Posts from the “Q & As” Category

Paging Mr. Deneki

Posted on March 21st, 2012

Like many of you out there, I’ve indulged the fantasy of owning a remote and bad-ass fishing lodge. The reality is I am not properly wired for anything remotely related to service. But Andrew Bennett is, and he owns the Deneki Lodges on Andros, The Kanektok, and the Dean. I was fortunate enough to be invited down to Andros South for the first FIBFest back in the day. Andrew struck me as a bright, easy-going guy who could laugh at himself but at the same time had his shit together. These type of people can be disconcerting, especially when they are younger than you. I threw a few questions at him, just to find out what it’s like to run your dream business.  …

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First, There Was Alistair

Posted on February 21st, 2012

At this moment, there are exactly 113,347 fly fishing blogs in existence. Twice that many have come and gone. (Where are you, Blanco Honky?) But of all the blogs that are, were and will be, none can make the same claim as the the Urban Flyfisher: World’s First Fly Fishing Blog. His name is Alistair, he fishes in Scotland, and this is his story.   You are recognized as the first fly fishing blogger. With no real contemporaries at the time, what compelled you to start a fly fishing blog? Essentially I wanted to start a diary that I could update easily involving photos. I did not know any html so found this new fangled thing called “blogging” and it looked like it would…

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The State Of Bonefish and Tarpon

Posted on April 17th, 2010

I asked Dr. Aaron Adams a few questions about the state of bonefish, tarpon, and permit, particularly in Florida after this brutal winter. I also asked him about the mission of the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. Here’s what he had to say. FJ: Could you kind of summarize what the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust is all about? If I’m giving money, where is it going? AA: Bonefish & Tarpon Trust was founded as Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited in 1998, by a group of concerned, anglers, guides, and scientists. They were concerned about the apparent decline of bonefish and changes in behavior of tarpon in the Keys, and wanted to do something to improve the fisheries. They quickly learned that very little was known about…

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LENSE MAN: Corey Kruitbosch Talks Photography

Posted on June 18th, 2009

Rewards, originally uploaded by cor23.* His name and images, like one of our favorites above, are showing up everywhere in the fly fishing industry. Based out of Ogden, Utah, Corey Kruitbosch (here’s his blog) actually has a day job in the gaming industry but still gets it done on the water with a rod and a lens. Somewhere between his job and his passion he found the time to answer a few questions about photography. All the sudden your photography is showing up everywhere; The Drake, This Is Fly, Catch, Midcurrent. How did you go from working in the gaming industry to getting paid gigs shooting fly fishing pics? Honestly, I couldn’t really give you a solid answer. I am pretty blown away myself.…

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Talking Blue Highway

Posted on May 27th, 2009

Alaska’s Lynn Canal is actually a natural waterway, a breathtaking  fjord  that connects Juneau to the outside world. It is also at the epicenter of another Alaskan controversy, centered on the proposed Lynn Canal Highway Project. The plan is to extract 13 million cubic yards of rock from the canal’s eastern shoreline to run a 51 mile highway to the state capital. The road–which would be the only one into Juneau– would cross two river systems, 61 avalanche chutes, and acres of untouched wilderness. Not surprisingly, there is fierce opposition. Stephen Mick, a filmmaker from Austin, Texas, set out to shoot an adventure video with the sunglass maker Costa Del Mar and wound up making a documentary about this story. Here, Mick answers some…

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Five Questions With the “Rivers of a Lost Coast” Guys

Posted on January 7th, 2009

We here at Fishing Jones are enjoying the maturation of the fly fishing video genre into something beyond the instructional or extreme categories. From Red Gold, to Drift, to the rediscovery of Tarpon, we like where things are going. Add to this our expectations for the upcoming documentary-style movie Rivers of a Lost Coast, which focuses on California’s rich fly fishing history. After viewing the Vimeo trailer and reading the pre-release information on the blog, we decided to ask the filmmakers, Justin Coupe and Palmer Taylor, a few basic questions: It’s not often we get a fly fishing film that focuses on the past rather than the present. What inspired you to tell this story? It started when we first started going over to…

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INTERVIEW: Tarpon Movie Guy Talks

Posted on July 24th, 2008

If you’ve gotten your hands on the Tarpon DVD, you’ve come to realize that it’s not really about Harrison, McGuane, and Brautigan so much, but mostly focuses on a bandana wearing dude as he poles the flats in search of poons. And you’ve probably figured out that he’s Guy de la Valdene, one of the film’s co-producers. But you might be asking, who exactly is this guy? Here’s your answer: Read this great interview with Marshall Cutchin of Midcurrent.

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Carp on the Fly: The Interview

Posted on May 12th, 2008

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 the Month on Moldy Chum. (I think he won the whole year once.) There are several stages to the carp fly fisherman, and since I’m still at the flailing like an idiot stage I figured I’d pick his brain about how to get it done. He was kind enough to answer my questions: 1. What is it about carp that makes a grown man dedicate so much of his free…

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