Jan 31 Snowpack

Yes, we are having a real winter here in the midwest this year.

Some softhackles

getting some winter tying done.

Copper butt & chartreuse butt softhackles.

Tonight is a good night.

First Trout of 2009 (in Arizona though)

Added a vacation day to my trip last week to the Bamboo Project workshop in AZ. As usual, this post is not in order or in a particular time based sense, but I got around to it today.
Arrived in Page AZ a little after mid day Friday. Looking out across the tarmac at some real geography.



Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore.



Yes, I did catch a trout.





First trout of 2009, on the egg fly dropper off of a weighted cactus bugger.



Full moon rise over the marble canyon



More scenery on Sunday afternoon.

gettin the boat

dawn. Lee's Ferry Angler.

marble canyon lodge

Nice view

16 seater

to Page from phx.

5:22 am

off to ORD

been doing some tying...

Maybe I'm going fishing this weekend ...

Happy New Year

from Ted Williams blog at FFR

"American Museum of Fly Fishing Apparently Run by Morons "

"Just heard from an unimpeachable source that the American Museum of Fly Fishing is going to make none other than VP Dick Cheney--the Anti-Christ of trout and all things wild--the guest of honor at its spring meeting. I had thought that this outfit had a modicum of common sense. Obviously, I was mistaken. Hey, American Museum of Fly Fishing: Get a life! Wake up! Smell the coffee! Where you been these last eight years?

Best,
Ted"