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Drawing Fish & Flies 52 – 05_Bonefish

JB — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:35:05 +0000

Drawing Fish & Flies 52 Bonefish (Hawaiian). This is an image based on a photo sent to me by my friend and Hawaiian bonefishing guide Coach Duff. Coach has access to some of the consistently biggest bones on the planet, and he sent me a few dozen megabytes worth of fish pix last year for the [...]

Merry Christmas 2011

JB — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:01:19 +0000

A well-worn Christmas greeting, but since I’m a bit laid-up at the moment I had to dig into the archives for something pre-made. And in case you are wondering, yes, the above fish-size ratio still applied in 2011 (and yes, I still hold out hope to alter it in my favor in 2012).

Friday Fish Fry – “Long Flies” Cover Fish

JB — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:49 +0000

Realized that I forgot to post this on Friday. Sitting in my “drafts” area, but never published, so here it is as a Friday/Sunday Fish Fry. And what is it, you ask? It’s the back-cover fish from the upcoming Long Flies book (GB’s latest), and it’s from GB’s most recent trip to Alaska. Looking at a number [...]

Some September Small Stream Shots – Oregon

JB — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:07:28 +0000

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 [...]

5 Minutes X 12 FIlms = Go Watch

JB — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:10:42 +0000

The Drake Video Awards. Watch. Enjoy. Vote. I don’t really need to write any more than that.

Stumptown Smallies

JB — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:02:59 +0000

Was out on the Willamette near Portland yesterday evening with my friend, Matt Klara, sussing out some smallmouth bass water. We found fish. We even caught fish, including a rather nicely sized bass that chomped a little sili-leg crayfish that I was tossing. We also turned some heads on the river by using a drift [...]

First Fish (for Alex)!

JB — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:11:49 +0000

My nephew, Alex, is now officially a fisherman. His first fish is proudly displayed above. A nice Wisconsin panfish and a great way to start (I wonder how many kids and panfish have been put together over the years). From what I hear, Alex is now “hooked” (sorry, but I am required by general angling [...]

Bighorn Brown (from “Reading Waters”)

JB — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:10:37 +0000

With the new Reading Waters book now shipping, I thought that I’d toss up a bit of art from the book. This image has actually been up here on the blog before, but only in black and white. I like the colored version better myself. If you have a copy of Reading Waters, you should [...]

Great Lakes Carpin’ @ FlyTalk

JB — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:12:52 +0000

GB with a “golden bone.” Decided to use this scandalous pic hero-shot of GB after I, um, “couldn’t find” any shots of myself with such a magnificent critter. Looks like my friends over at “Field & Stream” magazine’s FlyTalk blog recently had some sweet carp-fishing action on Lake Michigan’s Beaver Island. When I was still [...]

GB’s “Reading Waters” Whitefish Story

JB — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:07:00 +0000

With Reading Waters now at the printers, I figure that another little (and hopefully humorous) story from the book is due. This one is from GB’s past, and includes the biggest whitefish either of us have ever caught. Hope you like the (somewhat abridged) read. In the early/mid 1980s, I appeared in three videos from 3M/Scientific [...]

DF52 Salmon Photos (and Kelley)

JB — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:12:34 +0000

Was digging through a pile of salmon photos earlier today, looking for shots to use in this year’s DF52 project (Jeff and I will hopefully manage to get through all five Pacific salmon). I came back across this one, and was instantly reminded of two things: 1) Wisconsin may not be Alaska, but there is [...]

Four Browns from “Reading Waters”

JB — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:03:03 +0000

Almost have the illustrations and layout for Reading Waters finished. Plowed through a few of the larger drawings last night, including four brown trout (all caught by GB in one location—have to read the book to get the story). Thought that they would make for a nice bit of visual enhancement here. While they are [...]

Bonus DF52 Fish: Mountain Whitefish

JB — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:07:06 +0000

Yep, April is apparently bonus DF52 month here at the FF&W blog. Another image from the upcoming Reading Waters book by GB. This time it’s a Mountain whitefish. Like the horned chub that preceded it, the whitefish is another of the less-appreciated fly-fishing species. I think, however, that one can argue that the whitefish is actually [...]

Bonus DF52 Fish: Horned Chub!

JB — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:12:16 +0000

Yes, a trophy horned chub for your viewing pleasure. This magnificent specimen was extracted from Pennsylvania’s Little Sandy River some years ago by none other than GB. My ink-on-vellum rendering appears in a story in the upcoming Reading Waters book, but it is “special” enough that I felt that I needed to share it here. [...]