Archive for the ‘fishing’ Category
Something old is new again…
OK, some know that I created www.flyfishjefferson.com six or seven years ago. At the time I had a personal fishing website as well where I posted my own web log. Then and before that, I was a fan and member of smallstreams.com.
Smallstreams has had many faces, a few owners, and lots of changes over the years. Well, through fate, some luck and the fact that I didn’t want it to die, last year I ended up becoming the owner and re-creator of smallstreams.com… and have rebuilt it from the ground up as a community with the help of the old members and partnering with the guy who actually started it more than a decade ago. We have a team of writers, a community of small stream fanatics, and a robust site infrastructure now, so it’s game on for anyone who loves fishing small streams…
www.smallstreams.com
we are all small streams of information
As promised, The Church of the Wandering Stream
The Church of the Wandering Stream
(From Fishing Music II, by David A. Thompson, Woody Overtones Music, ASCAP)
Where do you go if you’ve lost all direction?
…and where do you go when you’re feeling alone?
I know a place that can bring you redemption.
It’s almost like heaven, but it feels like home.
It isn’t far if you know where you’re looking,
just head down the road and head out of town.
Fishing Music II
I’ve enjoyed the first fishing Music CD for years – since it came out in 2003, actually… and have been PATIENTLY waiting for the next one. Six Years… (OK, it’s about time, guys.) ANYWAY, it’s here, and on iTunes, to boot! Great job on another album, and thankfully, the sophomore CD doesn’t stink! LOL… Actually, it’s pretty good. Really good. OK, Great.
The second Fishing Music is a departure from the first – it feels more like you’re sitting around a campfire with some really talented folks who share the love of fishing the fly with you, and take turns singing – it’s a laid back, easy sound, and reminds me of another favorite album of mine – Rancho Relaxo from Troll for Trout.
As always, I have an immediate favorite song – The Church of the Wandering Stream. The lyrics for that will be posted here shortly. It embodies things I’ve tried poorly to express in my own writing about what fishing is and does for me… I posted that piece here as well, I call it “Ramblings of a Steelheader.”
This album is a terrific little personal departure for me – in my headphones, I am whisked away from this dry, brown, salmonid-free wasteland that I now live in, and am transported back to places I have lived and have found the most relaxing, fulfilling and closest to finding my God in his creation. One specific time comes to mind - my oldest son’s first “real” fly trip… There is a song that fits that here, as well. “Old Bamboo” is a poignant remembrance of a father through his son’s connection with his Dad’s bamboo rod… There’s always time to take one more cast…
Read the rest of this entry »
Another issue is up!
It’s time for another issue of the best online fly fishing magazine on the web!
Click the image, or go to http://www.thisisfly.com
The old Orvis Fly Fishing School tapes…
Found the videotape I used to use to teach the Orvis class on youtube as a playlist!
Hands down the coolest fly fishing magazine
…is on the web, and not in print. Period.
Bookmark it. Fish.
First Gulf Experience
I had my first gulf coast fly fishing experience this past weekend. I was the only fly fisher in the bunch… sort of. One of the other guys likes to vacation in Colorado and is a once a year fly fisher type. He came with a shiny new 8wt. Or at least one that doesn’t see much daylight. Our hosts were groovy – this trip was a fundraiser for a local Christian camp for disadvantaged kids. We pay the money, but it all goes to the camp, Read the rest of this entry »
Cool new e-flyfishing magazine
Had to post this… a cutting edge fly fishing magazine that is entirely online:
Wow. Cool.
It rarely gets better than this…
Ethan has been wanting to go fishing. For my birthday he picked out and gave me some really cool bass flies – foam frogs and a big chernobyl ant. He’s been wanting to try them out, but it’s been HOT. Read the rest of this entry »
Speaking of the life list…
I was thinking last night about the types of fish I have caught in this lifetime. It was a pretty cool list… here it is, in no particular order, Read the rest of this entry »
Add a species to the life list…
…but I have no idea what it is. The neat thing is I have caught another species of fish, and done it within a mile of my home. Read the rest of this entry »
Back to reality and a recharge via bamboo
It is so nice to be back home. The more I travel the more I realize that I like being home. My big kids are at church leadership camp this week, so the house is somewhat quiet. “The littles,” as we refer to the younger kids, are enjoying having the attention of both parents all to themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
Fly fishing?
Ok. It’s no secret. I enjoy fishing the fly – peche la mouche. When we moved to Texas, I had many friends lament that it would never be the same – I was leaving Mecca. True, Southern Oregon is an incredible place to fish, but one has to realize that it’s the endeavor – not the quarry – that I enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »
The best trip report… EVER
17 September 2002, Rogue River at Touvelle State Park
I went out to the little side channel of the Rogue at Touvelle yesterday morning. You know, the one many of us just trudge through to get to the “real” river and the nice riffle on the other side. Read the rest of this entry »
Small stillwaters…
There is a pond near my house… actually there are three of them. Each is less than five acres, and they are your standard suburban mud holes. They are on the county fairgrounds property, and are spring fed. They have the “leave the styrofoam and hook packages” beer and lawn chair crowds on weekends, Read the rest of this entry »
Ramblings of a steelheader
After a near sleepless night, the fisherman arrives at his beloved river in the frosty darkness that echoes nature’s recent changes from summer to fall. In the light, if there was any, he knows he’d see the leaves that were vibrantly green the week before now yellowed and hanging precariously Read the rest of this entry »
networking
