China trip

Ed Ward did it again! _ floating tip finesse style!!

great job! Ed..

organic mongoose rice

as good as it sounds, support the agriculture practice that also save the habitat for the mongoose..

canoe project

What caught my eyes is the beauty of connection - through a simple tool making, it connect people back to the environment. just beautiful!

Episode 1: The Fish Ladder from Voyages of Rediscovery on Vimeo.

i only buy airflo! period

Happy Father's Day!

If you like there are many father's days! eat something good to endure this hot weather! : )

Tom Morgan

Tom Morgan Rod few weeks ago I saw a post. It was an article about Tom Morgan. what a wonderful read about a legendary rod maker!! It reminds me a great trip I have last summer with a good friend - Brian! We were fishing the spooky Henry’s Fork – woodroad 13. He showed me his recent built - Tom Morgan 5 weight 8’6. Normally I can be careless about those “famous rods”, since casting is a skill not a tool… however, the feel of this Tom Morgan rod really got my attention. It just felt “strange”. The rod really felt light in hand just like a 3 weight rod, low swing weight, pretty soft, and even bend profile with smooth energy transition through out the mid section. Probably is the most smooth rod I have used, it makes me felt this is a really special rod. What really surprised me is this is the rod recommended by Brian. He is a competitive tournament caster, casting instructor and a professional guild. What the hell he likes to use this wimpy “cute” rod? I ask him “why”.. he laughed and say… try to drive this rod with power … when saying it, he simply pick up the rod and wiggle the line a little bit further, starting a clock rhythm - ”..pick up..wait…false casts once, twice… and drive it…” you see a straight laser line lay till the far end… Wow… the whole thing seems like unreal to me… his elegant smooth style matched the rod action so well that you felt the power was coming from nowhere…it was pretty amazing to see Brian burst a long cast with this little rod… I tried Ramsey’s method and enjoy the rod so much! It would be my next rod for sure… a 8’6 rod I never consider a good tool for a spring creek fishing (16 feet leader here) – needless to say a spooky trout habitat like Henry’s Fork…

yuki - my niece

miss the warmwater specie from the deep south

in the dream

sea-swallow'd from ryan peterson on Vimeo.

By The Lake, Tasmania. from Betty Wants In on Vimeo.

note to myself: don't take everything as granted..

CASTING A VOICE - 5 MINUTE TEASER from Barbless Fly Media on Vimeo.

perfection is good, imperfection is good too!

THROUGH THE LENS with Rob Machado from Through The Lens on Vimeo.

There are great philosophy in this video clip, very inspiring!

wonderful images

Bryan Gregson Photography | 2013 Las Pampas, Argentina from Bryan Gregson Photography on Vimeo.

Dry or die - Stefan Ågren from Rolf Nylinder on Vimeo.

Wild San Francisquito Creek Steelhead winter 2013

Wild San Francisquito Creek Steelhead Pair Underwater- Winter 2013 from Stoecker Ecological on Vimeo.

inspiring story.. just like Jane Goodall says.. we can change the world!

a brown trout I like...

ichiban

caddis dance

it is easy to say than do... but at least I am trying..

draw something...

a bit old school, but it remind us all the good ol days! Rock it!

here is the new year inspiration! again! : )

wonderful story about eel!

eel•water•rock•man from Orion Magazine on Vimeo.

which iphone case?

oh man! love them all... or just paint one for myself?! : )

Historic protection for BC’s Sacred Headwaters Announced

http://skeenawatershed.com/news/article/historic_protection_for_bcs_sacred_headwaters_announced

for kids

forget about the shark

GTs are the gangsters!

tie tie tie...

The Sportsmen Act

The Sportsmen Act did not pass last weeks. Vaughn Collins, an important friend of sportsmen in Washington DC, and the government affairs director for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership said the bill needed 60 votes to secure a budget waiver on Monday, but only found 50 as Republican votes slipped away. They opposed it on a procedural point of order apparently related to an increase in the price of a duck stamp in the bill. If that strikes you as an odd reason to nuke such important conservation legislation. "We’re all fed up with congressional gridlock, but readers of this blog need to insist that senators compromise and reach a bipartisan agreement on the bill now. It’s already passed the House, but – as we all know from the incessant “fiscal cliff” turmoil – the congressional clock is ticking. If this package is to become law, it needs action within the next three weeks. Why support it? Here’s one big reason. It would give the Secretary of the Interior – in consultation with the Migratory Bird Commission – the authority to raise the price of a federal Duck Stamp. That hasn’t happened in decades, and given the onslaught of habitat destruction occurring across the nations wetlands it’s sorely needed. Those federal Duck Stamp dollars acquire lands across the Prairie Pothole Region for permanent wildlife habitat in the form of refuges and waterfowl production areas. A $15 stamp doesn't go as far anymore, especially in the era of $8-per-bushel corn." Rob Drieslein Your voice is needed on Capitol Hill to help push the Sportsmen's Act of 2012 across the finish line. Congress adjourns in just two weeks and we could miss our chance at passing one of the most important pieces of legislation sportsmen have seen in years. Please call your Senators’ offices today and tell the staff member who answers to urge Senator Tester and Senator Sessions to find a solution for the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 and pass it before time runs out. Click here to find out more.

tying season...

timeless

Scanout.com // Jurassic Lake from Scanout on Vimeo.

be creative

meri kuvva photography http://merikuvaa.blogspot.com/

be patient...

be patient..

Mikael_Frodin_Atlantic_salmon

"SuperNatural" - Tailout Teaser from scumliner media on Vimeo.

charles river

Oregon Chrome Part 2 from Salmon Junkies on Vimeo.

sing... my friends...

I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before But I have a talent, a wonderful thing 'cause everyone listens when I start to sing I'm so grateful and proud All I want is to sing it out loud So I say Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music For giving it to me [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/abba/thank+you+for+the+music_20002662.html ] Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk She says I began to sing long before I could talk And I've often wondered, how did it all start? Who found out that nothing can capture a heart Like a melody can? Well, whoever it was, I'm a fan So I say Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music For giving it to me I've been so lucky, I am the girl with golden hair I wanna sing it out to everybody What a joy, what a life, what a chance! So I say Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music For giving it to me

skagit short - flash back from Riveraddict

Skagit shorts...by Ed Ward 20th Jan. 2009 ...have been in existence as "experimental" for a few years now. There seems to be an "average lag time" of three to five years between "experimental" and "production". As far as Skagit casting, going over the 3 1/2 times rod length ratio will most definitely increase the difficulty of casting. NOT saying it CAN'T be done, but it certainly does become more "work" beyond that point. The intent of the Shorts is towards accomodating shorter length Speyrods and Switchrods, and also to enable Skagit casting capabilities on singlehanded rods. The two lines that I have used extensively are the SA Singlehand Skagit and the RIO Skagit Shorts. The SA's are a couple feet longer (22' to 23') than the RIO's (20') and also have some taper. Basically, the SA's are the "smoother" casting of the two lines, whereas the RIO's throw the heaviest flies and/or tips. Here are some suggestions for choosing a particular line: - tighter quarters casting - shorter line. - bigger flies/ heavier tips - shorter line. - stripping-type presentations - shorter line. - short to medium casting distances - shorter line. - medium to longer casting distances - longer line. - strictly swinging-type presentations - longer line. - lighter flies/tips, "finer" presentations - longer line. - "ultimate distance" casting - longer line. Keep in mind that the lower the rod to line length ratio, the tighter and more "dead nuts on" the casting technique will have to be. The revised line length range for Skagit casting is 2 1/4 to 3 1/2 times rod length. One aspect of Skagit casting that I have learned about over the past few years through the use of Switchrods, is the versatility that any particular rod has through changing the weights of lines. For example, on my Loomis 11' 7 weight Switch: - I use a 400 grain short body to cast heavier tips (T-14) and heavier/bigger flies such as 4" to 5" lead-weighted string leeches. - I'll switch to a 360 to 375 grain body with T-11 tips to cast more "standard" stuff such as #4 to #1/0 unweighted steelhead flies, size 6 to 4 Clouser's with bead chain eyes. If I need to throw bigger surface flies such as steelhead wakers and chuggers, I use this same body with a floating tip. - For "finer", much softer presentations of smaller flies such as trout type soft hackles and skating caddis dries, I'll drop down to a 325 to 340 grain body with either a T-8 tip or floating tip. In other words, don't think that Skagit is just for throwing the "big stuff". By changing the weights of lines to accomodate the particular "payload", one can "match" a wide variety of different fishing conditions with one rod. It only makes sense once one really thinks about it - a line that develops the energy to cast a sopping wet lead-weighted string leech, is going to "carry" too much energy to make a "fine" presentation with a smaller fly. The "solution" is to use a line with less weight, which in turn will reduce created line energy - establishing just enough energy to cast a smaller payload, but not so much that there is "leftover" momentum at the end of the cast that "slams" the whole works into the water like a ton of bricks. __________________ Riveraddict

the leapers

North Atlantic Wild Salmon from DX Films on Vimeo.

have a beer and enjoy the jumping show... : )

coming up this fall

Seasons: Fall. Kayaking the White Salmon River with Kate Wagner from The Banks Mag on Vimeo.

Des mouches et des truites (extrait) from Alain MORIZOT-THIBAULT on Vimeo.

teaser PECHE64 from Alain MORIZOT-THIBAULT on Vimeo.

Oregon Crome part 1 from columbus leth on Vimeo.

a fishing rod

Saw this post from TFM blog, I am really stunned by the simplicity and artistic design. This fiberglass rod was built by Christian Hörgren. It gives me so much thoughts, makes me wonder what is the "function" of a fishing rod? a tool to catch fish. a piece of artwork that has a lot of "inspirations" in it. and "a beautiful thing" you feel happy and enjoy seeing it!

Pukka Destinations from Gin Clear Media on Vimeo.

NFS River Steward Program: Homewaters Run Deeper from Native Fish Society on Vimeo.

splice joints

Bob Clay - Taping a bamboo rod from Andrew Hardingham on Vimeo.

Year of the River from Andy Maser on Vimeo.

Year of the River: Episode 2 from Andy Maser on Vimeo.

little river outfitters

Deschutes 2012, The photos of Darcy Bacha from marty sheppard on Vimeo.

sweeet trip and images!

casting for conservation in Bristol Bay

family time!

great time!!

boys like trucks, girls like doll. I like bird and fish! Had a great time with Wade!

viking's fly

it's a beauty that not only looks good, but also will do some damages : )

Dogs that changed the world Video: Behind the Scenes

Video: Behind the Scenes

It's amazing!

really really really small creek

Sparrow fiberglass fly rod 7'6 3/4

Great casting machine, beautiful built, what a nice day at the southern appalachian!

Shakespeare Oracle XT Salmon Rods

looks like as smooth as those gentlemen's conversation.. got to try it sometimes...

finding the art

A Fine Line - Film Trailer from Andrew Kornylak on Vimeo.

there are several favorite outdoor sports I can't live without... they might appear to be very different from each other, but essentially, they all share the same beauty - the simplicity and the art come out of it. While surrounded by the modern complexity, mentally and physically...Finding the beautiful simplicity is not a easy task... it's a battle inside me. By starting eating literally "simple food" and simple exercise in the past few years... I start to realized how much I enjoy the simply life and how much my outdoor life were shared by this simply art... a rope, a bare-footed climb and a simple casting loop that will easily erase a complicated mental trouble. : ) Simple life is a constant battle among the complications; only work hard, I see the art and beauty inside of it!

a simple long stroke..

Afternoon Delight from Cody Caldwell on Vimeo.

sometimes it is just fun to make a long, plain and simple stroke... a long surf ride, a simple switch cast or a long single spey! making a long simple drift from a simple life as you will like.. Simple is good, complex is bad.. words from a simple mountain village!

the yellow fever

awhile back, a friend show me a really interesting fish, it is a cutbow hybrid trout. Despite the mixture identity from different parents. This trout is really showing off some serious beautiful color, a bit copper brown, yellow and red and some interesting iridescent pink. I have to admit that I was in awe of those beautiful colorations. Those warm hues really match the yellowish fiberglass rod well... same warmth tone in those yellow blanks (Kabuto rods come into my mind). Needless to say those fiberglass rods are also bare those "warmth personality" - the soft actions! The more I fish those softer rods, the more I love them... the love of warmth hue and actions make it a sever syndrome of yellow fever! : )

awesome2

The North Umpqua, August 2012, Raw Footage...Why They Call Them STEALhead from T.A. on Vimeo.

awesomeness!!

a little bit history from flytyer

As Meiser and a few other have mentioned, it was Fenwick who had the first graphite fly rods on the market. It was in 1972 that Fenwick (which was then located in Bainbridge, WA at the same location Sage is now) began to send some graphite rods out to well-known fly fishers for testing and evaluation. They were offered to the public in 1974. I remember very well the first graphite rod I saw. It was when I was a student at Penn State in the spring of 1973 and taking Joe Humphrey's Fly Fishing class because I needed another Phys Ed credit to meet graduation requirements. Because I had been fly fishing since age 5 and tying flies since age 9, I looked at it as an easy "A" and a class that I'd get to learn some new stuff and get to go fishing on class outings. Anyhow, Joe had the class out at Fisherman's Paradise on Big Spring Creek (this is only about 6 miles north of State College, PA) on a gorgeous late April day. The Hendrickson's were hatching in earnest as was a brown caddis. Joe told me to make a cast over to the far side of the stream, which was an honest 75' from where we were all standing (you couldn't wade in the Fisherman's Paradise section then, or now) on the grassy bank. I told I him couldn't cast that far with the Shakespeare Wonder Rod I owned. Joe left and came back a few minute later with a black colored rod that was thinner than anything I'd ever seen. It has no maker's label on it, it was simply labeld 4/5 wt in white ink on the blank just up from the grip. The grip looked like a Fenwick grip though. At any rate, Joe strung it up with a 5 wt WF line, handed it to me, told me to tie on a Hendrickson, and make a cast over to where those nice fish were feeding on them off the far bank. I was amazed at how light, responsive, and powerful the rod was. I was able to make the cast and I hooked several of those fish in the next 20 minutes. As we were packing up to leave, I asked Joe what kind of "fiberglass" that rod was made of. He told me it was a new material called graphite and that it was the first prototype he had from Jimmy Green that he liked. He said the others were either too tippy or too stiff, but that Jimmy Green nailed it on these latest ones. I then asked Joe when they would be available to buy, he told me they would be out the next year and sell for around $175.00. This was quality bamboo rod money back then. The next year, I saw them listed for sale and they were called the Fenwick HMG. Intially they were black (very dark grey actually), but the following year the color was changed to a dark bown. The graphite revolution had begun. In about 1975 J.K. Fisher had graphite rods on the market, followed very quickly by Lamiglass (which was started by Gary Loomis and 4 others people. Gary wanted to start making rods out of graphite and get out of the aerospace industry he was an engineer in), etc. J.K. Fisher made private label blanks and finished rods for Winston, Scott, and Orvis. They now make their own blanks. Jimmy Green made a few fiberglass 2-handers for some folks he knew, but they weren't rods suitable for spey casting. They were designed for overhead, shooting head or long belly single-hand line casting. I think Jimmy was the first one to make a graphite 2-hander. Again this was for overhead casting, Jimmy never did learn how to spey cast as far as I know. He had no use for it and I've been told by some who knew him well that he claimed he could cast as far or further overhead with a shooting taper on a 2-hander than anyone could by spey casting. These first graphite 2-handers of Green's were not really suitable for spey casting because the tips were too flexible. The Sage 9140-4 originally had a weird grip on it. It had a long rear grip like a spinning rod and a normal sized front half-wells grip for the foregrip. These rods look very strange. There are some who call this grip the "lLemire Grip" because Harry fished one for quite a few years and they just assumed he wanted the grip made that way. They truth is, that is how Jimmy made the grip. I suspect he simply had the gals on the production line put on a spinning rod rear grip, add the reel seat, and then finally add the standard half-wells front grip because he hadn't really seen a true 2-handed rod. The old brownie Sage 9140-4 was designated as a 9/10 rod because Jimmy cast a shooting head on it that was the same wt as a 9/10 Scandi line. Jimmy's line was shorter than a Scandi line and was a true shooting head. This was back in the middle to late 1980's. Some of the folks here on this forum were friends with Jimmy Green and helped in the development of the graphite 2-hander. It didn't take long for the folks in the UK to start working with graphite to make 2-handers, and their rods were far more suitable to spey casting than the initial ones make here in the US. And the rest is history. Read the original thread from Speypages LINK

some stories you might want to know about..

the salmon forest - great clip

"The Last Salmon Forest" The Drake awards submission from Detonation Studios on Vimeo.

what we going to eat tonight?

Lazy boy's meal! Seafood curry! : ) Here is the recipe for 6 people: One onion, 3-4 red potato, 2 scallion shoots, 6-10 chicken wings, one bowl of shrimps, one pack of squid and scallops(optional). 1/3 of curry paste. Here is deal, buy the best curry paste you can afford, I got them from Japanese restaurant. here is one of the brand I got from the US. link because this is the key element (duh). It will determine the final flavor a lot. Second, make sure you mix different brands of curry if you really want to impress your customers. The spirit of a curry dish is "blend in". See even I am cooking seafood curry, I still will use chicken wing to add another dimension of flavor. Same principle can apply to vegetable. put whatever you like, but be careful not to overpower the curry's main flavor. 1) peel off red potato and cut them in chunks. 2) chop up onions and green scallion. 3) heat up a pan with some vegetable oil, stir fry chick wings (all in) and some green scallion for 2 minutes until the chicken smell good and about half cooked (another 2 mins). 4) put in potatos and keep stirring(1 minute). 5) put half of chop up onion and stir. close lid let it cook for 3 minutes. 6) add half cup of white wine, or better yet (Japanese rice wine) Make sure the flavor start to blend in... and potato start to soften and soak in all the flavors. 7) move to a bigger pot, medium heat, add another cup of water to cover the items in the pot. (like making a soup) 8) Boil the pot, and put in 1/3 of the curry paste, turn the heat to small, slow cooking process start from here. The paste will melt quickly and start to blend all the flavor together. put in another half of onion here. 9) stir frequently to avoid burning the bottom. (the curry pot will thickening and easy to get burned) 10) now, put in any seafood whatever you like (shrimp, squid, scallop or fish). They are relative easy to cook, don't put them in the pot too early. 11) additional 5 minutes should get everything done. I like to put in some "easy cook" vegetable just right before the dish finished. something like colored bell pepper, lettuce, added color and add some "freshness" contrast flavor. 12) pour a cup of icy cold beer! 13) that's it! Bon Appetit! NOTED: curry usually will taste better the next day... not a bad idea to prepare the curry the day before your guests are visiting. : )

Madison

deep in a forest

spinning back the twisted running line

my favorite TV show!

Sage CIRCA - Fly Fishing with Advanced, Slow-Action Performance. from Sol Duc Buck on Vimeo.

Fenwick fiberglass 3weight 7feet "Little Yellow"

Last day on the Henry's Fork. The flow is perfect and gentle. I strung up my beloved Fenwick little yellow and have a cup of CDC PMD #16 flies hand-tied by Brad Smith. A 45 minutes stalking on a monstrous head and finally close in around 20 feet range. My hands were shaking so hard that I spend at least 5 minutes to just get the leader through the fly. The fish is forgiving about my cast... she swallowed the fly while the time seems freezed. I know my life won't be the same after this moment... No, I did not land her... but I know she is healthy and strong! Thank you Bryan — at The Trout Hunter.

fiberglass switch rod in good hands

Zach Wheeler fired up an laser loop on the Lamiglas switch rod. This fiberglass rod is amazing light due to the relative short length. But the smooth feel and strong butt section will get the fly out there 70-80 feet with a breeze effort. Nice and gentle and out she goes. Fiberglass is a overlooked material in switch/spey rods. If you got a chance to build one, you will understand what I said. This particular rod is built from 9' 9 weight Lamiglas blank and installed 1.5 feet graphite butt section to make it total 10' 8 weight switch rod. 420 grain scandi head and Airflo 540 grain @ 20' skagit switch line is what I like on this rod. Also I built a 440 grain @ 16' line for special tight quarter fishing condition. Cast like a little sweet home made brownie! : )