Realized that I forgot to post this on Friday. Sitting in my “drafts” area, but never published, so here it is as a Friday/Sunday Fish Fry. And what is it, you ask? It’s the back-cover fish from the upcoming Long Flies book (GB’s latest), and it’s from GB’s most recent trip to Alaska. Looking at a number [...]

Yep, getting ahead of myself. And nope, couldn’t help it. I had a vision of the new Nature of Fly Casting cover pop into my head, and I had to sit down and work it out. Here’s a little teaser showing part of the front cover: This may not be final final (maybe I’ll get tired [...]

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 [...]

Just thought that a few FF&W readers might enjoy a look back at one of the books that influenced GB so deeply in his youth. This is actually a later version of the book after it transitioned to the Noll name. It was originally a Family Circle book, which is the version that my father [...]

After digging through all sorts of pix looking for a front cover photo (back cover was easy), I finally found a shot that both GB and I like for the upcoming book, Long Flies. We wanted a photo that had a sense of real “old school” (I don’t mean 1989) big-water streamer fishing. Ended up [...]

So the next book in GB’s “Fly Fishing” series—Long Flies—is well underway. Actually, I’m keying in edits tonight, and then onto illustrations and photos. The book is a surprisingly fast read considering that it hits a bunch of history along the way, as well as fly patterns. I think that those interested in the subject [...]

I’ve been enjoying the latest issue of the “The Fly Fish Journal,” especially the image spread in the “Rises” section, number 02. I could see that at about 5×8 (feet) on a big, empty wall that I don’t currently own. Do you subscribe? If so, then you know the shot I’m referring to. Don’t subscribe? [...]

While posting re-formatted excerpts of a book is nice, it is sometimes nicer to actually see what the inside of a book really looks like. I figure that anyone interested in the “Fly Fishing” series should at least see a sample of the “guts” of one of the titles. With that in mind, below is [...]

With the new Reading Waters book now shipping, I thought that I’d toss up a bit of art from the book. This image has actually been up here on the blog before, but only in black and white. I like the colored version better myself. If you have a copy of Reading Waters, you should [...]

I’ve gotten a few emails from people asking about Reading Waters and potential Father’s Day availability. Well, it’s Father’s Day, and I can confirm two things: 1) The book is coming off the press (GB already has some copies), and 2) The order page isn’t ready to go. Which brings me to a third thing: [...]

Nice piece at the new eZine, aTightLoop.com, about my DF52 cohort, Jeff Kennedy (includes a video at the end). Check it out (starts on page 62).

I recently spent some time re-reading (more than once) two little, handmade texts given to me by my friend, Bill Logan. Bill is a spectacular fly tyer, a true artist/sculptor, and a writer of lovely stories. Some years back (1997, 1998, maybe?), Bill and I met up for a fly fishing show in Paris, and [...]

This is an old article of mine, spruced up a bit for an upcoming book in the 20-title “Fly Fishing” series (it is likely to show up in The Angler as Predator). Figure that I might as well give a (very) advanced preview of that book here on the blog. Hope you like the read, and [...]

Finally got a chance to leaf through the latest issue of “This is Fly.” While TiF is not to everyone’s taste, I’ve always appreciated its somewhat alternate presentation of the fly-fishing lifestyle. The latest issue is no exception, and I found myself especially drawn to Corey Kruitbosch’s stonefly photo essay (see pages 108-115). The photos [...]