This is the last week to order a copy of the first edition of  Nature of Fly Casting directly from me. After September 1, 2010, the book will no longer be available through FF&W (though there will still be some copies lurking out there on Amazon and in shops and so forth). The book will not [...]

Got an e-mail that this was fresh out of the (digital) cutting room. Someone you might recognize at 0:39 getting what is apparently a much-needed casting lesson from the female lead (Amber Heard)…. For a non-YouTube version, go here.

For any readers who might be attending this year’s IFTD show in Denver on September 9-11, Kel and I will be wandering about for one of those days (haven’t made up our minds yet as to which day). If you spot us, say hello (Kel is easy to spot; me, not so much). It has [...]

It’s getting closer! The TOC (Table of Contents) and Index are formatted, and are just awaiting two final proof reads and I can lock in the numbers. Looks like we squeaked it all into 188 pages, with 4 pages left over (for a total of 192). Those other four pages at the end will be [...]

FF&W Tees are in short supply right now, but I’ll be re-ordering this coming week. On tap will be the usual spread, plus the long-sold-out 3XL size. If you want the coastal green tee with the trout on it, now would be a good time to order (if your size is in stock), since I’ll [...]

I had to triple-check her name, nickname and e-mail address, but it appears that Deb Freele, who is an FF&W reader and E-List member, was the woman who survived the bear attack near Yellowstone earlier this week. Despite suffering some serious bites and a broken arm (I hope it wasn’t her casting arm), Deb played [...]

Just a quick note if you have ordered a Nature of Fly Casting book and have not yet received an e-invoice for it. All orders that I have received have been invoiced via PayPal’s system, which allows for payment with a major credit card or PayPal account. If your e-mail system has a highly aggressive [...]

At last, the final few drawings for Fishing the Film should be done today. I have been inserting the drawings into layout as I go (and doing captions at the same time), so that means that the book should be ready to go to the printers within a week or so. That pleases me to [...]

Yep, it’s late. We had to chop out about two dozen pages, and adjust content as a result. Once we got there, and I got my final marching orders on drawings (which I was behind on by at least four weeks anyway), we decided to just re-set the release date to end of summer. We [...]

Just backed up the FF&W database, as well as the main theme, and then hit “upgrade.” The 3.0 version of WordPress is now running here and hopefully everything will continue without a hitch. I’ll have a look through things, but if something is really messed up for anyone, let me know. No water-time for me [...]

I have three things to do this weekend: Get some water-time, do about 3298479857454 book illustrations, and finish the May/June 2010 E-List (not necessarily in that order). I’ll be sleeping between the hours of 2 and 4 in the morning. So, for those of you on the E-List, look for something in your in-boxes on [...]

As some of you may already know, I’m back to writing my regular Techniques column for “Fly Fish America” magazine. The first of the new columns will be appearing in the May 2010 “Trout” issue. The subject is “Down-and-Across with a Parachute.” Basically, it’s about using the combination of a down-and-across approach with Parachute and [...]