Norfork Brownie

We were giving our mate Mark “The Doc” Lavelle a hard time in the fishing report this week, over his query as to what midge pattern the Journal was using. Doc’s 18s and smaller midges are beautifully tied and work very nicely. We happened to be on the Camel Midge, one of Chad Johnson’s ties, [...]

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FISHING REPORT: 9-24-08

Norfork is offering wading fly fishing some great morning fishing, while the White is superb on high water.

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NAFF Fly Of The Month: Craft Fur Clouser

Check out the North Arkansas Fly Fisher’s Fly of the Month for September, if you have hovered around our fly tying desk long enough in summer months you have probably watched Chad Johnson tying some of these. Chad credits the original pattern to Duane Hada, “I just fish it a lot”. It is a superb pattern for Crooked [...]

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Colorado Photo Essay

Over the year’s the Journal has missed some pretty nice fishing trips through a variety of reasons.
A wedding kept us from a trip to the Bahamas for bones (thankfully the weather/fishing was awful), not wanting a divorce soon afterwards kept us from a vagabond 3-month excursion through Patagonia, and a new job last year kyboshed a [...]

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Delta Bassin’ Video

You might recall a few months back we showed you the first trailer for “Bass: The Movie” from Howard Films, the producers of “Location X” and “Chasing Silver”. Well here is Bass: The Movie Trailer2
Ever wonder where big bass go when they don’t want to be found? The California Delta. A fabled labyrinth of waterways [...]

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Mystery Streamer Does The Trick

 
WHAT a tease. Last night I get a phone call from our great mate Mr Wotton. “Steve” he says “What email address are you using now, I’m sending you a photo from today”. We sort it all out and up pop’s this pic of this nice Brown. Davy was showing his fishers the technique he [...]

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WE ARE happy to unveil our new range of Thingamabobber indicators for high water fishing. We managed to pick up an alternative source for these cool airfilled plastic bubbles while in Denver and we hope you will enjoy them as much as some of our guides.
Thingamabobbers are easy to apply, stay in place better than most [...]

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Fishing Report _ 9-18-09

It’s nice to have fishing buddies who are thoughtful enough to send you pics of the fish they are catching while you are miles away from some great low water fishing. Mark Lavelle, one of our resident funnymen sent over this pic with the notation that he should have taken more care to clean his [...]

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“Drift” Trailer, a Confluence Films Production

more about ““Drift” Trailer, a Confluence Films P…“, posted with vodpod
Monday night in Denver and the big white tent downtown is packed with trout bums, shop rats, racoon-eyed guides, underground icons, genuine gurus, wannabees and real deals, tattooed 20-somethings and grey-haired bamboo-wavers _ the whole cross section of the fly fishing community.
In the midst [...]

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Nice Streamer

Received an email from Dennis Gammon from Springfield on this fly  developed with Mark Mulvaney and which has been doing well on the White on high water. We don’t dare ask as to the origins of the name but wish a couple of patterns had been sent our way as well. Here’s Dennis’ recipe and notes [...]

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Oh my aching feet…..

The annual industry shindig otherwise know as the Fly Fishing Retailer is a lot of fun, especially for an admitted “gear queer” as Charlotte my fly shop mentor dubbed me, but lying here in bed this morning working on the blog, I’m still paying the price.
Aching calves from walking the aisles, my spine feels like [...]

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Simms Leaving Felt Behind

FELT soled boots have kept fly fishers upright since the 1950s, and their contribution to the growth in popularity is probably under-appreciated, given most of us like staying vertical and dry.
But the day of felt-soles is virtually done, given their role in spreading aquatic nuisance species (ANS) including didymo, across the USA and overseas. Simms [...]

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