Posted in Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Other Blogs, tagged carp, carp on the fly, Fly Fishing on May 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve already declared 2008 the Year of the Carp. One reason for that, besides occasionally obsessing about weird fish, is I’m tired of living vicariously through the exploits of John Montana, who posts all about whacking carp on one of my favorite blogs, Carp on the Fly. He also routinely competes for the Slab of [...]
Posted in Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Inshore, Offshore, Reviews, tagged Fly Fishing, lefty kreh on May 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The most famous of fly fishermen are famous for something else. Ted Williams, Ernest Hemingway, Tiger Woods…(probably the most recognizable of all time is a pretend one, Brad Pitt as Paul Maclean)…The lone exception to that would be Lefty Kreh. In the fly fishing community at least, he is a one-namer, like ”Babe” to baseball fans, “Jerry” [...]
Posted in Fly Fishing, Offshore, Save the World, Travel on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Stripers Forever has a silent auction for a school bluefin tuna trip in Maine.
Posted in Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Northeast, tagged benback, Fly Fishing, fly tying, northern pike on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A blurry, out-of-focus photo of a haphazzardly tied bendback on a bass hook. I guess it’s more aptly described as a weedless, but whatever, they’ve worked well for bass. I’ve been tying them to use on my northern pike trip next week. She ain’t pretty but she gits it done.
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Other Blogs, tagged Florida Keys, Fly Fishing, tarpon on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Everyone’s seen the hero footage of noble saltwater fly anglers matching wits with silver kings, but thefin.com has two short clips showing what fly fishing for tarpon is really like, a lot of the time.
Posted in Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Northeast, tagged Fly Fishing, rainbow trout on April 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Longer days make late afternoon sneak-aways easier to come by. Fish the hour before dusk and see what happens. I wish I could better remember the ones I caught today, but thoughts of those are being pushed out by the all-consuming cinder block hook-up. The one where the rainbow with shoulders explodes upon contact with [...]
Posted in Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Save the World, Travel, tagged Alaska, Bristol Bay, No Pebble Mine on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
The Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska is auctioning off a motherload of stuff, from fishing trips to rods, reels, shades, gear, art…anything related to fly fishing that you can get your mitts on.
The good thing is you can go decadent and spend way too much on fly fishing like you already do anyway, but this it’s [...]
Posted in Florida, Fly Fishing, Inshore, Save the World, Travel on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited has posted a petition calling for a multi-State management plan for tarpon. Here’s the case for better regulations for these fish:
Through a satellite tagging program run by Dr. Jerry Ault and the Rosenstiel School from the University of Miami, scientists confirmed that tarpon are highly migrational, with some swimming as far [...]
Posted in Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Northeast, Photos, tagged brown trout, Fly Fishing on April 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This evening’s post is sponsored by the color brown.
Posted in Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Photos, Stupid Stuff, tagged beach, Fly Fishing, long island, striped bass on April 26, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I read somewhere in a magazine, maybe ThisIsFly or something, about the artsy scenic shot being a sure sign someone got skunked. To that, here are some Artsy Skunk Shots from the beach…
Low Tide
Jellyfish
Match the hatch…
Rod in Dead Tree Shot
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