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Showing posts with label fly fishing industry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fly fishing industry. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Echo Glass
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
NW Fly Tyer & Fly Fishing Show This Weekend
One of the biggest fly- fishing events in the Pacific Northwest. Learn from 194 tyers, casting clinics, fishing presentations and fun learning venue for kids .
Marty and I will be tending a booth for The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and giving a couple presentations. Please stop by and say hello.
9:00-10:30 - Steelhead Fishing the John Day River and other Oregon Rivers (classroom 3) sign up at the expo center
10:45 to 12:15 find out “Why Public Lands are Important for
Sportsmen" and what The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership is
doing to conserve these special places while working to protect access for
hunters and fisherman. - (Classroom 1)
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Portland Fly Fishing Film Tour
Costa Presents: Fly Fishing Film Tour. Saturday, February
8th, 2014 at the Aladdin Theater. Portland, Oregon
Costa Pre Party at the Royal Treatment Fly Shop
from 1-3pm, stop on by!
10:00 COSTto 3:00
Judging of our TTT contestFebruary 8th
Costa Pre-Party
Fly Fishing Film Tour!
10:00 to 3:00
Judging of our TTT contest
Friday, May 3, 2013
What's your Favorite Gear
This is some of my favorite gear over this last year and I would not want to do without any of it. Having success stream side we rely on well built quality equipment. I could do a post like this every week highlighting the stuff we use, abuse, and utilize to make our life easier, funner, and productive:
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| Farlex reel. Simply love it. |
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| ACR. Purely sweet! |
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| My wall tent and Durango cooker. Lost in the cold without them! |
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| Airflow lines, Sarcione Reel and Mia-photo by Brian Grossenbacher |
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| Simms Waders and Cold Weather shirt. Must have! |
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| Clacka Max, Idylwilde Flies and Harding and Sons cases hugely add to our success as a guide. We have so many more products that enhance our life on the river. Would you like to see more of the gadgets and gear we love? Let us know in the comments if you would like to see a weekly post like this or let us know what piece of equipment you just cant leave home without... |
Monday, April 29, 2013
ICE OUT Highlights
We traveled to Bozeman Montana for the Simms Guide event "ICE OUT" this last week.
Please enjoy some of our highlights:
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| Day 1: Straight to the water! Big Thanks to Nick, Alice, Whitey, Eric and Ty for getting at least 10 of us clueless travels organized enough to do a day float. Really fun day day of fishing! |
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| Day 2: Factory tour. To see the process of the best waders in the world being made by hand in the good ol' USA makes us proud be be a part of this team! |
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| After getting through with Product development sessions with Simms we snuck away to wet a line! |
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| Day 3: We played tourist and went to Yellowstone National Park. It was great. The wildlife is outstanding! |
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| Every corner had an amazing viewing opportunity. The fishing in the park was closed until May 25th but with all the great scenery and wildlife we hardly had the desire to wet a line. |
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| Day 4: Fishing with Alice, Mike and the dogs was great. We met a ton of fantastic people in Montana and sharing time on the water with some of the best folks in the world was truly amazing! Brian Silvey joined us this day on a small mountain stream. We all caught fish...but Brian caught a silly amount! He was in the zone. |
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| Day 4: Brian Grossenbacher captures the Guide Olympics. |
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| Cooler drag |
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| TJ Dawson goes for broke as Brian snaps away. No one ever takes photos of the photographer so I was trying to spy on Grossenbachers camera settings. |
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| Hank Patterson gives Camille casting advice (like she needs it) during the casting competition.She dang near took out all the guys with a second place finish... |
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| We vote for Clay Krull as Simms employee of the year! A outstanding human being, super fishy dude, and has one of the most skilled jobs you could imagine at Simms. He showed us big Brown trout, that eat mice on the surface, in an absolutely beautiful boat! You rule brother! |
Missing Montana already.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Trailer Trash Thursday
No this is about the trailer park next door but an opportunity to strut your stuff. This is a fly fishing film contest judged by the Royal Treatment Fly Fishing Show in West Linn, Oregon on February 7, 2013. Find out about the rules here. Sounds like trash talk'en fun!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
World Championships-Norway
The World Championships in Flycasting happened this weekend in Norway. In the 15 foot spey distance Travis Johnson took Gold in the mens division with an average cast of 177 feet and Long cast of 185 feet!
Congratulations!
RESULTS - SPEY DISTANCE 15'1''
MEN
1 Travis Johnson, USA
2 Eirik Hernes Larsen, Norway
3 Tommy Aarkvisla, Norway
4 Ruairi Costello, Ireland
5 James Chalmers, United Kingdom
6 Tellis Katsogiannos, Sweden
2 Eirik Hernes Larsen, Norway
3 Tommy Aarkvisla, Norway
4 Ruairi Costello, Ireland
5 James Chalmers, United Kingdom
6 Tellis Katsogiannos, Sweden
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| Travis in his usual training environment... Fishing. |
RESULTS - SPEY DISTANCE 15'1''
WOMEN
Anita Strand took first in the womens division with an average cast of 126 feet and a long cast 138 feet.
1 Anita Strand, Norway
2 Silja Longhurst, Denmark
3 Christine Josephsen, Norway
4 Donna O´Sullivan, USA
6 Karoline Olsen, Norway
Other noteworthy results:
Greatest caster ever, Steve Rajeff takes Gold in Trout Accuracy, Gold in Sea trout Distance, and Silver in Trout Distance.
Knut Syrstad takes 5th in the Spey Distance 18'
Eirik Hernes Larsen of Norway takes gold in the Spey Distance with a long cast of 192 feet.
See the full results for all events here. Distances is in Meters.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
New Salt Water Reel by Saracione
The reel features a large arbor spool with a large easy palming rim for added control, and a large counterbalanced handle knob. Each reel is labeled in the target line class specification as a designated model; #8, #10 and #12. Line specifications are listed in 20lb micron for the #8 and 30 lb micron for the #10 and #12 models. All components are made from aircraft quality 6061-T6 Aluminum Alloy are anodized with a beautiful corrosion resistant finish while all other components are polished stainless steel with a black Delrin handle knob for absolute durability.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Tips on Casting in the Wind with Tim Rajeff
When you go saltwater fishing more then likely you will end up casting in the wind, so why not be prepared for the conditions. A little advice; practice with the rod you will be casting, practice some more and watch this video by Tim Rajeff on tips to increase your line speed to cut through the wind.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Felt Soled Wading Boots
Snow likes felt too.
Since becoming a Steelhead angler, I've used felt sole wading boots, so when the move to eliminate felt soled boots happened, I kept using mine. The rivers we wade in the Pacific Northwest have big boulders, and slick rocks. Wading in a boot without felt can be very slippery and dangerous. My experience with rubber sole boots even with cleats, do not give the grip that a felt sole boot gives. As a angler that cares about rivers and fish it is our responsability to make sure invasive blooms are not spread, so if you choose to use felt, please clean your boots when going from river to river.
The ban on felt started in 2008, These actions came from increasing concerns that felt soles were providing a perfect home for transporting invasive species, specifically Didymo. Didymo is a freshwater microscopic diatom (a type of singled-celled algae with silica cell walls) garnering attention for its ability to form massive nuisance “blooms” that carpet stream beds, altering biological and physical conditions.
DIdymo
This bloom has been found in rivers and lakes in New Zealand, Montana, and throughout BC, "Didymo has not been officially confirmed by the EPA from any locations in the state of Oregon. Pest RIsk Assessment for Rock Snot in Oregon.
Simms will reintroduce felt-soled wading boots to our product line in Spring of 2012 on three of our boot styles: Guide, Freestone and Headwaters. This was not an easy decision for Simms.
In the past few years, Simm's have received a lot of feedback regarding felt from guides, consumers, and dealers. After additional follow-up and serious consideration, they made the decision to give anglers a choice. They have not backed off of their commitment to insist that all anglers follow clean angling practices: inspect, clean and dry, and all of our boots continue to have CleanStream™ designs to minimize seams & hidden crevices and utilize materials with minimal water absorption, which help make the boots easier to clean and dry. While many states and provinces continue to legislate felt bans, many consumers and dealers feel felt is still their best tread option.
Below are way's to prevent the spread of Didymo and other invasive blooms.
Soak and scrub all items for at least one minute in the following solution.
Hot Water at (60 C)
a 5% solution of salt (2 cups and water added to make 10 liters)
a 5% solution of antiseptic hand cleaner
a 5% soution of dishwatching soap
a 2% solution of bleach (200ml and water added to make 10 liters)
Monday, February 7, 2011
Friday, April 24, 2009
More Spey-O-Rama Photos Part 3
Rauri making a few casts.
Preparing lines.
Tegan entertaining the Scottish Boys.
The Club House.
Here is a favorite of mine, Sunday morning Knut Syrstad practising.
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