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Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Nature, Life style, Photographer
Just saw this event in Ken's blog, it remind me a lot of things that I like. Photography definitely is one of the important elements. I love documentary film and photography. I always curious about how people in the images live, think etc... I saw this image this morning, and it start make my mind turning and wondering... what is Ken's life looks like? A professional photographer in fishing industry. It sounds like a dream job! Is he busy? Is he have to deal with a lot of thing other than photography and fishing? How he slect his targets? what is his photo philosophy? Is he got to fish a lot? What is his favorite fish and fishing style? Is he like to eat fish? all sorts of things...I guess I admire and fascinate with this kind of lifestyle... : ). His image is good because he capture the feel that fisherman feels... not just capture the beauty of the fish or scenery. I see his images more of documentary style (instead of a glamor in fashion industry). Now a day, because of the easy access and production of digital images,... (Strong opinion below) I saw a lot of "copying" in photo shooting and composing. It's kind of "scary" to see those things get amplified almost everywhere. Well, that's fine! Speak of learning all sort of photography techniques, "copying" is the essential building block to master some techniques. Like a art school student copying master pieces in the practice. But there are something special about the charm of original ideas and the documentary photography. Without understanding our subjects... we are just a glamor fashion photographer. Without the skills... documentary film could be a boring laundry list. I think Ken's photo have a little bit different than most of the fishing photographers in the game. He feel his subjects, the fish, the surrounding and fisherman and put them together as a whole package. He is actually documenting this whole experience. (To be continued later...)
Wish I could attend this Photo Expo! Shake hand with him!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
it's bugger time..baby..
Whatever they said about buggers...they works! It's bugger time! Baby... : )
Friday, March 27, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monic Mania
You simply have to read this... if you think the fly line is a important weapon. Monic line test.
I have heard about the Monic line for a while, but never got a chance to try it. I think this field test really get me excited... I am a line freak... kind of... the more I learn about the cast, the more I feel the importance of the line. So important that they actually improve your cast a lot, and definitely will increase your fishing ability. I am a big fan of clear line, not because I fish for spooky species... but I fish nymph and stramer a lot... at night... To me, casting is all about the feel of the rod load, and the imagination of the fly line travel through in the air. When casting at night, you lost your visual tracking of the line travel... the feel become more important without visual tracking. I think the night casting practice really help me to improve my casting skill. I become more sensitive about the rod load and the accurate timing.
I sight fishing for bass too, the clear line definitely get some advantage when targeting spooky fish. I will need to get one of those line soon!
stranded sturgeons
News: From the link
This news really got me attention, I saw this from Female Angel's Blog. I never see or heard anything like this before! It is so weird. Those fish are evolve to survive in those kind of mud flat for million years... how could they get stranded because of the big appetites? It seems the environment are changing and doing weird thing to them... I checked some quick online material about dolphin stranded information...still have no clue or connecting why those fish are doing those weird behavior... some interesting read.
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nearly 1,500 white sturgeon found themselves stranded last week within Port Susan Bay's shallow channels near Stanwood. Almost all survived by swimming back into the depths of Puget Sound after the tide came in several hours later.
Some fish biologists speculate that the sturgeon, some reaching 10 feet long, were hungry for critters found in shallow mud flats. When the tide dropped, the fish were trapped in the estuary's shallow channels, unable to move across the exposed, muddy ground to deeper water.
Colder water temperatures that day, March 12, also could have made the fish lethargic, biologists said.
"I think these were just fish that were poking around, looking for food," said Brett Barkdull, a fish biologist with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife who lives near the stranding area. "These fish have been out here for quite a while now, but I've personally never seen anything quite like this."
He said he spoke with local residents who also had never seen a similar stranding.
Barkdull first visited the site early this week and found about a dozen sturgeon that perished in the stranding. Most of the dead fish were large — 5 to 10 feet long, he said.
Still, white sturgeon are known to be tough and resilient, said Jason Griffith, a fish biologist with the Stillaguamish Tribe. The bottom-dwelling species has been around for more than 100 million years and originate in several West Coast rivers. Most of the white sturgeon in Puget Sound were born in the Fraser and Columbia rivers and migrate to find food.
The colossal, prehistoric-looking fish can live well over 100 years and tip the scales at 400 pounds or more. They grow bony, armorlike plates for protection and feed on shellfish, small fish and worms.
It's not unusual to find many sturgeon congregating in Port Susan, an area with plenty to eat. Though most of the stranded fish initially survived, some of the larger ones could be affected later because of stress, said Brad James, a Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist.
Compared to salmon, not a lot is known about white sturgeon, James said, and scientists occasionally are baffled by their behavior and habits. For instance, last year biologists found thousands of living sturgeon clumped together at the bottom of the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam, possibly to stay warm.
As for the Puget Sound stranding, scientists may never know for sure why the sturgeon got caught, other than the pursuit of a meal.
"It looks like they chose to overextend their visit on the mud flats," James said. "The feeding must have been pretty good."
This news really got me attention, I saw this from Female Angel's Blog. I never see or heard anything like this before! It is so weird. Those fish are evolve to survive in those kind of mud flat for million years... how could they get stranded because of the big appetites? It seems the environment are changing and doing weird thing to them... I checked some quick online material about dolphin stranded information...still have no clue or connecting why those fish are doing those weird behavior... some interesting read.
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nearly 1,500 white sturgeon found themselves stranded last week within Port Susan Bay's shallow channels near Stanwood. Almost all survived by swimming back into the depths of Puget Sound after the tide came in several hours later.
Some fish biologists speculate that the sturgeon, some reaching 10 feet long, were hungry for critters found in shallow mud flats. When the tide dropped, the fish were trapped in the estuary's shallow channels, unable to move across the exposed, muddy ground to deeper water.
Colder water temperatures that day, March 12, also could have made the fish lethargic, biologists said.
"I think these were just fish that were poking around, looking for food," said Brett Barkdull, a fish biologist with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife who lives near the stranding area. "These fish have been out here for quite a while now, but I've personally never seen anything quite like this."
He said he spoke with local residents who also had never seen a similar stranding.
Barkdull first visited the site early this week and found about a dozen sturgeon that perished in the stranding. Most of the dead fish were large — 5 to 10 feet long, he said.
Still, white sturgeon are known to be tough and resilient, said Jason Griffith, a fish biologist with the Stillaguamish Tribe. The bottom-dwelling species has been around for more than 100 million years and originate in several West Coast rivers. Most of the white sturgeon in Puget Sound were born in the Fraser and Columbia rivers and migrate to find food.
The colossal, prehistoric-looking fish can live well over 100 years and tip the scales at 400 pounds or more. They grow bony, armorlike plates for protection and feed on shellfish, small fish and worms.
It's not unusual to find many sturgeon congregating in Port Susan, an area with plenty to eat. Though most of the stranded fish initially survived, some of the larger ones could be affected later because of stress, said Brad James, a Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist.
Compared to salmon, not a lot is known about white sturgeon, James said, and scientists occasionally are baffled by their behavior and habits. For instance, last year biologists found thousands of living sturgeon clumped together at the bottom of the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam, possibly to stay warm.
As for the Puget Sound stranding, scientists may never know for sure why the sturgeon got caught, other than the pursuit of a meal.
"It looks like they chose to overextend their visit on the mud flats," James said. "The feeding must have been pretty good."
Monday, March 23, 2009
cheech boy is back...
Cheech boy is back! And getting stronger! Check out our magical tier who is notorious of his "no match" patterns. Link
Sunday, March 22, 2009
for sunfish...
my go to sunfish pattern. I love sunfish, there is no lie. They are easy to find, easy to catch and they fight stubborn. Catch a sunfish on a 3wt figerglass rod is a great way to spend hot summer afternoon. This is my first choice sunfish pattern- olive wooly buggers, some similar variates (crayfish imitation) are also good for bass. I like to tie in long traditional rooster hackles. This special hackle was from my friends' chicken farm - Americana spp.
Sat. Bass Dance
be honest with you, I really don't care if I catch a big fish or a small fish... but sometime ,if the condition is right, I don't mind the surprise! Yesterday I was finally out and do my offical "Saturday bass" thing. Yeap, I always go out check the river on Sat. morning... short or long. But in order to remedy my intense schedule and officially celebrate the incoming summer. I decided to do a short visit..."at least a quick look" I told myself. The river was still murky, but I really don't care... because "catching" is just a tiny friction of the whole joyable fishing experience. The preparation of the hunt usually get me into higher excitement mode. The tie, the planning, the hot coffee in the dark, the drive and the birds in the early morning... all counts!
I dead drift the good ol' leech pattern, I use my sage XP 5wt because I want to practice my distance casting. I feel the bump of the gravel bar, the rock and the shape of the river bottom. I had a lot of bird singing with this peaceful rhythm. I felt great!
Then after a tiny bump, I hook into some creature... I felt heavy... really heavy. I though I hook into a turtle. (Yes, I did hook into a turtle before). The 5wt definitely try to bend all over (and bunce back) and do it best job not to break off the fish. she never jumped... but I am surprised how big and how fat she is. probably 5 lb spotted bass full of eggs. That really was a good surprise...see... I don't mind catch a good fish...
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
loop magazine
"If this did not get your adrenaline rush, you don't have any" Lani Waller said. That's right, that is my response when I saw loop army's photos. Very refreshing in it's own creative way! Tim Pask from Scanout has been shooting FF professionally and his image is truly free style. "A special eye". For photography, it's all about capturing the refreshing moment.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Little Olive - Children's Book
One of my good friend - Kirk a.k.a Itchy Dog is a professional illustrator. He made a series of children's book. It's about an adventure of the little olive - wooly bugger. Very impressive with the great art work and exciting story! I found this is not just good for kids, good for adults that willing to dream. It become one of my favorite coffee-table book now...see Link Little Olive is not only good for trout, it's my go to pattern for bass and sunfish.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Stress Releaser
To me, painting is the form of express my appreciation of the beauty I experienced. A bird singing in a beautiful morning, a fish with stunning color in my landing net. I like to work on those "beautiful experience" carefully, dedicated, and breath every sense of the art form. BUT, sometime I just want to paint... just want to get involved in something that not really relevant to my daily work. It could be a careful sketches, it could be a bold stroke with some pigments or just doodlings on recycle paper... I call them "stress releaser"... here is the one... A bull trout. Am I get stressed? not really... but I need some "stress releaser"...
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Jazz & Fly Fishing
Jazz and Fly Fishing trailer from Jazz and Fly Fishing on Vimeo.
"small glimpse of the magic" so true...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Sunday, March 08, 2009
more about Robert Bateman...
Robert Bateman Canadian environmental artist. I first noticed his art from a awesome book: the birds of heaven. Very talented with environmental justice man.
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Salmon Crisis
The news, just saw this from Midcurrent...
"Extinction is not an abstract thing," said Peter Moyle, speaking before hundreds of researchers at this week's Salmonid Restoration Conference, held at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.
The warning, which Moyle sounded for most of the state's 31 salmon, steelhead and trout species, comes as regulators consider closing the fishing season yet another year for the California chinook -- the state's foremost salmon fishery and a standard catch for local anglers and restaurants alike.
"This is a crisis," said Moyle, a UC Davis professor who led the research behind last year's grim California Trout report.
I just had a conversation with friends last night. The migratory animals, either birds of fish. Because they used multiple habitats to complete their life cycles, they have higher chance to conflict with human activities. For salmon and trout, their need of clean, cold water from pristine forest is also our need,unfortunately. Conservation issue is just as simple as our population issue...
"Extinction is not an abstract thing," said Peter Moyle, speaking before hundreds of researchers at this week's Salmonid Restoration Conference, held at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.
The warning, which Moyle sounded for most of the state's 31 salmon, steelhead and trout species, comes as regulators consider closing the fishing season yet another year for the California chinook -- the state's foremost salmon fishery and a standard catch for local anglers and restaurants alike.
"This is a crisis," said Moyle, a UC Davis professor who led the research behind last year's grim California Trout report.
I just had a conversation with friends last night. The migratory animals, either birds of fish. Because they used multiple habitats to complete their life cycles, they have higher chance to conflict with human activities. For salmon and trout, their need of clean, cold water from pristine forest is also our need,unfortunately. Conservation issue is just as simple as our population issue...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Sunday, March 01, 2009
dinning with friends! yummy
seafood curry, steaming egg mushroom, Japanese home style beef stew... potato pork mesh cake... it's just fabulous!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Steelhead_Striper
Either way works! Brian tied those great looking flies for me. I will try it for striper in this coming Spring! Awesome!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
true vivid life
Hannah Belford is proof that the spirit of the outdoors is grown from the earliest ages; here she is, five years old, with her first steelhead. Hannah spent years with her parents in this remote wilderness developing a passion for adventure, fishing, and living off the land. Wintering over many seasons, she ate lots of moose and bear, and now mandates, emphatically, that there's no more killing of these gorgeous fish.
Photo by Courtesy of Damdochax Lodge
News from Midcurrent.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Tim Borski
How cool is that!! A New T-Shirt from Tim Borski at Patagonia! I always love Tim's works! It's simple and powerful!So Inspiring... It remind me a lot of some indigenous art! Yeap! I am a big fan of art that were inspired from the mother nature!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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Monday, January 26, 2009
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Pebble Mine In Alaska
SAVE BRISTOL BAY
Original post from FELT SOUL MEDIA...http://feltsoulmedia.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/178/
...November 14, 2008, Ben and I stood before 500 people at the National Geographic Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to show Red Gold [what an honor]. On the very same day, just a block away from the theater in the Bureau of Land Management building, President’s Bush’s staff put out a Record of Decision for the Bristol Bay Area Management Plan. It opened nearly 2 million acres of federal land surrounding the Pebble Site to mining exploration. 2 million acres. So while citizens continue to battle development of the Pebble mine on Alaskan State land, we now face the worst – Pebble amidst a mining district in the heart of the world’s largest remaining sockeye salmon fishery. When the Obama administration comes into office, our leaders of change will have 30 days to reverse this decision.
State Land. Federal Land. To me, the land classifications are borders drawn for management purposes. But in reality Bristol Bay and its pristine waters, the abundant wild salmon runs, the life this watershed sustains are global resources we cannot replace. ... keep reading
The rhythm and images of Red Gold continues putting impacts in my head. I can not stop thinking and watching the movie over and over again. After receiving the DVD for less than 24 hours, I already watched it for 4 times. Every time I watched, the sorrow get deeper and I feel helpless. Although this is not the first time I involved myself in environmental issues. The sympathy and helpless feel just never worn away.
There are several thing I really don't understand. If we can not save this magnificent ecosystem in the 21 century in the US. What can we do for the tropical rain forest? If we keep picture this as a local issues, regional issues, and hand the decision to a few politician. What can we do for this planet? I am so confused...
Saturday, January 10, 2009
AWESOME! RED GOLD
This documentary film is just awesome! It's the one I have been waiting for in a long time. Great film! A lot of thoughts and scenes are boiling in my mind now... will need sometime to let them settle down...will write my review later...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Mojo Brown
"If I got spare time, I would just go sleep!" It pretty sum my life up currently... busiest period of my life, but fruitful... So... I got a headache in last few days... internet search told me that I need to "be relax" to soothe the pain, let the muscle and vessels "to relax". Instead of went sleep, I picked up paintbrushes and had some good time! I called this trout as Mojo_Brown. Not only it helped me to get rid of some unpleasant headache, but also this painting is for a mojo brother. :o)
Monday, January 05, 2009
Red Gold Movie
Order Now!http://feltsoulmedia.wordpress.com/ Felt Sole Media's products are guaranteed as always! You might want to check their blog and new movie!
Catch Magazine Interview in T.F.M
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If someone has photo or video content that they would like to submit to Catch Magazine for consideration, is there opportunity for them to do this? And how do you prefer submissions?
O’Keefe - We really made Catch Magazine just for this. We want any and everyone to feel comfortable sending in their photos. A half dozen low res jpegs sent to us via e-mail is a great way to start the ball in motion. People can contact Todd about video submissions. It is really fun opening our e-mails and seeing photos from around the world. Most people are still sending in images that are a little to “editorial” for us. We like art first, entertainment second. Catch Magazine is “The Journal of Fly Fishing Photography, Film and Video”. Our contributor’s should think about creative, original and tack sharp photography first.
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See more in depth interview (Chtch Magazine) in T.F.M Blog
If someone has photo or video content that they would like to submit to Catch Magazine for consideration, is there opportunity for them to do this? And how do you prefer submissions?
O’Keefe - We really made Catch Magazine just for this. We want any and everyone to feel comfortable sending in their photos. A half dozen low res jpegs sent to us via e-mail is a great way to start the ball in motion. People can contact Todd about video submissions. It is really fun opening our e-mails and seeing photos from around the world. Most people are still sending in images that are a little to “editorial” for us. We like art first, entertainment second. Catch Magazine is “The Journal of Fly Fishing Photography, Film and Video”. Our contributor’s should think about creative, original and tack sharp photography first.
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See more in depth interview (Chtch Magazine) in T.F.M Blog
RYAN PETERSON - THE BIG PULL
http://thebigpull.wordpress.com/
http://theflyshop.com/Mikes_Folder/kindofabigdeal.mov
Right click the link and download it to your computer. It's a good movie!
http://www.feltsoulmedia.com/EASTERN_RISES_TRAILER.mov
Right click the link and download it to your computer. It's a good movie too!
http://theflyshop.com/Mikes_Folder/kindofabigdeal.mov
Right click the link and download it to your computer. It's a good movie!
http://www.feltsoulmedia.com/EASTERN_RISES_TRAILER.mov
Right click the link and download it to your computer. It's a good movie too!
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Happy New Year! 2009
Happy New Year!! 2009
The coming 2009 should be very challenging! But you can see my ambition! I wish myself equipped with the persistence and endurance to take the challenge! : )
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