Archive for the ‘Special’ Category

Yamame for Japan Relief

Just thought I’d post a quick shot of one of the Yamame trout prints that I’ll be sending to my friends at FlyFisher magazine in Japan for their earthquake relief auction. This is the original DF52 image that has been printed an then watercolored on top of the printer pigment. I like these kinds of [...]

For My Friends in the Tornado Zone

I’ve been watching the radar images (and video streams) today, and am hoping that my fly-fishing friends in the Mid-South and Southeast U.S. are doing okay dealing with what appears to be a tornado outbreak that could possibly rival the historic one of 1974. Some familiar fishing spots are under red or yellow in that [...]

MT – SB 306

If you love Montana’s trout rivers and their surrounding ecosystems, and are not aware of what’s going on with Montana’s SB 306, you should be.

DF52 Yamame Heading to Japan

The DF52 Yamame is heading to Japan to help to raise money for the overall relief efforts there. The Japanese FlyFisher magazine is heading this particular fund-raiser and asked me to contribute. The image won’t go as-is, but rather I’m doing an outline print (three of them) and then hand-coloring the result. Hopefully the sale [...]

Hearing from Japan

Woke up to a phone call about a west-coast tsunami warning this morning, and saw what’s been going on in Japan. Caught some unnerving and tragic video of the quake aftermath followed by the tsunami as it spread inland. I sent an email to a friend in Japan who lives a ways south of the [...]

Wishing My NZ Friends Safety

To all of my NZ friends, I truly hope that the earthquake near the Christchurch area has not affected you or your families in any tragic way. Seeing downtown Christchurch on the news here late last night here made my heart sink. I recognized some of the places (a few partly smashed or with rubble [...]