issue

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THE KINGFISHER:

Tangled up in knots

March 2024. Volume 3, Issue 1

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05/21/2025

Unfinished Business—A Pyramid Lake Redemption Story

A year is a long time to nurse a grudge against a fish. To be perfectly accurate, it was against an entire....

02/28/2025

The Novice, Avoiding The Hat, and The Payoff

Anyone who has been a guide or has even tried to teach a beginner has been there. It is one thing to be...

05/21/2025

Standing in the Purple Light

A great start to the new year. This one is a really special essay for me, revisiting one of my father’s favorite terms...