SOUTH ANDROS: More Photos,With Captions!
Posted on May 20th, 2010
Cudas
Tagged: Andros South, Deneki, FIB Fest, trips I lucked into
Cudas
Tagged: Andros South, Deneki, FIB Fest, trips I lucked into
Tagged: Andros South, bonefish, Deneki, FIB Fest, trips I lucked into
If there’s any blogger that should be a part of FIB Fest, it’s the guy who names his blog Bonefish on the Brain. Bjorn couldn’t join the crew because real life got in the way, but last week he tied a handful of flies and sent them my way. The idea being that if he couldn’t be here, at least his flies could help a brother out. Caught all my fish today on flies from Bjorn’s vise, with Michael Gracie as witness.
To be movin’.
Tagged: Deneki, fibfest, south andros, trips I lucked into
Are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the… cause. Getting things in order for FIB Fest at Andros South next week.
Tagged: Andros South, bonefish, Deneki, trips we lucked into, Ximenez
Pike Painting, originally uploaded by mattstansberry. Matt Stansberry’s been doing a little painting. We’re liking the pike.
Tagged: fly fishing painting, watercolors, we like pike
You can see a few more close-ups of my digits in Tosh Brown’s gallery here. There are actually a lot of pictures of better fly anglers, as it’s the second wave of photos from our in-progress book project. It ain’t about me. It’s about guys like Bob Popovics and the Salty Flyrodders and Jason Puris and John Page Williams. Guys who drop what they’re doing and alter their life patterns around the migrations of fish. And also the guides and conservationists who make it all their life’s work. We’ve got a couple of more legs to go, and some of us have a couple thousand more words to write, but it’s all good.
Read this post on Capt. Gordon’s blog, and then this one. Then try chanting “drill baby drill” again. I dare you.
Or, rather than commit contest fraud, have your actual kids enter the ongoing Fishy Kid Writing Contest. You have to be 17 or under to participate. John Kennedy Toole wrote his first novel at 16, so get on it. The contest runs through May 31st.
In the trout and trout art sense, Utah is happening. First, Corey Kruitbosch knocked it out with the recent Drake cover and conceptual fly tying photo-essay. Then my friend and former colleague Cody (Chris) sends word about how he’s preparing for the upcoming streamer season. The artwork for his new ink comes courtesy of a barter deal with his friend Jason Merkley, a painter of trout. Next is the coloring phase. Cody writes, “It’s supposed to be a Utah cutthroat, which will obviously become more apparent after the telltale slash of red is added.”