Fly fishing and more

Quit your jobs and spend the whole summer in Montana? Wish I did...

Fishing for cutthroats on hoppers . One of my favourite way of fishing. Do you have your own nice memories of fishing for cutts with hopper...

A unique film of Everett Garrison  (1973) about how he built his bamboo rod documented by  Hoagy B. Carmichael . This is the only film in ex...

I received a great bag for father day 😀

Another great podcast from Wet Fly Swing , this time with Tom Whiting of Whiting Farms . A few interesting things I picked up from the...

Fishing for Tanago is a Japanese tradition fishing for very small bitterlings in tiny ditches with 'microscopic' small hooks. Every...

Charlie Craven is one of the best fly tiers in the world. He also owns the fly shop called Charlie's Fly Box in Arvada, Colorado. A f...

I have (had) this idyllic view of New Zealand. Fishing in solitude in a vast landscape looking like the back drop of Lord of the Rings wit...

Here's something I've wanted to write about for some time. The inconsistency of casting instruction and many (if any?) instructors ...

Harry Darbee meets Quill Gordon

The documentary Chasing the Taper  (almost 1.30 hour long) is finally out on Vimeo as 'Video-on-demand' . I watched a part yesterday...

Love the speckled look of the Coq de Leon hen hackle! A variation with a Dark barred gin...

This was the last fly of yesterday evening. Found this fly in Mike Valla's book ' Tying the Founding Flies '. What a neat looki...

Vintage Mustad 94842 size 12 Grizzly hackle tip wings Stripped peacock quill body Hackle is mix of Hebert Miner Cree and Collins brown...

Charlie Craven's article on tying threads is a great reference on what thread is best for which application. Check it out here

April Vokey shows how to tie a tube fly. I really like the easy to understand steps April shows here. Also check out April's new webs...

The ingredients: Vintage Mustad 94842 size 12 Double slip mallard wings Pink floss body Silver tinsel Hebert Miner Medium Ginger cape ...

Tied another Catskill dry fly this evening, the March Brown. I used a vintage Mustad 94842 hook this time. The hook shank is maybe slightly ...

The ingredients: Vintage Mustad 94842 size 12 Vintage Harry Darbee grizzly hen hackle tips for the wings Hebert Miner Cree cape Veevus...

Many of the issues I see happening in fly fishing are described here . Time to look in the mirror... I posted a similar post back in 201...