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From the Archives: Slinging Caddis

JB — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:01:42 +0000

Just a shot I pulled from the archives. Kel fishing a deserted stretch of a Montana river. Caddis adult + caddis pupa. Cast, mend, drift, swing. Repeat until it’s “fish on!”

Kel. Bow. Montana.

JB — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:31:14 +0000

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 [...]

From the Archives (Oregon ’08)

JB — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:01:02 +0000

Yeah, one (well, two) more from the archives. Can’t help myself (I have some actual educational posts coming up after this, I promise). I am also hoping to get some repeats of these shots within the next month. These are from last September—sight-fishing, small flies, and a slightly over-excited husband. The morning had dawned brilliant, [...]

From the Archives (Wisconsin ’05)

JB — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:01:08 +0000

Once I started digging through old slides, I couldn’t stop. Not much in the way of self-deprecation here (other than the obligatory, “What’s she doing with you?” jokes), just a shot that I love from one of my favorite Wisconsin salmon days. This fish was actually two fish at one point. Kel spotted this king, [...]

Thinking of Summer

JB — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:13:04 +0000

With the unseasonably warm weather here, I got to thinking about a few of my favorite places to spend a mid-summer’s day fishing. Among them are the lakes of Vermejo Ranch in northern New Mexico, one of my long-time favorite stillwater haunts. The last time Kel and I were there, it was mid-July, but the [...]

Kel & the Close-Up Brown

JB — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:52:33 +0000

One thing that I emphasize in my fishing seminars and clinics is to “play the heron.” In other words, approach with calm, pay attention, have patience, and strike accurately when the time is right. I try to practice what I preach, but I never really expected to get schooled in my own teaching by my [...]