Jun 03 2010
A diversion to EmpireAvenue
What the heck ;^) My ticker symbol is JEEPR – so buy low while you can !
EAVB_SUZGEXCTSA
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Mar 18 2010
micro midge
This past weekend I finished tying up some flies for a swap that I’m participating in, the Small Fly Swap 2010 with the NLFT/TU club. These were the smallest flies that I’ve ever tied – #28! With eyes ramping up to 50 years old, it was a bit of a challenge, but thankfully I had purchased a magnifying glass attachment for my Peak vise.
I also had to swap out the standard jaws on the vise, replacing them with the midge jaws – recommended for hooks smaller than #22. Fun stuff – as I haven’t used those midge jaws yet as I’ve never actually tied anything smaller than #18 before. ;^)
Deciding what to tie was a bit of a challenge – but after browsing through my copy of Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns, I got inspired and made up a nice simple pattern.
Here’s the pattern I came up with:
HOOK: Mustad 94834 #28
THREAD: Gudenbrod 10/0 Black
TAIL: Crystal Flash
BODY: Peacock herl
I’ll post up some pix once the fly’s from the swap are distributed.
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Dec 09 2009
Visions of fishing are floating in my head…
This icy cold weather has me looking forward to spring already!
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!
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Sep 29 2009
Swan Lake – Fall 2009
Spent the past few days up at Swan Lake – and was the fishing on!
While the numbers weren’t quite those of years gone by, the size of the fish and the fight they put on hasn’t waned too badly!
The fish that I caught ranged between 14″ and 29″ – with the average fish between 18″ and 20″
Had some typical end of fall weather – Saturday there was a wind warning for the area, which made for some interesting water! At least I know how my pontoon boat behaves in 2′ swells and whitecaps ;^)
A mink leech seemed to be the fly of choice this trip – Don Anderson had a version that he was using – I tied up some that were very similar to a rabbit zonker – and they were very durable and very effective!
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