...But we finally made the news

At lunch today a coworker of mine casually said "I saw you in the paper yesterday." I was caught off guard, because I didn't remember getting arrested for anything.  So, it turns out it wasn't me he saw in the paper, but it was Guys, Flies & Pies that he saw in the paper. The local newspaper ran the following snippet in the sports section yesterday.

GFP in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

Pretty cool to see it getting some publicity.

UPDATE: Found the yearly announcement for GFP on page 21 of the Rochester Business Journal in the Time Out section.

GFP in the Rochester Business Journal

...and a flock of fly tiers descend.

Birds fall from the sky for an unknown reason. Somehow, I think one of us is to blame and is quickly filling up his supply of red winged black bird feathers!  You should be ashamed of yourselves!

Flying Bison, Flying Bear

WOW!

I've been to Yellowstone when I was a kid, and it's a great place, but I hope to never experience this so close to my face as this guy did.

Follow this link to see all 16 images: Amateur Photographer Captures a Grizzly Bear Chasing a Bison Down a Highway in Yellowstone. Each image has a little write up on his experience.

I think I'll continue to turn my head to check out all noises behind me while I fish!

Graffiti, Flies & Pies #3

Hoodlums strike again!  Kids are running around town just tagging everything with GFP. I think if they had a hobby (fly tying) they'd stay home and cause less trouble for the community!

Graffiti, Flies & Pies #2

 

My daughter really loves GFP....which is evident by the fact that while at Wal-Mart she found wooden letters and spelled it out...then dove on the floor for the photo.  Wait...she's also a fan of getting her picture taken...but we'll stick with the fact she likes Guys, Flies & Pies more than that. 

FTF Shirt Order

Fly Tying Forum is doing a shirt order right now. Will has designed a new back and it's pretty slick!

You also get to pick from a bunch of colors:

Here is the price breakdown
1 Shirt: $17.00 each
2 Shirts: $16.00 each
3 or more: $15.00 each

Shipping
U.S. $3.00
Canada $5.00
All other international $10.00

The shirts are made from 100% preshrunk heavyweight cotton.

So, if you prefer to fish in shirts and ties head over to The Mens Wearhouse otherwise check out the Fly Tying Forum and order up a dozen or two!

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MidCurrent's 2011 Fly Fishing Gear Guide

MidCurrent just posted their 2011 Fly Fishing Gear Guide and it's got some great stuff in it!

The fly tying section has some cool stuff worth checking out.

(I have found the pages load slowly, but worth the wait.)

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"Salmon are in my basement"

All the rain last week brought the Salmon river up above the banks. For what would have normally been a huge fishing weekend, businesses in the area found themselves flooded.

Click to watch video

Anyone who's been to Spey Nation may not recognize the parking lot:

The Salmon Crazy website has many more pictures of the floods
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Stay Alert!

Sad news out of Oswego NY. 1 dead an others injured when the water rose.

Read the rest of the store at palltimes.com

None of use where there so we can't tell for sure if the sirens went off or not, but let's remember to make sure we are aware of the water around us, and have an escape route should it rise quickly.

UPDATE: Days later, more fisherman had to be rescued: http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=519461