Posted in Fly Tying, Videos, tagged clouser minnow, Crooked Creek, Fly Tying, Smallmouth on July 11, 2008 | No Comments »
If you are somewhere on warmwater this weekend and you see a guy in a canoe with a bent fly rod most of the time it will be our old mate Chad Johnson. Chad was in yesterday raving about recent times on Crooked Creek and the Buffalo river. Storms put paid to the fishing last [...]
Posted in Articles, Fly Tying, journal, tagged class, Fly Tying, flyfishing, NEAFF on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
The Jonesboro Sun June 30: “A lot of people take fly fishing very seriously and become obsessed with it. I will admit I am obsessed, but I also treat it with the silliness it deserves because it is grown men and women playing around and being kids again. That is what this all about, having [...]
Posted in Articles, Fly Tying, New Products, journal, tagged Wapsi, fly tyer, pat neuner on June 11, 2008 | No Comments »
This Saturday’s Frequent Fly Tyer is probably one of the least known and most influential tiers in the world. As product development manager for the world’s biggest fly tying products company, Wapsi, Pat plays a key role in decided what you will and won’t be tying with.
He is also a very accomplished fly tyer and [...]
Posted in Articles, Fly Tying, tagged Conclave, Faiza, Fly Tying, Hans Weilenmann, trout on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Faiza and Hans Weilenmann tying in Italy
During the Sowbug Roundup this year I had the good fortune to spend some after hours time with the well-traveled Hans Weilenmann. Hans kept my girls Lynsey and Crystal well and truly entertained with his sense of humor. Apparently Hans not notly has a encyclopedic knowledge of things fly tying [...]
Posted in Articles, Fishing Reports, Fly Tying, New Products, journal, tagged Norfork, fly fishing, trout, White, Wotton, streamers, whitlock on May 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dave Whitlock and Davy Wotton test some new Whitlock streamers while hunting the monster trout of the White and Norfork.
Posted in Fishing Reports, Fly Tying, journal, tagged fishing report, Norfork, River, White on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
White River is the place to be this Memorial Day weekend.
Posted in Articles, Fly Tying, journal, tagged "White River", class, Fly Tying, learn, midge on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
OUR Featured Fly Tyer sessions are gaining momentum as the casual gathering of fly tying knowledge we hoped they would become.
The picture above show’s the casual round table atmosphere, where no question is stupid, and no idea how radical or simple for discussion. People are dropping in for 10 minutes, half an hours and [...]
Posted in Fly Tying on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Many of you know Sister Carole Anne Corley, the fly tying nun, from her demonstrations at many events throughout the region.
Since the San Juan, and all its variants, are doing so well here is Sister Carol Anne’s Two Tone Curly Worm, filmed by FlyFish Video at the 2008 Little Missouri Fly Fishing Festival in Murfreesboro, [...]
Posted in Fly Tying, Videos, journal, tagged arkansas, CDC, Elk, Hans, Norfork, River, sowbug, tying, Video, Weilenmann, White on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Another bonus this week is this 5 minute video from Dutch fly tying guru Hans Weilenmann. You will probably recognize Hans from his regular tying presentations at Sowbug or Conclave, where he is a regular.
The Journal was lucky enough to dine with Hans on a couple of evenings and he kept the girls entertained [...]
Posted in Articles, Fly Tying, New Products, tagged arkansas, Clint, Custom, flies, midge, Norfork, River, Scud, sowbug, Sunday Special, White, Wilkinson on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
FLIES are the heart and lifeblood of this store. We might be able to teach you how to cast them, how to tie them and fish them, offer you rods, reels, lines and leaders to do the job right, the waders or pontoon boats to get you to the right places, the clothes to keep [...]
