Graffiti, Flies & Pies

This is type of graffiti you find when you raise your kids on Guys, Flies & Pies! (I cant wait till my kids discover spray paint and the undersides of bridges!)

Ha!  Just noticed the whole thing says "Love GFP" if you look close enough!  Wonder what they would have put on the shopping list to the left had they been given enough time!

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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The XWWD fly

 

This guy decides there's plenty of uses for his ex wife's wedding dress.  Idea #54 shows how he tied a fly with it and caught some fish!  

Guys, Flies & Pies does not suggest making your current wife an ex just to obtain materials.

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An Egg or an Omelette?

Deneki Outdoors post Get It Down! got me thinking....should we offer fish an egg or an omelette?

I've tied plenty of single egg flies, and some cluster eggs, but after seeing the picture they shared I've been trying to think how I could tie up a carton of eggs fly.

Either way, I'm thinking I should tie some eggs up tonight!

"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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Tear Down The Wall

Follow this link to watch a great video about a guy who go to great lengths to restore the passageways for fish.

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While he was diving in the river, it reminded me of a great friend Dale who passed away not long ago. He use to dive in the Salmon river to watch bugs hatch.

I've always been fascinated by migrating fish and as a kid dreamed of the salmon I was told ran underground in my own backyard.....but I never got the funding or OK from dad to tear up the backyard. I can only imagine how excited he was to watch the dam blow to pieces because of his efforts!

The Great Pumpkin

I'm amazed at the work this guy does. He goes by Stippled Popper online.

Here's "The Great Pumpkin" and some of his friends!

...just another reminder that I have to buy more popper heads!

Gotta Get Back Here

Soon, this spot will be full of fish and fishermen.  I hope to make it out soon and relive the fun times I had here years ago.

Ross Aquired by 3M

I got the following announcement in my email today:

The Ross family is pleased to announce that Ross Reels USA / Ross Worldwide Outdoors has been acquired by 3M. We are excited to be joining an organization that embodies the same spirit of innovation that has driven product development since our start in 1973. Please know that 3M acquired us for who and what we are. There are no plans or intentions to change us other than to bringing in 3M technology and innovation to enhance our products as we move forward. We are excited about the future and we look forward to sharing a number of new product announcements with you in the coming months!

Sure, we've all seen the name 3M all our lives, and know they are big, but when push came to shove, I couldn't think of an actual product they make. So, I went to the junk drawer in the house and looked at some glue (nope, that's Elmers), couldn't find any tape, and the pencils are all cheapos with no name. So off to Google I went to do a search. What I found amazed me....as I thought how it could help out in the end.

Sure, it starts with 3M aquiring a reel company, but think of what this really means.

You could have a reel that has pop up post it notes. These would be right on hand should the wife call and tell you to pick up diapers and donuts on the way home....or for writing down important things like "buy more larva lace and hackle!"

 

Better yet, what about a reel that dispenses Steri-Strips for when your fishing buddy decides lodging his size 2 hook into your face is better than lodging it in a tree.

Don't do an image search for these...trust me.

I think with 3M's wide variety of products there is a huge potential for new products being brought to fishing!