Just came back from the Denver Fly Show and I was amazed as always with the cornucopia of fly tiers in the house. There must have been 50 pro tiers with there vices cranking out cool stuff!
This could be very intimidating to me and perhaps you too but let me try and encourage you to tie something new! Copying someone else’s patterns are great but I would encourage you to adapt and try some new stuff. One thing I saw eat the show was some cool new materials and new ways to tie them. People are really pushing the envelope of what constitutes a “fly” it seems!
So get out your vice, dust it off and crank out a new bug or two then get out and get it wet. There is nothing quite as satisfying as catching a nice fish our you own stuff!
What is up in Baja with all the Monster Fish? I was just writting a post about Wesley Brough’s VERY nice Cubera this week and it just hit me right between the eyes! There have been SO many large, huge, ...
Discover Baja California back in 1949
Check out this 12 minute video of Baja WAY before there were any roads or airstrips or way to get down there save by boat. The film is circa 1949 or so and is quite ...
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