Working on a map project at the office and came across the worlds largest fly rod – in Houston, British Columbia.

Looks and sounds like an interesting destination!

Have a deal put together on the Rubicon – dual tops, towing package, power group – It looks awesome.  It wasn’t the first choice in color – as we ended up putting a deal together on a bright silver model.  Had wanted their steel blue model originally.  In hindsight, I think that the silver one is probably a better choice.  The Liberty looks good, and it’s the same color.

I hear the FTR calling next year for sure!

I tied up some of the standard patterns that I tend to go through – T.U.s, Spratleys, and Carey’s – and I also tied up a few wooly buggers, and scuds.  I also made up a couple patterns, experimenting a bit with materials and thread colors.

Hopefully some of these will see some water in the next couple of months before the hard water returns – who knows, maybe I can get out to a lake or two that I had hoped to hit during the past couple weeks.  We’ll see.  Who knows – maybe the trip will be in a new Jeep ;^)

Went for a drive to a couple local lakes with Shan yesterday, and actually found one spot had a fair bit of open water. The aerator was still running, and provided that the wind doesn’t pick up too significantly and blow a pile of ice in towards the dock, it should be okay this weekend!

We are so anxious to get the new pontoon boats wet – I set mine up in the living room just to practice the setup, and try and figure out where I want my rod holder and sonar mounted.