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essays and musings on fly fishing for native trout

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Fly Tying Demo at RoundRocks: African Furs Edition

February 8, 2009 ⋅ 12 comments

Well, I survived without too much heckling from the crowd. There was a nice crowd of about 20 onlookers in the little fly shop watching. I had the great pleasure of sitting next to Bob Trowbridge, and excellent fly tier and tying teacher here in Utah. (My being placed right next to him only deepened [...]

Fly Fishing – Literature – Randy Kadish

November 13, 2008 ⋅ One comment

I’m always on the lookout for some fresh reading material. Several months ago, while reading Tom Chandler’s excellent blog, “The Trout Underground,” I noticed a little something he had about Goodreads.com. It’s a social networking site for book lovers. You can get online to find books to read, write review for books, discuss books with [...]

Deconstructing the Fly

August 24, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

It happens all the time, at least to me. I get a great idea for a fly, tie a few up and hit the river. The first opportunity I get to try the fly—as in, the second I hit the water, regardless of what is/isn’t coming off or what the fish are/aren’t rising to—I fling [...]

“I Hope You Won’t Be Disappointed” – The Portneuf

June 10, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Yeah, okay, let’s get this out of the way right here at the beginning. These were the words of “Talking Bull” (AKA Dan) to me this morning. If anyone read this post, they should know those were Talking Bull’s plans. I was okay with the plans when he first mentioned them—no complaints. Even after we [...]

Salmonfly Pattern – Struggling Salmonfly (the fly formerly known as The Foam Cross)

May 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Update June 17, 08): Officially named Splayed Salmonfly (the fly formerly known as The Foam Cross). Here’s my not too pretty, but (for me) very productive "Foam Cross" (okay, a bit lame, but Dan is the master of name calling making, so until he gives it a better moniker, that’s the name). (Recipe and Pictures [...]