Marc LeBlanc’s Green Spey fly is one of my favorite Spey flies. It bursts with color (which, in the depths of winter, is a great thing) and has, in the words of Megan Boyd, plenty of life to it.
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A few months ago, we booked a ski weekend with some friends. Upon arriving at the cabin last weekend, I found the front entrance piled high with gear: poles, skis, boots, and more. I added my own gear to the pile: an Orvis Helios 2, waders, and boots.
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I have heard it commonly said that there are more books written about fly fishing than all other sports combined. Mind you, this is always said by fly fishermen, and often by the literary among them, and so I take it with a heavy grain of salt. And yet there is no shortage of writing about fly fishing.
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In sitting with Ben the other night, we talked about the river, and what might work well while he’s there. Being one for tradition, and for history, I suggested he try the classic Miramichi flies. Upon getting home, I was drawn to Ted’s old desk to tie those very patterns — patterns I plan to share with Ben, in hopes that he might catch a salmon on one.
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The folks at The Bear’s Den are at it again with their fly fishing expo. Held this Saturday, February 22nd, this year the show is doing triple duty: fly fishing expo, 25th anniversary celebration, and host of the Fly Fishing Film Festival. Full lineup of events in the post.
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A tour around the shop is a crash course in fly fishing history. Those reels there? Pieces of a Bogdan, or a Vom Hoffe. That tool there? It was originally owned by Everett Garrison, the great American rod maker with whom my dad wrote his book on bamboo fly rod making. That bamboo there? Bamboo sourced from a remote region in China. And that there? Me, trying to learn a fraction of what my dad knows.
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Lush green hills. Precipitously peaked mountains. Water an emerald blue. Unimaginably big trout. And only the happy angler in the frame, with no other people in sight. Such are the picture postcards from New Zealand that have been arriving in my inbox ever since my friend arrived for his year plus stay in this anglers paradise.
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I’d like to pose that question to you, just as I posed to to the members of the SpeyClave forum tonight. If you were building a fly tying room from scratch, what would you do?
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The Marlborough Fly Fishing show 2014 proved to be an exception. In conversation with a few people, all noted how they thought this year’s show was bigger, and how more people attended. The only question was: will it be the exception, or the beginning of a trend?
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I try to keep any and all professional announcements off this site, but I wanted to share some exciting news: Todd Fedele, guide and co-owner of The Compleat Angler fishing store, has asked me to join him and others in a new venture. I’ll share more details, as well as the back story and links, as soon as there’s more to share.
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