Drawing Flies 52 Jack O’ Lantern Spey. I think that Spey (and related) patterns are some of the most aesthetically pleasing in all of fly fishing. I am a real fan of how the flow of these flies works from a visual standpoint, and the fact that they are often a balance of brilliance and [...]

A great heads-up this morning from my friends over at Midcurrent: Garrison Keillor (perhaps my favorite voice on radio) reading a poem by fly fisher, Ken Hada, entitled, “A Blessing.” Keillor could read the dictionary straight through and I’d listen, but his Writer’s Almanac is five minutes of history, prose and poetry that always seems [...]

Assuming I got the materials to them in time today, there should be new fly-tying post up on “Field & Stream” magazine’s FlyTalk blog either tomorrow (Tuesday) or perhaps Thursday. The subject is “3 Materials for 6 Midges,” and covers some easy ways to use minimal materials to create simple, but effective patterns. No dedicated, [...]

Drawing Flies 52 Floating Nymph. A pattern that I started fishing when I was pretty young (and still fish regularly today). This particular Floating Nymph uses a Harrop-style dubbing ball for the bunched-up wings, and a split tail (more for me than the fish). Notes: Wanted to do a Buddha Board fly, so here it [...]

The latest FF&W E-List mailing has gone out (late last night in the U.S.). I got a few bounces back my way, so if you didn’t get the mailing, you may want to double-check your address in your original subscribe emails (and check your junk folder, too). If you need to update your profile, you [...]

I was going to post a shot of the book sitting on a table or something equally as exciting, but then this little pic of GB popped up. He’s either trying to look pleased with how it all turned out, or he hates it and he’s just trying to laugh off the money he spent [...]

Drawing Flies 52 Gray Hackle Peacock. Not a great day today, and I just had to drag myself to the drawing desk. Had thought about the fly for a while, but with the way I was feeling, I realized that I’d have to go digital and hope for the best. My initial pencil sketch was [...]

Dee-O-Gee is a cool little natural pet (dog and cat) store in downtown Bozeman, Montana. It is run by fly-fishing friends of ours, and the owner’s husband, Josh Allen, has been a part of the Fly Casting Institute for years. They sell the good stuff, and Kel and I always try to pick up goodies [...]

192 pages; 7X10 inches; color cover with black text After yesterday’s issues, let’s try this again…. Fishing the Film is now available for pre-order, with the first books arriving sometime shortly after October 22. The “Series Pass” for the entire 20-book series (of which Fishing the Film is the first title) has already been covered. [...]

Despite the extra helping of pathetic, one of us was not going in the drift boat….

Well, no one can complain that there aren’t some free (and good) Web-based, fly-fishing mags out there these days. Whether you want photography, video, prose or how-to, there’s more and more to look at all the time. One recent addition from New Zealand is Fly Fishers Inc. Check out page 85 for a streamer article [...]

If you dig the pain and joy of micro-flies in your trout fishing (I still remember the first decent fish I caught on a #28), then check out Small Fly Funk. Tarpon fanatics need not apply (but then again…I think I’ll post something about that. Stay tuned).

Had a little snag there (as in no one could order on-line, not even me). Until that gets fixed properly (hoping it’s just a day for the fulfillment center to fix things), I’m pulling that post. I’ll re-post once I know that things are running more like they should. Apologies to those readers who tried [...]