Over the next few days, between the Lynwood and Pleasanton Shows, I’ll be visiting with Jason and Kelley and Brooke. Jason and I have books to discuss, rods to cast, and planning to do. Kelley and I have Brooke stories to catch up on and good times to share, and of course I have to […]
From the first time I stepped into the Madison River in 1962, it has held a special fascination for me. Not only because it holds big fish, but because it is a river of many faces. Most anglers know its middle stretch, which rushes north from Earthquake Lake to Ennis Lake, but there are the […]
Theo Baakelar, a good friend from Holland, has been using his winter hours to tie flies for next season. Here are a couple of great looking stonefly nymphs made with flexie body or thin skin material. They look good enough to eat, don’t they? He says they are particularly tasty with a little garlic. Notice the […]
I was greatly saddened by the death of my dear friend, Joh Goddard, on December 26th. Rather than spin a series of fishing tales, i’ve reprinted his life story as described by his close colleague and great friend, Brian Clarke. You will be sorely missed, John. The above photo is the frontpiece from John’s book, […]
I received a fun Christmas card from Capt’n Jake Jordan. This was a seriously planned card, not just a shot of a guy holding a fish. Jake took Santa fishing, and proved that’s been a good boy. Santa nailed some nice Albies and jake got some great Christmas presents! Merry Christmas to everyone!
In years past, the International Fly Tying Symposium was held in the ballroom of the Doubletree Hotel in Somerset, New Jersey. This year, because of scheduling conflicts, it had to be moved to the New Jersey Convention Center, just next door. This is the same facility in which the Somerset Fly Fishing Show is held […]
In years past, I’ve traveled to the International Fly Tying Symposium a few days early and stayed a day or two late so that I could fish for striper and blues with my old friend, Chuck Furimsky. This year, the weather was not on our side. We’ve fished in some rough November seas and done […]
Today dawned cold and cloudy in Ocean City, NJ, and it stayed just that way. Chuck Furimsky and I ran out to several bridges and plumbed the cloudy water under them for whatever would eat our flies. The electronics told us there was a little bait around, but we saw nothing of any size on […]
Chuck Furimsky and I were fishing for stripers this morning, but Sandy and the following Noreaster evidently blew them all out to sea. We saw no bait and no bait followers. Perhaps tomorrow we will find a few under the bridges. Then it’s off to the International Fly Tying Symposium in Somerset, NJ.
My good friend and fishing companion, John Beth, is also a most skilled custom knife maker. Once every year, at this time, he has a sale on all his knives. This year it will be November 10th at the Frameworks Gallery & Gifts, 2275 E. Main St., Reedsburg, WI 53959 608-524-2333 from 9am to 5pm. You may also […]