Fish, Flies & Water

Gorging with Ronan

JB — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:32:17 +0000

As many FF&W readers know, Paul Arden’s Sexyloops.com is *the* English-language destination for technical fly-casting discussion (via the SL bulletin board) on the Web. What many may not know is that it also hosts a blog, written primarily by Ronan Creane. If you dig real-deal, adventure style fly fishing in NZ (who doesn’t?) then you should [...]

TAaP TOC

JB — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:09:03 +0000

To finish up the TAaP post triple, here’s a link to the Table of Contents (PDF file). If you had any question as to what TAaP might contain, hopefully this will go some distance toward an answer. I think that GB is brewing up something else on the book, so I’ll let him post at [...]

TAaP = Done

JB — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:22:41 +0000

Finally, The Angler as Predator (or TAaP to those of us waaaay too familiar with it) is done. I have some of the usual end-of-process clean-up in the Index file and then I need to generate the press PDFs, but all 208 pages are otherwise ready to go. Some readers may realize that 208 pages is long [...]

Wild Pixels and “The Angler as Predator”

JB — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:10:13 +0000

Today’s story problem: GB is in sunny, warm Argentina catching numerous large brown trout. I am in the rainy Pacific Northwest, herding obstinate pixels. Which one of us is having more fun? While you ponder the answer, I’ll just let you know that The Angler as Predator, the next book in the “Fly Fishing” series, is almost [...]

Drawing Fish 52 (2012) Revisited – Tarpon

JB — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:22:32 +0000

This first made an appearance during the Drawing Fish & Flies 52 project from a couple of years back, and I still like how it turned out. It was second of two tarpon images from that week in March, 2012. You can read the full, archived DF52 post here.

Friday Fish Fry – First Fish

JB — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:13:58 +0000

If you read my last Friday Fish Fry post, you already know where this photo was taken. If not, this is from Squaw Creek in Montana’s Gallatin River drainage. It’s the first trout that I actually cast to myself and landed myself. My father had been training me in both aspects (as I had the [...]

A Quick Rod Design Thought

JB — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:11:30 +0000

I want a fly rod that feels like a companion accompanying me on a journey. I’ve been asked a few times in the last weeks if my rod designs are/will be focused on all-out casting performance. That’s a loaded question. If I say “no,” does that mean they don’t cast as well as they could? [...]

Drawing Fish 52 (2011) Revisited – Brook Trout

JB — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:11:15 +0000

A little look back at what I was doing two years ago this week with the Drawing Fish 52 project (along with Jeff Kennedy). The week’s subject matter was a brook trout and the image below was my take on it in 30 minutes or less. I have included some of the original text from [...]

Random Monday Fishing Shot(s)

JB — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:34:25 +0000

My wife Kelley, working a run on Montana’s Gallatin. Liked the juxtaposition of fully-saturated color and a limited (6 tone) gray scale.

SC20 haiku

JB — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:27:00 +0000

I find pleasure in reading haiku (both traditional and modern), and will be including 5-7-5 “haiku in English” verses on all J.Borger rods. The SC20 includes the following on the blank, where rod info is usually found: I will be the first to admit that my haiku for these rods is what one might kindly [...]

A Little Tenkara Talk at Tenkara Talk

JB — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:57:03 +0000

Jason Klass over at Tenkara Talk has posted a short Q&A he did with me concerning tenkara fishing. If you have an interest in the tenkara gear/approach, take a read of Jason’s site (and the others he links to). I grew up fishing a rather large array of gear for a rather large array of fish, [...]

“Fly Bib”

JB — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:22:41 +0000

Kel just sent this to me, and I had to put it up. That makes two Brooke posts in a day here at FF&W, but I can’t resist the cuteness factor, especially with the fly bib addition (thanks to “uncle” Douglas for that).

She Who Must Be Obeyed – Part 2

JB — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:11:53 +0000

When she asks for a new fly rod and a Mustang convertible, what do you think daddy is going to say? Edit: Forgot about the pony. There is always a pony. I am so done for….

Friday (OK, Monday) Fish Fry – One From My Oldest Haunt

JB — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:55:32 +0000

For those who have seen my “Approach & Presentation Strategies for Trout” slideshow, you already know this shot. For those who haven’t here’s a little history: In addition to being nearly microscopic, this little rainbow was my final trout of the day the last time my father I fished Montana’s Squaw Creek together. Squaw Creek, [...]