As we were eating breakfast this morning at our hotel in Austria, we received the sad news that Hans Aigner had died in the night. Hans had come to visit all of us at diner on Thursday evening, and I had an opportunity to sit with my old friend for about half an hour and […]
My friend, jake Jordan, had a rather serious health problem on his drive home a couple of weeks ago. He is doing much better, now, and files the following report that should be of great interest to anyone really wanting to nail a bill fish or catch a big tarpon in the dark hours. Greetings […]
I just had a note from Jay Smit of South Africa, noted designer and builder of the Jvise. This is a unique vise with many great features. He has donated one of his Damasteel Jaw vises for an auction being held to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital Trust (CHT), the fundraising arm of the […]
During my time at Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing in Colorado, I not only had the opportunity to spend time with the soldiers, but to talk with their mentors and see some of the big fish the guys caught. At the last dinner on Saturday evening, I presented an inscribed copy of Fishing the Film […]
The day after the Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing event in Colorado, I was privileged to spend a day fishing. The weather was a bit on the cold and windy side—in fact, we awoke to snow showers. Still, fishing is fishing, and the four of us that had the day to fish bundled up warm […]
Healing Waters is a project aimed at helping soldiers returning from the various theaters of war in which we are engaged. Some have had amputations, others any variety of wounds, nearly all carrying PTSD or TBI (traumatic brain injury from concussive explosions or physical blows to the head). On May 16, 17, 18, soldiers from […]
I just had an email from my long time friend and fishing companion, John Beth, that had nothing to do with fishing or knives! But, it was a fabulous bit of news. John’s daughter, Kjersti, entered and won the Ms. Wisconsin Untied States competition the other night. John writes, This national event has 4 age […]
If you’ve never heard the magnificent music that John Beth composed for our collaborative CD, “My Madison,” then you need to go take a listen. It’s available on many electronic music stores, such as iTunes. You can look it up under the album title or by my name or John’s. It’s well worth a listen.
Are you a fly tier? Frankenfly has something for every tier, be they a traditional, dyed in the wool tier, or a experimentalist. In fly tying, as in fly fishing, there’s always something new that one can learn. God have a look here .
A new world record is in the offing for the brown trout. Just recently a 42 pound 1 ounce monster was hauled out of the waters of New Zealand just downstream from a salmon farm. The pig brown had been chowing down on salmon food and put on more than a few pounds. The current […]