The Staxx Brothers
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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Monday, July 13, 2009
On sale August 7th,
Dry Fly Distilling's whiskey, if you have a well connected bud in the state of Washington.
They've already produced a fine gin and vodka based upon written reviews. The bottle in the middles goes on sale August 7th in VERY limited quantities. Below are the geniuses behing this craft distillery. A fine bit of marketing science these gentlemen have unearthed. What Minion wouldn't lust after a fine craft distilled whiskey from Washington with a dry fly on the bottle?
Can you say panache?
Fly Fishing in Fenway
Fishing in the same small waters near Roscoe as the venerable Theodore Gordon, Herman Christian, Roy Steenrod, Reuben Cross, George LaBranche, Lee Wulff, Edward Hewitt, Art Flick, Winnie and Walt Dette and Elsie and Harry Darbee brings one a certain level of introspection.
Honey, just give me a few minutes to fish while we're in town. Just one fish so I can cross this one off my list. Oh, and could you bring the camera? Perhaps a little boastful, or is it just well founded confidence. Ten casts into seriously fishy run and I'm drawing a blank. Am I worthy? This sure looks like a straightforward stretch. Maybe I just don't have the right nymph on? Ooh, one just took a swipe at my strike indicator! Maybe I should put on a dry fly. But what fly, and on top of that, nothing is rising. Should I keep going with the pheasant tail? Was that a hit or just the bottom. Nope, that was a hit. Yep, I'm worthy!
All those great anglers wouldn't have fished here if there were no fish. Nor would they have fished here had the fish been impossibly difficult to fool. Angling for the most difficult fish is a modern affectation. Back in the day they all fished where the catching was good. The catching here is good.
Not huge, but fun. You could learn to fly fish here. There are enough willing fish to give just enough positive reinforcement to keep you pulling the slot machine handle. The Beaverkill's payoffs are not large enough to be life changing, or maybe they are?
Honey, just give me a few minutes to fish while we're in town. Just one fish so I can cross this one off my list. Oh, and could you bring the camera? Perhaps a little boastful, or is it just well founded confidence. Ten casts into seriously fishy run and I'm drawing a blank. Am I worthy? This sure looks like a straightforward stretch. Maybe I just don't have the right nymph on? Ooh, one just took a swipe at my strike indicator! Maybe I should put on a dry fly. But what fly, and on top of that, nothing is rising. Should I keep going with the pheasant tail? Was that a hit or just the bottom. Nope, that was a hit. Yep, I'm worthy!
All those great anglers wouldn't have fished here if there were no fish. Nor would they have fished here had the fish been impossibly difficult to fool. Angling for the most difficult fish is a modern affectation. Back in the day they all fished where the catching was good. The catching here is good.Not huge, but fun. You could learn to fly fish here. There are enough willing fish to give just enough positive reinforcement to keep you pulling the slot machine handle. The Beaverkill's payoffs are not large enough to be life changing, or maybe they are?
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Aha, this is how Baconaise was invented...
it's what happens when bacon and mayonaise meet in the octagon for a no holds barred deathmatch. Clearly it was a draw and we all won!
Finally, a post on the Cape
Captain Jeff Smith of Finaddiction Charters holding one of 2 bluefish that fell for the sand eel fly. Now I know you all frown upon bluefish, but they are quite a bit of fun to fight on the flyrod. Also managed to fool one striper with the old eel.
As you can see from the Gorton's Fisherman raingear, it wasn't all that pleasant out on the 2nd. Between the rain and trying not to fall out of the boat, this is the only fishy picture Nori was able to manage. Within an hour of our arrival back in Wellfleet, a doosey of a thunderstorm rocked the area. Power out, thunder shaking the house, the whole nine yards. We had heard that an unfortunate fisherman had been struck by lightning and killed the previous day in the Orleans area. We wanted no part of that.
Jeff clearly had his sealegs on while I contrastingly most definitely did not. He seemed not to understand why I couldn't immediately scramble into the front of the boat to fire off a shot at the commotion of birds and fish on the surface while we coasted in. It was however a very enjoyable day. About 10 stripers landed on a combination of stickbaits and pencil poppers along with as many as 30 bluefish. Everyone got wet, but no one fell in or out of the boat. Thanks Jeff!
Oh, and sorry about losing so many of your lures to the bluefish and the prop. I'll try to hook you up with some flies this fall if you're up for some WB angling.
Maybe I'll get the opportunity to try to throw you over the side of the driftboat too.
Until then...
Thursday, July 9, 2009
WB Conditions
The WB is at a lovely floatable level with great hatches of sulphurs and with intermittent chaills and Isos
Minions, this may be the last chance for a good float till the fall...
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Numero VI @ Catch Magazine...
Catch Magazine #6 out July 1st.
More lovely photos of places I'm not at!
http://www.catchmagazine.net/
More lovely photos of places I'm not at!http://www.catchmagazine.net/
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Cape Cod!
Here's a pic. of Dr. Dick with a sweet bass caught off the Cape on the 26th.
I'm lookin' forward to more of the same.
Post to follow!
I'm lookin' forward to more of the same.Post to follow!
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