Alex from Hatches/Fly Addicts/40 Rivers has a new site out for the hardcore tyer called EAT THE FLY. Check it out. It’s got a ton of references and contributions from Alex, Brian Horsely, and other serious tiers.
Tagged: fly fishing media, fly tying, new sites
I did not catch a carp today. No matter. I saw several, an unexpected bonus of a muni park visit. The mercury spiked to 60 degrees today, and most of the remaining snow melted away. I took the baby daughter to the park to look at ducks and swans and whatnot. Last fall I met up with Creek Addict and we hit a park pond with many similar characteristics. Real shallow with the potential for sight fishing. I never noticed signs of life in this here pond before, but I was never really looking, either. The sun came out, I dropped down the polarized. I noticed movement. We walked up to a higher vantage point and I could see them. Three or four carp…
Tagged: getting over the carp hump
Get out the pencils and the wide-lined notebook paper and get your kid to write about why fishing and being on the water is so important, and he or she could win a 10′ NuCanoe that you just might be able to borrow once in a while. Go to the Fishy Kid website to check out the rules for the latest contest aimed at getting kids out on the water.
Tagged: fat guys fly fishing, stickers!
More cool footage from Peter Laurelli on Vimeo. Forgot about these but thankfully found the latest one via Lowbrow Angler.
Tagged: Lowbrow Angler, new england fishing, striped bass
Aaron Adams has come up with a cool new concept called tribal bonefish. Check it out.
Tagged: Tribal Bonefish
Spent the day wandering Somerset with Murdock from Fly Fish Magazine, pictured here holding a Hardy reel that’s worth more than your life. More to come later.
Tagged: flyfishmagazine, hardy reels, murdock
Our brother in Esox Simon Graham is hosting the Kvarken International Pike Fly Tournament there this May. Coach is acceptable.
Tagged: big ass flies, Finland, northern pike
Fishy Kid, the org started by Cameron Mortenson of Fiberglass Manifesto and his buddy to help parents get their kids psyched about fishing through a kids coloring contest, is now running an ADULT COLORING CONTEST. Who’s got skills?
Tagged: coloring, Fishy Kid, Fly Fishing Blogs, hooray crayons
Those are the hands of Jason Puris of Thefin.com releasing a striper in the surf. Jason proved a huge help to getting our book project off the ground. Tosh Brown took some awesome shots in incredibly harsh conditions and posted some of them here, in a lightbox on his site. Now my job starts. Time to put some real thought onto the page, rather than firing off blog posts. Thanks again to Jason, Paul Dixon, Jim Levison, John McMurray, Mike Warecke, and the Salty Fly Rodders of New York.
