Charles H. Daniels

Writer, Storyteller, Outdoorsman

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  • “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

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SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE FLY:

The Novice, Avoiding the Hat, and The Payoff

Issue 54: February 2025

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Cover of Southern Culture on the Fly Issue 54, caricature of Winslow Homer's The Gulf Stream - A man sitting on the edge of a sinking boat in rough seas, with sharks, and waves crashing around him.

STRUNG SPORTING JOURNAL:

Standing in the Purple Light

Winter 2024 Issue

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Magazine cover titled 'Strung' featuring a deer with large antlers in a grassy field during fall.

THE KINGFISHER:

Tangled up in knots

March 2024. Volume 3, Issue 1

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Blog Articles

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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....

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Two men fishing in a shallow stream with overhanging branches and leaves, both wearing outdoor gear and sunglasses.


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...

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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...

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