When I see this news footage of spinner sharks near surfers, it makes me think one thing: Time to call up Scott Hamilton. Scott is a bluewater fly fishing pioneer and basically developed this fishery. When they’re in, he’s on them. VIDEO EVIDENCE Spinners are awesome 12w quarry and will kick your ass.
Tagged: commuter hell, tall boys, The Drake, winter hiatus reading
Many thanks to the Roughfisher for his creations as reward for catching a bowfin. They will be used only for good. Here’s one more Obamicon as a salute to old JP.
We all chewed tobacco some in college. We had the major brands rated. Lowest to highest went Beech-Nut, Red Man, Red Man Golden Blend, Levi Garrett, and the Gold Standard: Lancaster. That one was hard to come by–they didn’t sell it at the Busy Bee–so a pouch of Lancaster proffered for communal use left you in good standing. ******* We all eventually gave it up. Chewing tobacco doesn’t really pay off long term if you like women and/or your teeth. ******* Fact: Chewing tobacco while fishing in crowded places is a great way to secure at least 50 square feet of solitude. ******* Fact: Chewing tobacco while fishing ditches, canals, and residential lakes in the exurbs keeps people from coming too close and asking…
Tagged: chewing tobacco, disgusting habits, Lancaster, redman
The Rivers of a Lost Coast blog has a cool audio clip of how anglers coated silk lines with varnish and graphite. [Note: For some reason the audio clip isn't showing up on the direct link. Go to the blog front page and scroll down.]
Tagged: graphite, innovation, old school, Old Timey, Rivers of a Lost Coast, silk line
People ask, what’s the point of having a blog? You don’t make any money. There are, like, a million people doing it, and your words get lost in the clutter. You should be ashamed of yourself you stupid idiot. (That’s just Mom.) And I answer them thusly: Sometimes you get free flies. A while back I sent Michael Gracie my Drift tickets. As thanks, he just sent me some killer poppers and clousers. [editor's note: I am supposed to share a few with Jason Puris of The Fin but I think I'll just tell him they never showed.] As a side bonus, he sent them along in a reusable plastic sandwich container. Thanks MG, they will be used and abused. And, as a result…
Tagged: clousers, Fly Fishing Blogs, fly tying, michael gracie, poppers, roughfisher
The New York Times ran this article last week on localism at Pipeline in Hawaii. The article appears to have been inspired by this article in Outside. To some degree, you see localism at certain spots in fly fishing. Ever seen it escalate into violence?
Tagged: fly fishing slap fights, Hawaii, localism, surfing
I’m heading to the Somerset Fly Fishing Show tomorrow. The most important thing here is, what to wear that tells everyone else in attendance I fish, outside of the fact that I’m attending a fly fishing show.
[Derived from Chum.]
The above sat photo illustrates a lot of what is wrong with my favorite state. Look at the encroachment of suburban development heading inward from the coasts across land that is supposed to be swamp. This article from Alternet looks at what this does to the water supply, and the supposed rehabilitation of the Glades. Quote: The fast eastward creep of southwest Florida’s development is mirrored by continued inland creep from the state’s east coast. Grunwald wrote in The Swamp, ‘In coming decades … South Florida could become an uninterrupted asphalt megalopolis stretching from Naples to Palm Beach. Perhaps it could be called Napalm Beach.’”
