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New E-Zine – “Eat Sleep Fish” (and an Interview)

JB — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:53:04 +0000

Just got an email from Pete Tyjas at the new e-zine, “Eat Sleep Fish,” and it seems that all the needed pixels are ready for consumption. I did an interview with Pete some time ago, and that interview, along with 15 other articles is now on-line. I go on (and on) about casting, movies, and [...]

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 [...]

Fly Fish Journal – Issue 3.1

JB — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:06:28 +0000

I’ve been enjoying the latest issue of the “The Fly Fish Journal,” especially the image spread in the “Rises” section, number 02. I could see that at about 5×8 (feet) on a big, empty wall that I don’t currently own. Do you subscribe? If so, then you know the shot I’m referring to. Don’t subscribe? [...]

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 [...]

aTightLoop.com Article About Jeff Kennedy

JB — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:12:23 +0000

Nice piece at the new eZine, aTightLoop.com, about my DF52 cohort, Jeff Kennedy (includes a video at the end). Check it out (starts on page 62).

Newest Catch & Latest TIF Now Live

JB — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:07:26 +0000

The latest issues of two e-zines that I read, “Catch” and “This is Fly,” are now available. Two rather different magazines, but my angling and artistic minds appreciate each for what they have to offer.

Review – “The Lost World of Mr. Hardy”

JB — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:00:07 +0000

“It was all done properly…” Yes, it was. And yes it is, in this lovingly crafted documentary from filmmakers Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier. This is not a film made by fly fishers about fly fishing; it is a film made by filmmakers (who also fly fish) about an era, that if not completely lost, [...]

A Shadow Casting Exploration!

JB — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:00:09 +0000

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 [...]

Keillor Reads Hada

JB — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:38:31 +0000

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 [...]

The Tzar’s Trout – 2010 Redux

JB — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:26:42 +0000

This week’s DF 52 fly is to be a sculpin (artist’s choice), and that got me thinking about some of the sculpin-based char imitations that I used on a trip to northern Russia some years ago. Of course, that got me thinking about the TV show that I was part of on that trip, which [...]

Speaking – January 20 & 21, 2010

JB — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:22:28 +0000

I’ll be speaking at two fly-fishing clubs—one in southwest Washington and one in southwest Oregon—this coming week. The first engagement is at the Clark-Skamania Flyfishers in the Vancouver/Camas (and by default, Portland) area on January 20th. The second engagement is the next night in Grants Pass, Oregon at the Southern Oregon Fly Fishers. If you’re [...]

Pirates of the Flats

JB — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:01:21 +0000

Showing on ESPN 2. See also the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust.

A Favorite Fly-Fishing Movie

JB — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:05:50 +0000

Don’t let the title fool you, this is actually a dramatic portrayal of a fly-fishing life intertwined with the sad realities of modern-day living, all reflected against a backdrop of canine competition. Last night, I watched (for the Nth time) one of my all-time favorite fly-fishing movies, Best in Show (directed by Christopher Guest). It [...]

“Fly Fishing for Trout” (Old School VHS)

JB — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:44 +0000

It seems that someone has uploaded my father’s old (early 1980′s) Scientific Anglers film, “Fly Fishing for Trout,” onto YouTube (in six parts, see links below). Watching it makes me realize how fast the years have flown by when I think that my father was my current age (39) when this VHS(!) video was popular. Not so sure [...]