on a bacon awesomeness wedding cake!
Good luck and best wishes for a loving and long marriage, you crazy kids!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Big Day!
Hoping to see this as the cake topper...
on a bacon awesomeness wedding cake!
Good luck and best wishes for a loving and long marriage, you crazy kids!
on a bacon awesomeness wedding cake! Good luck and best wishes for a loving and long marriage, you crazy kids!
Upcoming "Minion Approved" Holiday
September 5th, 2009 is International Bacon Day!
I got so excited I forgot to post the Friday Bacon on Friday.
To help put you in the proper frame of mind, I humbly submit the following: 
To help put you in the proper frame of mind, I humbly submit the following:
Would you drive off a cliff to get to the bacon?
Would you slather yourself in the wholesome goodness that is bacon in order to attract like minded members of the opposite sex?
Do you adorn yourself with iconic images of our strange cult to better identify yourself to other members?
If you even thought, hmmm, maybe?, you too are a hopeless, twisted bacon clown.
Revel in it!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Reel Eye Candy
Custom reels to drool over.
A new Paradigm.
Ari Hart them.
Prosek's Abel.
America's Cup Abel.
Logan Reels, bet you haven't seen this one.
Hatch Reels engraved masterpieces.
A tie dyed Ross.
A new Paradigm.
Ari Hart them.
Prosek's Abel.
America's Cup Abel.
Logan Reels, bet you haven't seen this one.
Hatch Reels engraved masterpieces.
A tie dyed Ross.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Donny is selling his Yampa Holdings
This is the guy you need to talk to; Realtor Brian Smith
514-acre prime angling spot lists for $28M
Ranch on the Yampa River is part of private river club
By Tom Ross
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Courtesy of: steamboatpilot
Two miles of river wind through hay meadows and along rock outcroppings at Yampa Tailwaters Preserve, which is listed for sale at $28 million.
Steamboat Springs — One of the best angling spots on the Yampa River is back on the market for $28 million — and just 22 months after it sold for $19.4 million.
Realtor Brian Smith, of Hall & Hall, has co-listed the Yampa Tailwaters Preserve 514-acre ranch with Randall Hannaway, of Colorado Group Realty. The listing is on behalf of Alpine River Club and investors in a private fishing operation. The property straddles the Yampa River where it pours out of the Catamount Dam, about seven miles south of Steamboat Springs.
The ranch formerly was known as the Norton “Gonk” Jacobs/More Family Ranch.
“There’s just nothing else on the market (in the Mountain West) like this,” Smith said.
The combination of proximity to airports and a developed ski resort, while still offering a secluded private trophy trout stream 10 minutes from the ski gondola, makes Tailwaters Preserve unique, Smith said.
Ironically, it’s the dam that allows that two-mile stretch of the Yampa upstream from the Colorado Highway 131 bridge to grow trophy rainbow trout. The term ‘tailwater’ is applied to a stream flowing out of a dam. The result is, the water temperature stays relatively consistent year-round, allowing the cold-blooded fish to feed throughout the winter and allowing fly fishers to pursue them with dry flies, even in the depths of winter.
The year-round angling is what attracted Alpine River Club operator Donny Beaver. Among the investors are Hank Wilton, who is the principal in the proposed 360 Village development west of Steamboat and has other development interests in Steamboat.
Hannaway, who has worked with Wilton on other developments, said about half of the buying group is people interested in the fishing and half is people interested in a joint venture to bring about light development on the site.
“The plan was never for a long-term hold,” Hannaway said. “The premise is clearly for a legacy property. The climate isn’t ideal for any development in and around Steamboat, or anywhere in the country for that matter.”
Also taking an equity stake in the project were brothers Jarett and John Duty, of Bucking Rainbow Outfitters, an Orvis-affiliated fly shop in Steamboat.
Alpine River Club was established in Vail in 2007. It is an adjunct to the established Spring Ridge Club near College Station, Pa.
The business model for the current owners is not to develop real estate but to sell fishing memberships allowing members access to a variety of exclusive trout-fishing waters, a representative said in March 2008. The initial fee is $85,000, and annual dues were set at $7,700 in March 2008. The majority of the members also hired fishing guides to accompany them on outings.
Smith said the current owners think they can tie up more miles of trout stream on behalf of their members by selling Tailwaters Preserve and using the proceeds to acquire less expensive properties.
“They had a lot of equity in one property, and selling it would allow them to acquire other properties for their portfolio,” he said.
John Duty said fishing guides affiliated with his shop actively have been taking clients to Tailwaters Preserve this summer, and the ownership group is testing the market. He said he and his brother largely are spectators when it comes to the sale process.
Smith said the $8.6 million gap between the 2007 selling price and the current asking price can be explained in part by the fact the current owners had the property under contract, after a couple of extensions, for two years at a time when Routt County property values soared. The property previously had been under contract once and fallen out before the Alpine River Club group tied it up.
“I think it was a pretty good value for a property that is both unique and very appealing,” Smith said.
Comparables are difficult to find, he said, but he points to the July 2008 sale of 27.3 acres along the Frying Pan River near Basalt for $12 million (almost $439,000 per acre). Like the Yampa River listing, the one-mile of the Frying Pan within the property is a tailwater flowing out of Ruedi Reservoir and has large populations of trout.
Smith said he showed the property twice in July and has a showing scheduled this week.
He doesn’t expect that the likely buyer will be a real estate developer.
“It’s all about fishing. The speculators and developers are pretty absent from the market right now,” he said. “They’re occupied with marketing what they already have.”
Instead, the buyers are likely to be avid fishermen who value the undisturbed nature of the property, he said. They might build a few secluded houses, he guessed, but wouldn’t be likely to be developers seeking to maximize the development potential.
This is the stuff you find when you search the interwebs for "fly fishing PA 2009"
514-acre prime angling spot lists for $28MRanch on the Yampa River is part of private river club
By Tom Ross
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Courtesy of: steamboatpilot
Two miles of river wind through hay meadows and along rock outcroppings at Yampa Tailwaters Preserve, which is listed for sale at $28 million.
Steamboat Springs — One of the best angling spots on the Yampa River is back on the market for $28 million — and just 22 months after it sold for $19.4 million.
Realtor Brian Smith, of Hall & Hall, has co-listed the Yampa Tailwaters Preserve 514-acre ranch with Randall Hannaway, of Colorado Group Realty. The listing is on behalf of Alpine River Club and investors in a private fishing operation. The property straddles the Yampa River where it pours out of the Catamount Dam, about seven miles south of Steamboat Springs.
The ranch formerly was known as the Norton “Gonk” Jacobs/More Family Ranch.
“There’s just nothing else on the market (in the Mountain West) like this,” Smith said.
The combination of proximity to airports and a developed ski resort, while still offering a secluded private trophy trout stream 10 minutes from the ski gondola, makes Tailwaters Preserve unique, Smith said.
Ironically, it’s the dam that allows that two-mile stretch of the Yampa upstream from the Colorado Highway 131 bridge to grow trophy rainbow trout. The term ‘tailwater’ is applied to a stream flowing out of a dam. The result is, the water temperature stays relatively consistent year-round, allowing the cold-blooded fish to feed throughout the winter and allowing fly fishers to pursue them with dry flies, even in the depths of winter.
The year-round angling is what attracted Alpine River Club operator Donny Beaver. Among the investors are Hank Wilton, who is the principal in the proposed 360 Village development west of Steamboat and has other development interests in Steamboat.
Hannaway, who has worked with Wilton on other developments, said about half of the buying group is people interested in the fishing and half is people interested in a joint venture to bring about light development on the site.
“The plan was never for a long-term hold,” Hannaway said. “The premise is clearly for a legacy property. The climate isn’t ideal for any development in and around Steamboat, or anywhere in the country for that matter.”
Also taking an equity stake in the project were brothers Jarett and John Duty, of Bucking Rainbow Outfitters, an Orvis-affiliated fly shop in Steamboat.
Alpine River Club was established in Vail in 2007. It is an adjunct to the established Spring Ridge Club near College Station, Pa.
The business model for the current owners is not to develop real estate but to sell fishing memberships allowing members access to a variety of exclusive trout-fishing waters, a representative said in March 2008. The initial fee is $85,000, and annual dues were set at $7,700 in March 2008. The majority of the members also hired fishing guides to accompany them on outings.
Smith said the current owners think they can tie up more miles of trout stream on behalf of their members by selling Tailwaters Preserve and using the proceeds to acquire less expensive properties.
“They had a lot of equity in one property, and selling it would allow them to acquire other properties for their portfolio,” he said.
John Duty said fishing guides affiliated with his shop actively have been taking clients to Tailwaters Preserve this summer, and the ownership group is testing the market. He said he and his brother largely are spectators when it comes to the sale process.
Smith said the $8.6 million gap between the 2007 selling price and the current asking price can be explained in part by the fact the current owners had the property under contract, after a couple of extensions, for two years at a time when Routt County property values soared. The property previously had been under contract once and fallen out before the Alpine River Club group tied it up.
“I think it was a pretty good value for a property that is both unique and very appealing,” Smith said.
Comparables are difficult to find, he said, but he points to the July 2008 sale of 27.3 acres along the Frying Pan River near Basalt for $12 million (almost $439,000 per acre). Like the Yampa River listing, the one-mile of the Frying Pan within the property is a tailwater flowing out of Ruedi Reservoir and has large populations of trout.
Smith said he showed the property twice in July and has a showing scheduled this week.
He doesn’t expect that the likely buyer will be a real estate developer.
“It’s all about fishing. The speculators and developers are pretty absent from the market right now,” he said. “They’re occupied with marketing what they already have.”
Instead, the buyers are likely to be avid fishermen who value the undisturbed nature of the property, he said. They might build a few secluded houses, he guessed, but wouldn’t be likely to be developers seeking to maximize the development potential.
This is the stuff you find when you search the interwebs for "fly fishing PA 2009"
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Trouts 1, Obama 0
President Obama throws a loop.
The Comander In Chief celebrates a hook up?
POTUS's flayfishing entourage.
Looks like our Chief Executive has Minions as well. I'll bet those guys can lay down a mean slap and tickle!
Photos courtesy of The Baltimore Sun.
The Comander In Chief celebrates a hook up?
POTUS's flayfishing entourage.Looks like our Chief Executive has Minions as well. I'll bet those guys can lay down a mean slap and tickle!
Photos courtesy of The Baltimore Sun."The Obama visit was billed by the White House as a private visit, and sure enough there was no photo ops,(looks like there were in fact a few photo ops.), or meetings with Yellowstone visitors. Obama spent Friday afternoon fly-fishing at O'Dell Creek (over by Ennis) with press secretary Robert Gibbs and White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina, a Montana native. The president came up empty after a few strikes, but Gibbs and Messina both landed two rainbow trout. By contrast, First Lady Michelle Obama and the Obama's two daughters chose to raft down a secluded river in the area." Yellowstone Insider
Try the WB next time Mr. President. We'll be happy to see you and get you into some monster browns.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Minion Associate shames us!
Tastefully submitted by a proud Minion Associate from the Southeast...
Random oldtimey beer advert. There once was truth in advertising.
A tasteful sticker for affixing to your stuffs.
A fantastical recipe for samich goodness.
A local license plate I have somehow missed.
There really is a pot of "gold" at the end of the rainbow...
Random oldtimey beer advert. There once was truth in advertising.
A tasteful sticker for affixing to your stuffs.
A fantastical recipe for samich goodness.
A local license plate I have somehow missed.
There really is a pot of "gold" at the end of the rainbow...Minions, I am most disappointed in your 99 pound weakling contributions to Friday Bacon.
Man up gentlemen!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Friday Bacon :-(
Not all is happy and well in Baconland, will explain in person this weekend. Back to the goods.
The Japanese Bacon Lovers have apparently one upped us in this weekend.
Wouldn't you like to get your hands on one of these?
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Dudes puttin' it down!
These two guys were putting the smack down on YOUR trouts on the 28th.
Where were you?
Someone needs to apply the old "slap & tickle."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt5Hh-z5Kas
And for a quick tutorial on the right fly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWhdcn1PZxo
Enjoy, enjoy, the great Pennsylvania trouts in all their glory.
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