I was recently invited to shoot a few tying videos with the people from Ahrex Hooks. What a great honor and opportunity. We did four patterns in total which will be published on YouTube. The first one to be released debuted earlier today, and I'm really excited about the resulting video. Check it out on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_0MQGeOViQ
Memorial Day weekend is always an exciting time of the fishing year. Prime bug time and a three day weekend always feels like opportunity with the hardest part being deciding where to fish. This Memorial Day weekend took an abrupt right hand turn with a forecast of rain all day, every day. There won't be a weekend in a tent, fishing those mountain streams that I love so much. Plan B says to work on my "to do list" which includes working out some new material offerings and building inventory of some things. The dubbing mixer has blended up some goodness and a few new turkey biot colors taking a swim in the dye pot. A new Wild Turkey biot in Rusty Spinner, and white turkey biots dyed for the big Cornuta Olives. I prefer goose biots for flies up to size #14, and make the switch to turkey for tying the bigger bugs. Not a bad Plan B at all. Look for these to show under "Signature Materials" once they dry and get bagged up. Till then ...
If you are reading this post, you might want to click the "SHOP" button and see what happens. I've been busy. Lots of work, a little fishing when time permits, a little tying to fill my personal fly boxes and a lot of cooking in the kitchen. A man has to eat, but there's been more on the stove than nutrition over the past year. Lots of feathers, fur and hair swimming in the dye pots, dubbing fur in the blender, and stuffing bags with lots of things to wrap around hooks. This has been a huge leap of faith for me, with a very healthy dose of fear. Fear of departing this life with more feathers and fur than you might imagine, or the fear of struggling to keep up if tyers like what I'm doing. While I'm still working a fulltime gig, I'm choosing to go slow, upload products as time permits, and being anxious to roll toward a new chapter in my life. Check out the new candy store. Let me know what you think. It will be fun they said. Till then ...
