Field testing

Casey shot some video with his waterproof camera. Looks juicy to me?

Some winter ammo

Gotta replace your divots as you lose em.

Chrome Weekends

My weekdays are usually filled with daydreams about steelhead. There just aren't many things as sweet as bright steelhead on the swung fly.

This hen absolutely crushed my bug. There were a bunch of sea lice on her belly.

I'm not sure they come brighter.

This buck was a toad. Not super long(32), but it had the deep body of a springer.

Olive and Orange

Sick tie from my brother. You can't buy this kind of movement from your fly shop.

Another winter bug

I lost a few bugs while getting skunked yesterday. Back to the vise.

I eliminated the artic fox in the back and replaced with ice dubbin. Also used a red and black blend at the head. We will see how it swims.

Pic was taken with my blackberry, so its a little fuzzy......

The cream for the clear

With clear conditions on the way, I've tied up a few bugs with softer tones.

I went on a bender

Last weekend, every river in Oregon was out of shape, and I sat at home grumpy as ever. Not only was I free on Saturday, but I had Monday off of work with no place to swing my flies. Things dried out and I took a personal day on Friday to start off my 48 hours Friday/Saturday steelhead bender.

After 2 straight days of being up before 4am, 12 hours of driving, multiple sore body parts, and a few steelhead to show, my 48 hour quest for steelhead is done..........for now.

34 in hatchery buck destined for the smoker.