My old friend, Jake Jordan, is back in Florida and hunting tarpon at night. Here’s the latest report. If you want to fish with Jake or see more about his operation, go here. April 4, 2012: This evening my old friend Jerry Gibbs (retired fishing editor of Outdoor Life Magazine), joined aboard “Fly Reel” at […]
Long Flies, book three in our Fly Fishing series is coming off the presses and headed into the bindery. It will be done in just a few days, and I will have copies to ship to those who have pre-ordered inscribed copies. For those that still want to purchase a pre-release copy of Long Flies […]
The weather and water are not cooperating for me this spring. The day after I got a good report from my fishing friend, John Beth, it rained and the rivers leapt out of their banks one again. The water had dropped to about twice what I consider really fishable, and John managed to find another […]
Carrie J. Frost was born in La Crosse Wisconsin Oct. 14, 1868, and educated as a teacher. She started tying flies for her father and his friends in 1880, but in 1896 opened a fly tying firm under the name of Miss C. J. Frost. She employed other women in the Stevens Point area to […]
Fly Tying in Germany The fly show season is winding down here and in Europe. My old pal, Theo Bakelaar, was tying in Germany a few days ago, demonstrating his squid imitations. True to form, he had to do something to help the audience more clearly understand not only the tying, but the tyer as […]
There is a chunk of Montana that most anglers don’t really think of when the envision going “West.” It’s the far northwest of Big Sky country–the land that lies to the Pacific side of Glacier National Park. This wild and rugged area holds a special river, the Kootenai. It is in this wonderfully remote and […]
I saw my good friend Capt’n Jake Jordan at the Raleigh Show and he told me of all the recent adventures of fishing for sails and marlin. Here’s a report from his group in Guatemala. Greetings from Guatemala, just to keep you up to date, the fishing has been good to say the least. Some big […]
My old pal, Theo Bakelaar, sent me a URL for a site that he writes for that you, my readers, may find interesting. It’s written in Dutch, but there is an opening video that has some great riseform shots in it. Have a look: www.flyfever.com.
My friend, Theo Bakelaar, sent me photos from Holland of people skating on the canals. It’s been cold enough there this winter to freeze the canals, and thousands are enjoying the great skating.
At regular intervals I receive requests from collectors for my flies. I am happy to provide these, The cost per fly is $15.00 to $30.00, postage paid in the US, depending upon the complexity of the imitation. International postage is an additional $5.00 per fly. Cost for large international orders will be quoted separately. See […]