One more still life from the archives while I prepare the next terrestrial-fishing piece. I like the interplay of similar colors in this shot, and the way those colors reflect the tropical heat and “flavor” of the location (Yucatan peninsula). This was taken at Tarpon Cay a couple of years ago, a few days before [...]

I have a small pile of fly-fishing still-life photos that have sat mostly untouched on my hard drive (until now). I think such shots often capture the unnoticed or under-appreciated details of our fly-fishing lives. I’ll be adding more of these as FF&W moves ahead. I hope that some will spark memories for you of [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

[ Javascript required to view QuickTime movie, please turn it on and refresh this page ] A favorite place: Oregon Coast. While this has nothing to do with fishing (unless you count the fact that out there in the ocean, salmon and steelhead are waiting to return), I still hope that you find it worth [...]

On my last (July) trip to western Montana, I was directed to some water that I had never fished. I knew about the place, had even seen the lower end of it, but had never wet a line in it. After an exploratory drive down the gravel road that parallels the flow, the stream became [...]

In the previous Gallatin Days post, I promised a few pix of the river’s residents, so here are two fish that defined the time… There is something about the texture and swooping form of a net that adds so much to a fish shot (as does the ”shape-shifting” effect of water). While I’ve certainly done my fair [...]

The summer sun in Bozeman is full-on today, but last night there was a different kind of brilliance up at Hyalite. Off now in search of a different kind of rainbow…

I’ve been doing more and more work with photo-based monotones and duotones in (Adobe) Photoshop and Illustrator. When converted to vector paths in Illustrator, an image like the one above can become wall-size with no loss in quality. While I’ve used this type of Photoshop-to-Illustrator workflow for various projects in the past, it has only [...]

A favorite place: Depuy’s, Paradise Valley, mid-June. Just about perfect. This day was right at the start of the PMDs, and Kel and I had the lower creek to ourselves… [ Javascript required to view QuickTime movie, please turn it on and refresh this page ] Photos by Kel. Music by John Beth.

Catch Magazine #5 is here and lookin’ good (as always). If you already subscribe to/read Catch, then you know all about it. If you don’t, you should! Go have a look. (And catch the Catch Blog here.)

I am a fan of John Le Coq’s ”life and lifestyle” photos of the Rocky Mountain West (Colorado, in particular). John happens to be one of the partners at fishpond, and if you’ve seen fishpond’s catalog, you’ve seen John’s work (and if you own any of fishpond’s gear, you’ve used John’s other work). Anyway, John has a [...]