Getting Carpy
I went carping on Sunday with a good buddy of mine Robin....We hit the lats hard, played tag with the sun and eventually got into some fish....A good day on the water and a great video of the entire...
View ArticleSF FUGLY PACKER
The one...the only...the king of hair packers...this is a deer hair packer of my design...It has been over a year in the making...many prototypes...many machinists...the struggle to find a metal smith...
View ArticleDPC
The Ditch Pickle Classic....what a great event...catch/photo/release, fly fish only bass fishing at it's finest...My team...The Chronic Basstabators....we rocked it out..Brian Price and his new bass...
View ArticlePersonal Best
I had the pleasure of fishing with my brother and step dad this last weekend. We planned a little smallie float down a great little river in Western NY. Everyone got on fish....all in all about 40 fish...
View ArticleNew Flies on the store
The Emerald General is now up and ready for action. This is a great imitation of an Emerald Shiner...The profile when wet is perfect...The smallies stand no chance...This is the SF Sand Eel....This fly...
View ArticleIt's been a bit
I have to admit...as of late I have had trouble keeping on on posts...I've been tying so many orders that I have not had much time to get out and chase fish...My last couple of outings were terrible...
View ArticleBig Daddy Craw
Here's a new crayfish design that I've been playing with...."Big Daddy Craw"....still trying to nail down all of the color combos...so far...Black and BlueDirty OrangeDirty OliveMottled TanI'm pretty...
View ArticleA little Love
Today....I spent the day on foot scouring my stream to find some life....finally..I was paid back a little love from the River Gods....A few smallies....a few fall fish....no monsters...but success...
View ArticleBig Daddy Craw
Now available on the store...Big Daddy CrawSize...2/0Colors....Dirty Orange, Dirty Tan, Black and BlueWhen realism counts...
View ArticleStreamers
A nice streamer order heading out the door to a good friend of mine..Brian Carson from the famed Clear Cure Goo....he'll be chucking these in the salt next month hoping for a few fish pushing 100 lbs...
View ArticleMallard Display Fly
I was contacted about making a Mallard Duck display fly recently...so to the lab I went...
View ArticleSmallies
A little smallie float from the weekend...a bit of a disappointment...we floated a piece of water that turned out to be 50% mud and slop....not a rock formation to be found...hence...no bass...a little...
View ArticleThe trip of the season
My buddy Marc and I do some steelhead fishing together during our long upstate NY winters. We've been chit chatting back and forth all summer about getting together for a warm water trip. So yesterday...
View ArticleCustom made Wooden Pens
My brother Chris is one of the finest wood workers that I know. He makes turning wood on a lathe look easy...His creations range from wooden cups, to bowls, necklaces and even cut out portraits of your...
View ArticleAnother Great Float
We had another terrific day on the river today. Smallies all over, some big...some small....gobbling up streamers like nobody's business. No walleye, but a good collection of Fallfish, Bronze Backs and...
View ArticleA Gift from a fellow tyer
James Durbin....what can I say..the makes really nice really big flies that catch really big fish....This was a recent surprise package I received in the mail from the man himself...Check him out...if...
View ArticlePolar Minnows
Now available...www.rusuperfly.comSwing them to Steelhead, strip them in to bass, chuck them out in the salt....these will do it all...synthetic material, 1/0...3 inches...or 2/0....4 inches....4...
View ArticleBirds
These were from a recent special order for a customer in VT...to see more birds check out the recent post on www.thefiberglassmanifesto.com
View Article1st of the season
This was from yesterday...the first trip of the season to NY Salmon River....it's a zoo up there..but the salom are non-stop running....good times despite the crowds...My buddy Steven was able to land...
View ArticleHats
The all new Super Fly bald head protectors and make you look cooler hats are in....go to www.rusuperfly.com to get yours...A huge thanks to Colleen Schaffer from Bodacious Embroidering for putting...
View ArticleThe Stacked Deer Hair Diver
Well...you asked for it....here it is..In my opinion the most comprehensive deer hair stacking technique video on the market today. Watch me step by step as I explain everything I do to put deer hair...
View ArticleSalmon with my Dad
Spending time with family is always a great time...spending that time chasing big fish in a river is even better...Last weekend I got to spend the day with my Dad chucking fluff to salmon...Some epic...
View ArticleBirthday Salmon
I took my step dad Phil to the Salmon River this weekend for his birthday...This was his first trip to the river so I decided to head to the lower end of the river...I knew the crowds would be...
View ArticleMy aplogies
I have to apologize to the people that read my ramblings and look forward to seeing my flies and posts...I have not been active on here..I am alive and well, just plain out of time...I took a huge step...
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