The Banksia Bug

Here's a cool fly using UV Knot Sense. I've been considering getting some Clear Cure Goo lately and seeing different ways to use a product like that gets me one step closer to laying down the cash to get some!

The Banksia Bug

Ice Flow Video

A cool video showing an ice flow as it moves towards the camera.

Mommy! Where Do Flies Come From?

Idylwilde posted (some time ago) a cool video to show how they bring flies from the idea stage to the fly bin.


The Process from Idylwilde Flies on Vimeo.

Check Idylewilde out online

Hold Your Breath Until You Are Done Reading This

Sure, this is cool, but I can hold my breath while waiting for a bass to take my fly!

I'm starting to think that fly fishing is for wimps!

Video Break

Fly Fishing Montana from Scott Gibney on Vimeo.

It was -4 degrees out according to the news this morning. I think overnight it got colder. It was the coldest night since 2005. So, you deserve a 5 minute break to watch this video from Montana when it wasn't quite as cold.  Enjoy!

If you are heading out fishing today, stay warm!

Punk Rocker

Over the weekend I found a few minutes to try something I've wanted to try for years....stacking deer hair. I've seen flies with stacked deer hair before and always loved the way they looked, but I've never tried it. I tried spinning deer hair once before, and didn't do too well and never tried it again. Recently I've been following the work of Pat Cohen on http://gotbronze.blogspot.com and been extremely impressed. He ties a pattern called a Punk Rocker which combines two of my favorite things....deer hair and mohawks. I've tied a fly or two in the past with mohawk, but never did they turn out even half as cool as his flies. So, last night with a little bit of time (trying to avoid the Miss America Pageant that my wife and mother were watching in the other room) I sat down and tried to tie up a punk rocker...or at least my version of one.

I learned a few things from doing this. No matter how many ties I thought I was almost done, I wasn't. Once I used the hair packer and pushed the hair back I found plenty of bare hook ready and waiting to be covered. I need to use a bit more hair each time. Pat has a video about another one of his deer hair flies, and shows that he uses about 3 pencil sized clumps for top and bottom of each section. I'm pretty sure that's why it seemed like I needed more and more. I also learned that shaving this thing down to size/shape is pretty hard to do. I am now even more amazed how well Pat's look. Shaping is something I definitely need to work on.

Here's a picture of what I was trying to do:

If you are interested in trying these type of flies, I suggest checking out his video he posted a few weeks ago, it has a lot of good info on how to stack hair. I just watched a few minutes of it and picked up a few hints I wish I had remembered while tying the fly above.

Here's a link to the video. It's 30+ minutes, so grab something to drink and sit back and enjoy!

http://gotbronze.blogspot.com/2011/01/1-3-11-hot-butt-toad-tutorial.html


Keep up with his work on his blog at http://gotbronze.blogspot.com

Sweet Carp Video

...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!

Once In A Blue Moon on Hulu

Thanks to Alex from Bottom Hand, I was just informed that Once In A Blue Moon is now available IN FULL on Hulu.  Guess what I'm doing for 38 minutes tonight?

Check it out here!

Sophisticated Carp

Watching this video while other people listen in, will make them have a higher opinion of you and your musical tastes.

Watching this video while other people watch over your shoulder, might get a few funny looks from people in tweed coats with leather elbows.

I've tried fishing for carp before, and catching them on the surface sure does seem like the funnest option!

Fly of My Dreams/Musky Madness

(CORRECTION: Apparently while writing up two posts yesterday, I think I combined the text with another video. So, I've just gone and added them both now)

I'm guessing that once the wrong people see this video, these guys will have their fly fishing licenses revoked for not wearing enough tweed!

This is my favorite fishing song ever (I can say that because my memory is too bad to remember any other fishing songs right now!)

http://vimeo.com/16810712

Check out flywallets.com for some sweet leather work by Mark Crappo!

And a sweet musky video slated to come out early next year!

Musky Country: Zero 2 Hero Trailer from RT on Vimeo.

Low & Clear

LOW & CLEAR Official Trailer from Finback Films on Vimeo.

This looks like a good show!

http://www.lowandclear.com/