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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 [...]

Blackberry Slideshow (November 2011)

JB — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:07:02 +0000

As some of you know, I was back at Blackberry Farm over this last weekend. I always greatly enjoy my time at Blackberry, even when I’m working in support of an event (as I was this trip). While there was much more going at Blackberry than just some fishing—including flat-out fantastic (and up-close-and-personal) concerts with [...]

Back at Blackberry

JB — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:27:51 +0000

Have to run, but a quick post of where I’ve been and what I’ve been doing. More to follow when I can get some WiFi time….

Friday Fish Fry – Sutton River Brookie

JB — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:07:16 +0000

With this week’s talk of big brook trout, I figured that a big brookie would be in order today. This is a Sutton River (Canada) fish caught by a much younger me. This fish was hardly the largest caught on that particular trip, but it still makes for some nice eye candy. Even better? Those [...]

A Special Gift (Bunyan Bug)

JB — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:11:59 +0000

One of my clients at last week’s fly-casting clinics in Grants Pass, Oregon, presented me with a rather nice gift: A vintage Bunyan Bug tied by Norman Means himself. This is the “poster pattern” from Norman Maclean’s, A River Runs Through It, and is a fly that, to me, speaks of “old school” Montana like no [...]

A Couple of Days at the Yamsi

JB — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:07:41 +0000

I was gone most of last week, putting some dusty mileage on Oregon’s passes and backroads. One place I ended up was the Yamsi Ranch in southern Oregon. Some of my time was devoted to a fly-casting clinic, but the rest of my hours were spent exploring the section of the Williamson River that runs [...]

Friday Fish Fry – North Umpqua

JB — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:04:40 +0000

No fish in today’s photo, just water (but I guarantee that there are fish in the photo, just not showing themselves above the water). This was taken on one of America’s crown-jewel rivers, the North Umpqua. If you’ve never been to or fished the North Umpqua, you need to do so at some point in [...]