Saturday’s Shoutout / Jamie Rouse Podcast, and Hog Snare Streamer
This week we give a shout out to Orvis, for a great Podcast with fly fishing guide Jamie Rouse on winter trout fishing tactics. We then finish the shout out up with a fly fishing video and a fly tying streamer video.
Read More »Fly Fishing Photo Caption Contest – Gear Giveaway
Photo Caption Contest and Gear Giveaway: The holidays are over and the presents have all been opened. That’s no fun, so we decided to run a photo caption contest to continue the festivities. Come up with a “funny” caption for this photo and leave it as a comment on the post for a chance to win a great basket of fly fishing prizes.
Read More »Sunday Classic / The Need For Speed, Line Speed, That Is
Joel Dickey is one of the most dynamic casters I’ve ever seen. One of the hallmarks of his dominating casting style is truly awesome line speed. It enables him to shoot massive amounts of line and hit distant targets with accuracy, even in high wind. In this video he explains how you can build your line speed.
Read More »Saturday Shoutout / Brookies and Steelhead
At the risk of being self serving, I’m shouting out to an essay I put together for the good folks at Filson. They are putting some energy into beefing up the Filson Life Blog and it’s looking pretty good.
Check out Yellowhammers and Specks
On the other side of the continent, my good friend Jeff Hickman has put together a killer steelhead film with Todd Moen of Catch Magazine. It’s been selected for the 2013 Fly Fishing Film Tour.
Check out Fall Run
Read More »Camera Care in Saltwater
My cameras take a beating. On a trip to the Deschutes I dunked my Nikon D300s so badly that when I took the lens off, water poured out of the body. I was sure it was done but I pulled the battery out and set it in the sun and after a few hours it came back to life. The lens needed repair but the body seems fine.
I’m not recommending that you take your camera for a swim but good quality DSLRs like Nikons and Canons will take a lot of punishment. The one thing they can not take is salt water. I got away with a little dunk in the Deschutes but the salt spray and even the air in the Keys or the Bahamas can be deadly.
When I’m working around salt water I take great pains cleaning my gear.
Sunday’s Classic / Tying the Chronic Egg Pattern
Sometimes in fly tying it’s the little things that really make a difference in the quality of your finished fly patterns. When I first started fly tying I always hated the look of my egg patterns because I could always see my thread down the center of my finished eggs or they wouldn’t end up symetrical. They caught fish but they weren’t as pretty as the egg patterns in the fly shops and it used to drive me crazy. Since then I’ve adopted using a really cool fly tying tool called an Egg Yarn Dispenser . It allows me to tie my egg patterns super quick and I get true consistency from one fly to the next. Watch this quick fly tying video of me tying my chronic egg pattern. Hopefully you’ll pick up a couple tips to improve your own egg patterns.
Read More »Saturday Shoutout / Reds & SUPs, SCOF Winter Issue
This week’s Saturday shout out we give props to Vantage Point Media House for bringing us a sneak peak of their latest fly fishing project, Fly Nation Season 2, and a quick link and congrats to our homies at S.C.O.F for the completion of their 2013 winter issue.
Read More »The Results are in for the Gink and Gasoline 2012 Photo Contest
I can not stress enough how impressed I am by the quality of the entries in this years fly fishing photography contest.
I’m just blown away. Our judges had an unenviable task selecting from the 314 entries. I’m glad I don’t have to judge.
Now that the dust has settled I’m proud to announce the winners.
Read More »Gore-Tex Exstream Hat by Simms
Spring, Fall and Winter I have a close companion that travels with me at all times. It never leaves my truck unless I’m wearing it out in the field. I’ve grown to love it like a best friend. It never lets me down, it always has my back and I’ve yet to find a product on the market today that can outperform or substitute it. The Gore-Tex Exstream Hat by Simms is my companion, my pride and joy. Without question, it’s the best windproof and waterproof hat I’ve ever worn, and provides me with the extreme weather armor and comfort to tackle the nastiest conditions the outdoors can dish out. Simply put, the Simms Extream Gore-Tex Hat keeps me from yelling Uncle when everyone else on the water is packing it in and calling it a day. Wearing it, I noticeably am able to stay out on the water longer, and more time on the water means, I catch more fish. Its exceptional design and durable construction is sure to out last lots of my other fly fishing gear, and I now no longer find myself hesitant to step out into the elements, no matter how bad it looks out there. The Simms Extream Gore-Tex Hat provides me performance that I can count on, and I’m very happy to spread the word to all of our Gink & Gasoline followers. This is a piece of gear you need to purchase folks. It’s worth every penny I promise. I wouldn’t part with it if someone offered me a crisp $100 bill, and I genuinely mean that. Thank you Simms and Gore for partnering up and creating this exceptional extreme all-weather hat. It sure is nice having the water to myself, ha ha. For more information or where to purchase a companion … Continue reading
Read More »Stipe Takes on Gierach and R.E.M. Records Fly Fishing Album
WHEN MICHAEL STIPE, LEAD SINGER FOR THE BAND R.E.M., MADE A STRING OF APPEARANCES ON THE COLBERT REPORT AROUND THE HOLIDAYS I WAS SHOCKED BY HIS CURRENT PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.
To be sure, none of us are getting any younger and I applaud Stipe for embracing his graying hair and changing features, but there was more too it than that. There was something eerily familiar, almost comforting, about Stipe’s new look. He carried an air of wisdom that I’d never noticed before and he almost seemed…fishy.
I couldn’t shake the feeling that there was more going on here than meets the eye. Was this just the graceful aging of a pop star or was there something else going on? Was this nature, or craft? I had to get to the bottom of it.
Possibly the greatest perk of being part of Gink and Gasoline is being on the “Celebrity A List,” so I called Michael up for an interview. I was shocked at his candor. It turns out that, not only are my suspicions well founded, they are spot on.
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