Taylor Johns

The Tengu Club

The Tengu Club, the oldest salmon fishing club in the US meets in the dead of winter in Seattle’s Elliott Bay, when the conditions are horrible, the weather is coldest, and there are hardly any fish to be caught. Almost 100 years later, the club continues this tradition. Why?

All That Is Sacred

In the late 60's a group of poets, writers, and musicians descended upon Key West to pursue their love of literature and fishing (and cocaine and acid). Initiated by Tom McGuane - the prodigal son of American Literature of the 1970s - his friends Jim Harrison, Richard Brautigan, Russell Chatham, and Jimmy Buffett soon joined, creating some of the best art of their generation.

Last Days in Vietnam

During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only U.S. citizens.