Happy Father’s day to all of you DADS that teach us everything important…
Love ya old man…
Archive for the ‘fishing’ Category
Just for you, Pop…
Posted in Eat shit hippies, Flies, Huskies, Libations, Outdoors, fishing on Sunday, June 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Return of the Fish Whisperer
Posted in Libations, Outdoors, fishing on Monday, May 4, 2009 | 8 Comments »
It has been soooo busy that I only just found time to go fishing for the first time this season…last week! And of course, it’s been so busy that I’m just now getting this thing posted…better late than never!!
I was sitting at work, crazy with spreadsheets, when my fishing sensei called (aka JJ, aka the Fish [...]
Paging Doctor Spratley…
Posted in Flies, Outdoors, fishing on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“Doc Spratley” (modified)
Hook: Mustad 9671, whatever, sizes 8-10 (also 1x)
Tail and Beard Hackle: Grizzly (I prefer it thicker)
Body: Black wool
Rib: Silver tinsel
Wing: Pheasant tail
Head: Peacock herl
-As the story goes:
The late Dick Prankard of tulip infested Mt. Vernon Washington originated the pattern around 1949…While he was tying the fly, his friend doctor Spratley (I believe a [...]
Opening weeks…
Posted in Eat shit hippies, Outdoors, fishing on Saturday, April 25, 2009 | 8 Comments »
…It’s always fun soremouthin’ these little fellas before gobs and gobs of powerbait and crawlers get winged at them…
I like to think that I kicked it off in style while indulging in some fine Wisconsin beer…
If not, I can always start a turtle farm…If cooked correctly; I hear they taste pretty good too…
Ah Skeet Skeet, mutha trucka…
Posted in Eat shit hippies, fishing on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Ode to the 2009 BASSmaster Classic winner….Mr. Skeet Reese:
SKEET REESE ladies and Gents…Skeet is ‘da shite’ and he represents the WEST coast well…
BASS fishing received some notoriety this year because ESPiN had “Mike and Mike” broadcast there? …Uh, no…
BassAnglerSS (BASS) can kiss my ass…They stopped bringing their “TOUR” to western states a few years ago [...]
Pheasant flies…
Posted in Flies, fishing on Sunday, February 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Some ‘variations’ of fly patterns that I tie…
Pheasant Tail Leech (modified):
Hook:Mustad 9671, umpqua 3761, whatever—sizes 6-10 (I also tie some 1x)
Tail, Beard and Wing: Pheasant tail fibers
Body and Rib: Peacock herl, gold tinsel (some prefer fine gold wire too)…
I suppose that it could somehow represent a leech, this pattern has always worked well on lakes…It’s classified [...]
Gift from the Midwest…
Posted in Rando, fishing on Friday, January 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Sweet, I received a gift in the mail from fellow blogger and all-around good guy GFV who is part of the crew over at Life in the Great Midwest.
Pheasant “Foofaraw” for tying flies!
Gerry and his trusty dog ‘Speck’ harvested some pheasants again this year and have been gracious enough to send me the goods (tailwings [...]
The Man Cave…
Posted in Libations, Rando, fishing, oprah on Friday, January 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve tied some flies and I’m definitely behind for the ‘usual’ amount that I tie every year (the ‘little lady’ is crackin’ the whip and wedding planning stuff is killing me)…
Now I finally have an ‘excuse’ for the ‘little lady’ as I conveniently received a ‘fresh batch’ of pheasant tailwings [...]
Food Chain…
Posted in Eat shit hippies, fishing on Thursday, January 15, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Flying solo…
Posted in Outdoors, fishing on Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »
There are a lot of posts on the ‘blawg’ talking about me learning to fly fish this year. Saturday I took the ‘training wheels’ off my belly boat and went fishing by myself for the first time. BIG day…
Gorgeous morning…but COLD! When I got to the lake, my car thermometer read 38 degrees! It was frickin’ [...]
