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Friday Fish Fry – A Cutthroat Remembered

JB — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:49:19 +0000

This is Friday’s Fish Fry, served a bit cold on a Sunday night. It still has all of its memory attached, though. The trout involved is cutthroat that I caught on the Yellowstone River (in the Park) back in 1977. That would make me seven years old in this shot, and I remember the fish [...]

So…Bunyan Bug or Parmachene Belle?

JB — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:07:47 +0000

Some readers wonder what I’ve been up to the last few months. I’ll tell you one thing: KEEPING A SECRET! That’s what. Unbelievably hard to do, but now that it’s Mother’s Day, a big reveal seems appropriate. Don’t know what Kel and I are getting yet, but it’s either a Bunyan Bug or a Parmachene Belle! [...]

DF&F 52 – 13_Permit

JB — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:36:28 +0000

Update: Steelhead is the next DF&F52 on tap for the weekend. Drawing Fish & Flies 52 Permit. In honor of Jose Wejebe. Notes: Wanted something simple, yet evocative for this piece. Nothing more than a flagging tail, a reflection, and the hint of a waterline. This piece deliberately has no edges or visual constraints other than [...]

Carp Spotting (or Not) – PDX

JB — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:00:15 +0000

Spent some time looking for carp in Portland recently, and I do mean in Portland. As it turned out, no carp, but no matter. It was a warm spring morning, with the smell of grass, trees and water, and the sounds of birds…and F-15s from the PDX airbase. Despite the urban closeness and the thunder of [...]

LF Finally Finished! (Plus the Friday Fish Fry)

JB — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:30:23 +0000

It is done, approved and away from me at last. Yes, Long Flies (LF for short) is soon to be appearing in person at a fly shop, cataloger, internet site, or even a mailbox (if you are a Series Pass holder) near you. This thing took seemingly forever to complete, and as such, I’ll be into [...]

Three “Nevers” I Know About Fly Fishing

JB — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:07:00 +0000

1) I’ll never be as good of a caster as I would like to be. 2) I’ll never tire of seeing a fish take my fly. 3) I’ll never fish the same day twice. All three of those “nevers” are part of what keeps me coming back for more. Got three yourself? That’s what the [...]

Pour a Sip for Sage…

JB — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:05:07 +0000

This little post is in honor of Sage (seen above, peering over my shoulder with his well-practiced—and very effective—”sad eyes look”). He passed away over the weekend. Sage was the beloved dog of a very close friend in Montana, and he has appeared before on this blog as part of various angling adventures. Sage, in all of [...]

Friday (Tuesday) Fish Fry – Tarpon Before the Storm

JB — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:40:48 +0000

The delayed Friday Fish Fry from last week: “Tarpon Before the Storm.” This is a quick snap-shot of me videotaping a tarpon release in the northern Yucatan. Not long after this was taken, we realized that our 45-minute trip back to town had been bisected by the leading edge of a huge thunderstorm complex. The [...]

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 [...]

Friday Fish Fry – Oregon Midsummer ‘Bow

JB — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:01:24 +0000

This is an Oregon fish, a big-shouldered ‘bow sight fished on a little piece of water that I enjoy visiting now and again. The ‘bow was cruising slowly just off the bottom and sipped a little weighted Flashback PT that I had pitched into its cruising lane. The fish didn’t go slowly once we connected, [...]

Scout & Paint – Thanksgiving 2011

JB — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:08:23 +0000

There be trout in that water… As noted in a previous post, Kel and I did a little small-stream scouting over the Thanksgiving holiday. In addition to the streamside images of rocks and weeds that you’ve already seen, I promised something a bit more fishy. Decided to get “old-timey” and sepia-tone with the trees and [...]

Friday Fish Fry – Upper Varzina Brown

JB — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:36:34 +0000

From years back, on a trip to Russia’s Kola Peninsula. One of many browns that nudged the measuring tape well past the 20-inch mark. Went for a bit of funky photo filtering on this one, just because I felt like it. This was one of the last trips on which I used slide film as [...]

Small Stream Abstractions – Thanksgiving 2011

JB — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:07:33 +0000

So, Kel and I took a little hike post-turkey. Ostensibly, we were trying to reduce the effects of caloric intake, but we also wanted to scout a bit of local water. Along the way, we came across some fantastic light effects on the canyon-side above the stream, and we had to stop and shoot a [...]

Be the Heron!

JB — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:07:27 +0000

I have a live show that I do called “Approach & Presentation Strategies for Trout.” In addition to the rather pedagogical title, the discussion delves into how trout perceive their environment (and ours) and how we perceive the trout’s environment. It then goes onto talk (at some length) about, well, approach and presentation, taking into [...]