Top: Original drawing (not so great). Bottom: Enhanced version (a brighter not-so-great). Oh well. Drawing Flies 52 Turkey Spey. Seems like an appropriate fly given the U.S. holiday today. Drew this one dressed heavily for dark, cold water (no gravy, though). Frankly, my approach didn’t work out right, I feel, and I’m not happy with [...]

Just in time for the holidays (what a fine cliché), we have made some revisions to the cost structure of the “Series Pass” for the 20-book “Fly Fishing” series. The US price remains the same ($479), but Canada drops to $559 (save $120) and International drops to $719 (save $160). In additional, GB will now [...]

If you’ve seen this video, you can read my critical take on Jazz & Fly Fishing’s New, Improved Shadow Cast here. (Some bits about the “real” Shadow Cast, and other River Runs casting, can be found here.) Update: Please read the “exploration” with your tongue firmly in your cheek! Update 2: If you want a [...]

Drawing Flies 52 Blue Butt Caddis. A tribute to Tom Helgeson. As many FF&W readers likely know, Tom died recently after a battle with cancer. He was a driving influence in the fly-fishing scene in the entire Great Lakes region (and in much more than that). Tom was a family friend, and I presented and [...]

If you’re rockin’ a shiny, new iPhone 4, and you’re putting the upgraded still cam/HD video set-up to significant field use, you might want to check out the upcoming Glif mount. Should make it easy to get those juicy HDR angling scenes without having to use the hood of your truck (or a rock, or [...]

Advanced Trick Casting: The Shadow Cast from Jazz and Fly Fishing´s Jazzcam on Vimeo. Got a little note to check this out. Be sure to read the whole series of “Shadow Cast” posts at Jazz & Fly Fishing. Just don’t get too serious. Update: Some FF&W readers are having trouble playing the embedded video. If [...]

Just heard from Bob White that Tom Helgeson has died. For those FF&W readers who didn’t know Tom, he was the creator and editor of Midwest Fly Fishing magazine (GB is a columnist), as well as the man behind the Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo (both GB and I have worked that show regularly). I’ll try [...]

Drawing Flies 52 Durham Ranger. Thought that this came out OK, kinda the sketchy-cool that I was aiming for. Then I clicked over to look at Jeff’s rendition…so much for my little chicken-scratchings. Jeff just killed it. Chewy strokes of color, lots of depth and shine, pillows of softness in the background—and no paint. Almost [...]

A little piece that I posted over at the FlyTalk blog. The post is no longer on the front page there, so I’m re-posting here (with bigger images and a few extra words). – – – – – – – – – – – Midges are the trout-angler’s constant. Regardless of what’s happening with other [...]

A static view is nice, but with this fly, I wasn’t after static—I was after swung. Drew the fly with motion in mind, and then gave it 78 pixels of blur at a 21-degree angle via Photoshop. An anadromous-eye view is the end result. Some might like it, some might not. For those who do, [...]

[ Javascript required to view QuickTime movie, please turn it on and refresh this page ] QuickTime format – 3MB Just a little throw-back to when I was writing a column for “Fly Rod & Reel” magazine in the early 2000s. In addition to the writing, I supported the column with short videos. This vid [...]

I actually blogged about Gaylord and his work a few years ago—before I decided to do a major blog upgrade and killed my old database. Since that time Gaylord has been working on a variety of projects, but his mayfly art is still available (as is his beautiful book, Mayflies of the Driftless Region). If [...]

Got this in the mail. Checked out the site and liked what I saw. The Turin, Aloha, Par Four, and Quilted are favorites for me. Might have to pick up a calendar or perhaps some cards (I feel like I can never have too many cool greeting cards). If you like well-done whimsy, check out [...]