JB stepping in here for GB, since he’s off playing with large salmon otherwise indisposed. We wanted to get this up ASAP, so here it is… 192 pages; 7X10 inches; color cover with black text After yesterday’s order issues, let’s try this again…. Fishing the Film is now available for pre-order, with the first books […]
I’m just back from an exploratory trip to Canada for lake trout. The trip was a success, providing not only a fun time but fodder for a story. This story, or versions thereof, will appear in three of our forthcoming books: Long Flies, The Angler as Predator, and Fly Designing. Watch for the elements of […]
I asked Terry what flies he was using for muskies and he told me that he was using the patterns of my old friend, Bill Sherer. Bill has long been on the forefront of designs that employ not only size and movement but also the use of the acoustic footprint as well. Predator fish that […]
I am currently working on volume 3 in the Fly Fishing book series. This volume is entitled, Long Flies. By long flies I mean bucktails, streamers, strip flies, collared flies, buggers, muddlers and divers, tube flies, film flies like poppers and sliders, techno flies, and others. Their developmental history is not only fascinating but highly […]
This story will appear in our forthcoming book, Nymphs and Wets, as an illustration of the modified Czech Nymphing tactic. Montana had been under a siege of rain for weeks when Nancy and I arrived in late June to participate in a memorial service for our friend, Jim Greenlee, past owner and president of Weinbrenner […]
Book number three, “Long Flies” in our Fly Fishing book series is coming together rather nicely. Like the other books, it is focused on the topic and the how-to information is developed around the underlying concepts. There are stories to illustrate the technical information as well as color photos and design sheets for the over […]
Jason is working furiously, faithfully, and fruitfully to complete the art and final design layout for the first book in our Fly Fishing series. Entitled, “Fishing the Film,” it’s an in-depth look at the skills necessary to successfully take fish with dead-drifted flies and those fished with action, in the upper foot or so of […]
Jason and I near completion on Fishing the Film, the first book in our fly-fishing anthology. I sent a copy of Chapter One to my friend, John Beth, to read and asked him for his reaction. Chapter one is a series of short stories illustrating the expanse of fishing in the film—there’s plenty of how-to […]
I am currently writing a column for the on-line magazine Streamside Canada. In this month’s issue, I discuss The Most Valuable Mend–the Reach. This is a nicely done magazine with good fishing information. Have a look at Streamside Canada.
Here’s the “official” chapter list for our forthcoming book, Fishing the Film (currently planned to be out June 2010): 1. Fishing the Film 2. The Fish’s Window 3. The Universal Emerger 4. Feeding at the Film 5. Casting for Drag 6. Mending for Drag 7. Fishing Dead Drift 8. Action Film 9. Film-Fly Design Concepts 10. […]