March 2nd a great day of steelhead fishing today with Terry L. We had a very nice mixture of chrome and winter fish. Had a second to snap a fin picture from one of our adult fish today. Spring steelhead fishing is really picking up and had some cancellations open up the calendar, feel free to contact me for open dates.
Feb 28th Picture of the Day is Something Different.
Have always liked the chase different stuff with the fly, yesterday marked the first day of the spring time northern hunt. As ice out occurs many different species will come into the shallow waters. Northerns are one of those species. Yesterday marked the first test day of spring type fishing.
Feb 23rd POD was shot this week. As Erik Rambo does his thing with the Audio and Video on our latest project. More coming soon.
Had a great email back and forth session with Simon today, check out one of his videos. Working on getting this type of footage and working on getting this good in the editing room. Thanks for sharing Simon! Nice work!
Sipping Dry trailer from Sharptail Media on Vimeo.
Feb 13th Picture of the Day
An unidentified clinging mayfly. More than likely a cahill or sulphur. Did a little macro work on a small creek near the house. Just needed to get out and stretch the legs. Click on picture to make it bigger.
look close you can see more tails
Going to try and do this more often. Publish pictures from the days on the water.
Feb 9th 2012 was a bright blue bird sunny day, and hunting any type of wildlife or fish was a little more difficult. Did have two red-shoulder hawks flying near by but just out of 400mm. But here is a pic using the bright sun as a back drop on a silver rainbow trout’s tail fin.
I would say about 10 years ago a good friend and fellow fly-fishing guide at the time Fred Stueber showed me my first clown egg. He also showed me a popular way how to tie an egg, popular that is out west, and the rag style clown has been a staple in my fly box since.
Just finished a how to tie video for the Hawkins site and thought I would also post it here, as it is one of my KISS Flies (Keep It Simple Stupid).
Had a blast making this one. Both on the river and in the editing room
Steelhead versus streamer from Mangled Fly Media on Vimeo.
Hope you enjoy.
One of the things that kinda bugs me about the new reviews that come out this time of year , are the listing of items at are “new”, and they write a review about them. Stating how cool they are, how well they work, and how they changed the game. Really how do they know? 2012 has not even happened yet. So what I wanted to do, is talk a couple items that changed the way I took photo’s, video’s, and fished in 2011. The products that made the cut, and I’ll use again in 2012. While this was a spur of the moment post. Come back to it, I might add a couple things.
GoPro Camera
By far the most fun I had in 2011 with “new stuff” was with my GoPro. These little camera are amazing. And now with the new GoPro2 coming out. Some of the little problems that the GoPro has, (the fact you need to carry directions with you at all times) will be resolved. Durability, light weight, 1080 video, size, and creative angles. Are what make the GoPro one of my favorite toys.
Suction Cup Mount
One of the best toys from 2011 was the GoPro, but one of the best accessories that I purchased was the Suction Cup Mount, that is found on the Motor Sports Edition. Their are endless applications to this mount. And what was best about this accessory is that it really did stick. The large suction cup was powerful enough to support the GoPro and you believed in it’s holding power. Nobody wants to lose their GoPro.
Extreme Skagit Head
While this product did not make it into my hands until the end of the year. It did change the way that I could teach new and experienced anglers how to fish. SA listened to the guides and reps and came out with an Intermediate line that was extremely fishy, and gave anglers new to the art of spey casting the ability to make the cast needed to catch fish. Go to SA for more details. But this line in two months in the fall was the cat’s meow of swing lines, and will continue to be a go to favorite in the boat.
Grand Traverse Bay Smallmouth Bass