DF52 Pacific lamprey. Perhaps not exactly what you expected? Think “koi” for now, and I’ll fill in the details (and why this image is so rough) later… Update: Okay, I’m back with some more info. I had a piece going last night, got 20+ minutes in and decided I really didn’t like it all—so much [...]

This week’s DF52 fish is going to be something a little different (stay tuned). In the meantime, above is the week 39 image from last year’s DF52 flies-only project: the Bunyan Bug. Drawn on a rock, with a rock, both of which came from the center of A River Runs Through It territory. You can [...]

Sakasa Kebari fly from last year’s DF52 project. Hot Rod Tenkara is my latest little foray into semi-irreverent fly fishing. After a couple of recent outings involving tenkara-style fishing, I decided that I needed to build my own tenkara rod. Rather than go the route of designing a lovely telescoping stick, complete with flor-grade handle [...]

So the next book in GB’s “Fly Fishing” series—Long Flies—is well underway. Actually, I’m keying in edits tonight, and then onto illustrations and photos. The book is a surprisingly fast read considering that it hits a bunch of history along the way, as well as fly patterns. I think that those interested in the subject [...]

  Drawing Fish 52 Atlantic salmon. I love Atlantics. Perhaps my favorite cold-water gamefish in terms of the “game” aspect. When they are hot, right out of the ocean, they fight precisely like what they are: ocean fish in a river. Love that. If you go to a place where are still a lot of them [...]

  Drawing Fish 52 tigerfish. Been a bizarre week for me, so yeah, this is a Friday DF52 fish fry. Went back to a digital flag/poster for this one. Tigerfish remind me of a striped bass circa, say, 60 million years B.C. They are not pretty, noble, or jewel-like, they don’t rise gently to mayflies or [...]

After miraculously managing to get last-second, but rockstar-adjacent parking near Portland’s Hollywood Theater last night, Kel, her backpacker cohort, Hatti, and I wandered in to pick up our River Why tickets and find some seats. It was a packed house, which was good to see, and the River Network had a nice long intro time [...]

Drawing Fish 52 brown trout. I have long been a bit smitten with brown trout. The first truly large trout that I ever caught was a brown (from Wyoming’s Green River). Outside of Alaska, perhaps the largest trout that I have ever lost was also a brown (from a surprisingly small spring creek in New Zealand). And the largest [...]

A few shots from the last fishing trip over the Cascades (after a drive through the smoke and ash on the pass). When Kel and I fish small streams, we often take a single rod and one vest or pack, filled with 17 times more gear than we need (hey, why not bring one’s entire [...]

Been gone, had no WiFi, finally back. Below shows some of what Kel and I were up to. More to follow later today (including some Tenkara-style action).

  Drawing Fish 52 silver salmon. We’ve already done a silver (coho) in the 2011 DF52 project, but we decided to re-visit after Jeff’s recent Alaska trip. Silvers are my favorite salmon on a fly rod. I had a day fishing for silvers on Alaska’s famed Kanektok many years ago that still burns bright in my memory. It [...]