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Shadow Cast: The Jury Has Reached a Verdict!

JB — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:52:05 +0000

http://jazzandflyfishing.com/?p=5011

We Have a Winner! (J&FF Shadow Cast Competition)

JB — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:26:47 +0000

Emerging from my private screening room after days of coffee- and Jujyfruit-fueled film viewing, I have declared a winner in the Jazz & Fly Fishing Shadow Cast Competition. I can’t reveal the winner until the gents over at J&FF post my review, but I can tell you that it was a close competition. Rarely have [...]

Speaking of Shadow Casting, There’s This Contest…

JB — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:11:26 +0000

Speaking of Shadow Casting (see the previous post), my friends over at Jazz & Fly Fishing have a little competition they are running through the summer. It involves Shadow Casting, videotaping, and a lot of tongue-in-cheek. Although Shadow Casting can be sometimes be *very serious* business, this contest is not. Of course, if you can [...]

Trailing-Shuck Soft-Hackle on TieTalk

JB — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:12:11 +0000

See that soft-hackle? Tie one just like that, but add a trailing shuck. Fish it dead-drift in the film (don’t be afraid of floatant if necessary). I did a quick tying piece for my friends over at “Field & Stream” magazine’s TieTalk (the tying alter ego of the FlyTalk blog). The subject is a trailing-shuck soft-hackle [...]

3 Materials for 6 Midges

JB — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:01 +0000

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 [...]

FlyTalk: 3 Materials for 6 Midges

JB — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:25:09 +0000

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, [...]

Latest at FlyTalk – Interlocking Wing

JB — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:52:24 +0000

Just a quick note if you’re a tyer (or a tier, your choice on spelling). My friends over at “Field & Stream” magazine’s FlyTalk blog have posted a short how-to from me on the Interlocking Wing Technique. It’s a simple approach to durable wings that I really like for my own flies. Some of you [...]

Hope You Casting Geeks Have a Fast Connection…

JB — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:00:24 +0000

See that video up there (requires QuickTime)? That’s less than half the size (and not of the quality) of what’s coming. With my Web hosting account, I pay for a lot of space and a lot of bandwidth. While I have future plans for a chunk of that space and bandwidth, my calculations say that [...]

Fly Tying: Strip Leech

JB — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:12:57 +0000

Want some meat to toss around during run-off? Try a big, juicy Strip Leech. If you’re a tier, Check out the recent “TieTalk” post I wrote up for my friends at “Field & Stream” magazine’s FlyTalk blog. The Strip Leech pattern shown is one of GB’s, and goes back to the days of bell-bottoms (I’ve [...]

FlyTalk Poly-Caddis

JB — Fri, 21 May 2010 06:37:06 +0000

For the tyers here at FF&W, if you want a simple caddis imitation for the coming season, check out the latest over at FlyTalk. The fly is the Poly-Caddis (not the only pattern with that name), GB’s synthetic take-off on the Elk Hair Caddis from back in 1972 (must be 70′s week here at FF&W). [...]

Selective Droppers (2010 Re-Play)

JB — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:11:32 +0000

This is just a quick re-play of a previous post-turned-page. I occasionally re-post older posts and/or pages since that info sometimes falls by the wayside (at least if my Google Analytics are any indication). In addition, with the recent hopper-based link from FlyTalk, I figure a little post on easy droppers is a good idea. [...]

Loop-Wing Dun on FlyTalk

JB — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:01:11 +0000

Sent some Loop-Wing Dun tying instructions and illustrations over to my friends at FlyTalk. The post is now up there for reading. I’ll likely post a variation of that content here later this week, so check back for additional info. If you’ve been wanting to tie the Loop-Wing (well, one of the many loop-wing patterns [...]

MidCurrent DF 52 Collaboration

JB — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:01:45 +0000

Starting this week, MidCurrent.com is collaborating with Jeff Kennedy and me to provide the Drawing Flies 52 fly art (sometimes with additional text) to MC e-newsletter subscribers. MidCurrent began the collaboration with the Flashback PT from January 28th, and will be going week-to-week from there. If you want some more info on the flies, and [...]

The FlyTalk/FF&W Collaboration

JB — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:44:20 +0000

Some of you may have noticed the new “Collaboration” header over in the sidebar, and wondered what was going there (indeed one of you wondered enough to e-mail and ask). The collaborations are exactly that, FF&W and a small group of other blogs working together to provide content and so forth. Today is the day [...]