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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Okay, this is more of what I was after originally with the DF52 bonefish. Should have just kept going down the pencil route last Thursday and skipped the color all together. Too many distractions in those 30 minutes and I lost sight of the fish’s core structure. Got the head more of the way that I [...]

Got this in the mail. Checked out the site and liked what I saw. The Turin, Aloha, Par Four, and Quilted are favorites for me. Might have to pick up a calendar or perhaps some cards (I feel like I can never have too many cool greeting cards). If you like well-done whimsy, check out [...]

So, after the DF52 Bunyan Bug post, my friend, John Beth, contacted me about his Bunyan Bug adventures. John, as previously mentioned, is a bit of Bunyan Bug fan (and general old tackle fan, too) who fishes for coho with a BB, and has composed music for a number of the videos/TV shows that my [...]

Cold day west of Missoula today, as well as windy, rainy, and not very fishy. Kel and I tossed a line with our good friend, Flynn Sherick, and we worked for our fish. Kel had the best fish of the day on a Coq De Leon Caddis. The cutthroat was holding in a corner against [...]

A nicely matched set of a ‘bow and brown, courtesy of Kel. Just a little distraction while I work out a post with some real content….

Those on the FF&W E-List already got an excerpt from the upcoming Fishing the Film book, but I figured that the blog could use it’s own little snippet, as well. This is from a story about fishing damselflies in the film, and includes one of the drawings from the book. …We had observed and photographed [...]

Not much to say about this beyond the post title. I just like the flow of the composition and framing (and the subject matter, of course). (For those who recall the old photographic adage “If you can’t make your shot good, make it red,” this is the modern update: “If you can’t make your shot [...]

I almost can’t take it anymore—I love the big fall browns so much. And while I am in the land of “real deal” steelhead, there is just something about sight-fishing monster brownies that I can’t get out of my blood… (Read all the lurid details here)