While guiding in Chile a few years back I decided to stop fishing "traditional" trouty flies. The fish were as far from picky as you could imagine. Looking past the normal trout patterns, I experienced plenty of success with bass poppers, size 2/0 royal wulffs, giant pike flies, hunks of ...
May 22nd, 13 | 1 Comment »
Commission This is Bullshit! I was supposed to put a down payment on this with my royalties and finally take it to Silvey.
[caption id="attachment_9549" align="alignnone" width="442"] This baby was going to take me to #1[/caption]
May 21st, 13 | Post a comment »
Had unsolicited drop by yesterday. Got the follow up note after sending him packing. Note is right out of scamming 101. Didn't know the Nigeria internet scams can show up at your door?
Zach,
[caption id="attachment_9547" align="alignright" width="442"] Maybe he was stopping by to take the staff on a spin in the ...
May 21st, 13 | 3 Comments »
Hey Zach,
Thanks for sending me a new cap!
Wore this one for about a year and a half as my main hat. Now it's my good luck cap! When things get desperate on the water, I reach for old faithful to turn things around.
Growing up playing sports I was the superstitious ...
May 13th, 13 | 1 Comment »
Three reasons you might want to fish the Five O' Clock shadow in Ak this season.
Pay close attention to the lip placement folks...
Uno
Dos
Tres
May 10th, 13 | Post a comment »
A story today from the front lines of flyfishing research, deep in the heart of the Driftless. Here, amidst a dizzying maze of perfect trout streams, a new bug is born. Mat Wagner of the Driftless Angler in Viroqua, Wisconsin explains the origins of the MW Scud:
"I was tired of ...
May 6th, 13 | 3 Comments »
Whoa!!! Heavy!! The symbolism in the teddy bear scene eludes me? Do you get it? Not sure I am comfortable watching it a 2nd time.
May 1st, 13 | 5 Comments »
Guiding in Alaska is 1 flight in, at the beginning of the season, and 1 flight out, at the end of the season. Don't get it wrong!
KP's Occupy Alaska - Top 9 Rules:
Rule 1 Coffee and Wet one's. It's like Sonny and Cher or Starskey and Hutch...it just kinda ...
Apr 29th, 13 | 4 Comments »
Zach & Crew
A couple pics from last Sunday on the Deschutes. The stones were next to the bank, and the Jimmy KILLED it over there! Jimmy likes redsides! Jimmy likes Jason!-- Jason
[caption id="attachment_9381" align="aligncenter" width="666"] March of the stonefly nymphs[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_9382" align="aligncenter" width="666"] Jimmy knows nymphing Elaine! Does Elaine want ...
Apr 25th, 13 | Post a comment »
