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I’m Throwin’ Hand-Rolled Soul

JB — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:50:49 +0000

I’m now officially on-board with the C.F. Burkheimer (CFB) Fly Rod Company, serving in an “Advisory Staff” role. Kerry (the “K” who is actually the “C” in C.F.) and I agreed at the end of last week to the particulars, and my mug is now up on CFB’s site. For those of you who don’t [...]

The Eclectic Angler’s Eclectic Gift Ideas

JB — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:11:17 +0000

Want to change-up your holiday fly-fishing gift-giving this year? Do the fly fishers you know seem to have everything they need/want already? Then it appears that you’re in luck, since the Eclectic Angler specializes in fly-fishing gifts that are definitely not mainstream. I myself have a build-it-yourself reel kit from the EA (itself a very [...]

A Quick Analyzer Post for the Casting Geeks

JB — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:09:04 +0000

Been way too long since I had an appropriate level of casting geekery here at FF&W, so here you go… In digging back through the mountains of electronic files and folders lurking on my hard drive under the heading “Fly Casting,” I came across a stack of images from April of 2000. Among them were [...]

Hot Rod Tenkara – The Beginning

JB — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:11:12 +0000

Sakasa Kebari fly from last year’s DF52 project. Hot Rod Tenkara is my latest little foray into semi-irreverent fly fishing. After a couple of recent outings involving tenkara-style fishing, I decided that I needed to build my own tenkara rod. Rather than go the route of designing a lovely telescoping stick, complete with flor-grade handle [...]

Bill Oyster Rods

JB — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:11:29 +0000

I’ve been an admirer of Bill Oyster’s rod work for some time, and figure that since it is shaping up to be an “art week” here at FF&W that I’d post a link or those who haven’t seen Bill’s work. If you follow that link, you’ll likely see why I like what Bill does, and [...]

Various States of Disarray

JB — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:07:02 +0000

Over the years, Kelley and I have done more than a few road trips together, and it seems that I get at least one pic of the back of the “Silver Hornet” in some state of disarray on every trip. I think that the disarray has become worse over the years, and at one point [...]

Panfish Overkill?

JB — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:08:51 +0000

Went fishing with my friend, Derek Althauser, yesterday afternoon. Check out that gear. Think it might be panfish overkill? I mean look at the size of that fish! I’m sporting the latest in graphite tech (brand new for 2011, by the way) and a disc drag that can stop a bonefish in its finny little [...]

Jeff Kennedy Tees at Patagonia

JB — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:23:46 +0000

Popped into the Portland Patagonia store yesterday (in the cool Ecotrust building downtown, which also houses Hotlips pizza (oh yeah) and the Wild Salmon Center). In addition to finding a great shirt for myself, I also perused the fly-fishing section looking for a certain tee. I found it, too. Great to see Jeff’s art featured [...]

FF&W Brown #1 Tee Almost Sold Out

JB — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:10:49 +0000

The FF&W Brown #1 tee is down to a couple of XLarges remaining here and that’s it. Sold out. If anyone is interested in a different size, try contacting the BackCountry Fly Shop in Corvallis, Oregon or the Deschutes River Camp (541.553.5555) in Madras, Oregon. Both have been stocking the tee in various sizes and [...]

The (Cork) Doctor is IN

JB — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:39:52 +0000

Spent much of today playing the part of a surgeon to a stack of fly-rod handles. Basically just reaming to match blank diameters/tapers. Hadn’t done this much cork work in, well, a rather long time (actually, I don’t think ever). Some of you might be asking why I would be doing this much cork work, [...]

Brown#1 Tee – Size XL Back in Stock ASAP

JB — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:55:10 +0000

Update: This tee is now completely sold out. There will be no reprint. I had so many requests for size XL in this tee that I sold out in a few days. The re-order was placed last week and should be here shortly. As a result, I have left the XL size showing as available [...]

GB’s Bobbin Addiction

JB — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:09:02 +0000

For you tyers out there in the FF&W readership, GB just ran a series of bobbin posts over at his blog. Mostly stuff he either already has, or some new goodies from the show circuit this last winter (that’s a new goodie from Marc Petitjean shown above). If you dig bobbins (they are sort of like like the [...]

New FF&W Tees (Brown #1) Now Available!

JB — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:36 +0000

Update: This tee is now completely sold out, there will be no re-prints. Yes, the new FF&W tees (Brown #1) are now available. You can see what they look like up above and here’s the rest of the info: The 100-percent cotton, unisex, “Pool Blue” tee is sewn in America (by American Apparel) and printed [...]

The FF&W Gear Closet Sale – February 2011

JB — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:00:29 +0000

I’ve been getting a jump on spring with a little cleaning of my gear closet. I have a pile of gear, some of which has sat unused for a while, or has simply been replaced by other gear over the last year or two. Rather than just toss it all up on eBay, I figured [...]