Hey Ladies, listen up! We’ve got a sale going on this week on all our summer dresses. Here is a sneak peak at a few of them. We’ve got a bunch more styles and colors in the store, so stop on by this weekend to pick one out for yourself.
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We like you, so we’re going to let you in on a little secret. We just got in a huge shipment of the newest 2013 styles of Patagonia- men’s and women’s. We know it’s still summertime, but we’re giving you a head start so you can beat the crowd before Autumn turns it’s first leaf.
Here’s a sneak peak at our newest Patagonia apparel.
See ya in the store!
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Book your fly fishing trip with the original Dryfly Angler – Wilson Gabriel – for a float fishing trip of a lifetime. He’ll gear you up and take you out for a memorable day of fishing and fun.
No experience necessary.
Also, enter to win a FREE float trip by signing up on our Facebook page or stop by Jesse Brown’s Outdoors! The drawing will take place July 31st.
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– Kids clothes for camp & adventure
– Men’s swim trunks
– Women’s summer dresses
– Sun-Protective Straw Hats
– Men’s buttondown shirts
– Women’s shirts, skirts, shorts
– And more…
Ex-Officio
Patagonia
The North Face
Mountain Khakis
Mountain Hardwear
Columbia Sportwear
For a limited time only.
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Jesse Brown’s is off today! We’re taking the day to hike, climb, fly fish, travel & celebrate the Fourth of July. We hope you have a great day on the water or trail, road or air, hammock or lawn. Plus, remember the Celebration of Independence during your time of adventure & we’ll see you Friday (5th) at 10 a.m.
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What haven’t you done in the Baggies™ Shorts? Made from tough, lightweight Supplex® nylon, they’re treated with a Deluge® DWR (durable water repellent) finish that sloughs off rivers, oceans, lakes and downpours. The back yoke provides a casual and flattering fit. With a brushed elastic waistband, internal drawcord and quick-draining, mesh-lined side pockets. Inseam is 5″.
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Cameron Wright has traveled all over the world and fished in some of the most amazing places on the planet. His book, The Southern Surfcaster, is the go-to body of work for both beginners and veterans seeking the insight that only 40 years of sport fishing experience can provide. Wright is back in Charlotte this week just in time for Jesse Brown’s Coastal Party and was gracious enough to talk with us before his visit with us – and you – on Thursday, June 27.
JB’s: Most fishermen are a secretive lot. What made you decide to write a book giving away all you’ve learned about surfcasting over the years?
CW: I started fishing when I was very young. My brothers fish; my dad fishes. I travel a lot for work, so I’ve fished all over. All my buddies are avid fishermen, too, and they said, “you know, you should write a book.” So I found myself with time in the hotel rooms and several years later, wound up with a book.
JB’s: Tell us about your new book.
CW: My new book, My Southern Soul, comes out in 2015. It really covers the fabric of who we are as Southerners. There’s so much that’s built our society and our way of life, our traditions and our philosophies. It covers from the Revolutionary period forward, through the time of the War of Northern Aggression, to the textile mills, ACC basketball and all that. It’s got 17 chapters, even one on barbeque.
JB’s: What’s it been like to write this book?
CW: It’s been great fun. I’m able to sit on the porch at night, pull out the laptop and write. Many of the subjects I know about from being an historian, other subjects I’ll go to the source for information. I spoke to a friend of mine who’s a member of the Close family in Fort Mill. I asked them about the textile industry. I was lucky enough to talk to Bill Spoon about barbeque before he passed away. Who’d have thought a B/C student in school would have produced two books!
JB’s: And you’re also helping your father with a book, too.
CW: I’m helping him produce his own book. At 88 years old, he’s writing his memoirs on World War II. My publisher, The History Press, says it may likely be one of the last memoirs published by a World War II veteran. He’s very excited about it. We’re still working on a title for it.
JB’s: You’ve mentioned barbeque twice. Do you have a favorite?
CW: I do enjoy it, that’s for sure! I’ve sampled close to 70 barbeque restaurants here in the Carolinas. I know there’s lots of contention as to which one is considered the best, but I think that really comes down to what side of 85 you grew up on! I’m a big fan of Lexington style. Outside of the Carolinas, Memphis is my favorite place to get barbeque.
JB’s: You’ve said the Carolina coast is your favorite spot to fish. What comes in second place?
CW: Probably Australia, just off the Great Barrier Reef. I caught a 7-foot Great White off a small boat there once. I let it go, too. Just reached out there and snipped the line. I sure didn’t want to put my hand in his mouth to free that hook! The salt water will corrode the hook, so it’s no problem for the shark.
Come Thursday, Cameron Wright is back at Jesse Brown’s Outdoors for our Coastal Party supporting the Coastal Conservation Association. Make sure to ask him about why his plane was nearly shot down on this same fishing trip! See you there!
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Jake and Elwood had a much less organic origin, but the story of Dick McGordon and the Blues Brothers is just as entertaining. To hear McGordon tell it, this band of fellows bound by the love of good fishing and good company started as nothing more than an innocent holiday fishing trip. “As an organization,” says McGordon, “it didn’t really start that way… it just kind of happened.”
Some 40 years ago, McGordon and his wife had been invited down to Buxton, North Carolina for a Thanksgiving weekend fishing trip. We all know how fish stories go, but having heard so much about the incredible fishing along the Carolina coast, he decided to take his friend up on the offer. The McGordons brought three other couples along for the trip. Unknowingly, the menfolk in the bunch would eventually form the nucleus of the Blues Brothers. “It was really out there,” says McGordon of this first trip to the coastline. “You really needed a four-wheel drive… but we didn’t have any of that back then.”
The group was met with more surprises when they finally reached their destination. The hotel proprietor told them their host – and guide for this trip – was called away with a family emergency. So these rookie surfcasters were now on their own. “We didn’t do anything right,” says McGordon. “We’d surf cast for spots at Garden City before, but that was about it.” But despite all the lost lures and countless other mistakes, they had beginners’ luck on their side. “We caught so many fish it was scary… we were just piling them up!”
Miles from their wives, hot showers and beds, the fellas soon realized they’d perhaps overstayed their welcome. Dark had set in and they were all alone on the beach with mountains of fish, lines and tackle. And no ride home. Rescue, or at least a ride back, wasn’t as close as a cell phone call back then. But a pair of headlights off in the distance eventually found its way to their spot. One of the men’s wives had paid a man in a pickup truck twenty dollars to go fetch the fishermen. “He threw us, the fish and all of our gear in the back of the truck… it was the best ride of my life,” says McGordon of the group’s continued good fortune.
When it was all over, McGordon asked his wife if she’d had as wonderful an experience as he and the rest of the fishermen. “She said, ‘If I never see this place again it’ll be fine with me!’… it was Thanksgiving weekend, there was nothing open!”
That was the start of it. Over the years, more and more people have come along on the trips. Now the Blues Brothers find themselves renting six entire houses down in Avon to accommodate their group. McGordon says they try to support as many of the local businesses as they can while the group is in town, including the local MethodistChurch and the Outer Banks Preservation Society.
But what about that name? With a 40-plus year backstory, it predates Belushi, Akroyd and their Saturday Night Live characters. Well, you’ll have to ask McGordon about that one. He’ll be happy to tell the story Thursday night at the Jesse Brown’s Coastal Party. See you then!