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Comets...
Comets… This old-as-dirt pattern still catches fish. No bull. I fish these flies big and small. Slim tinsel bodies and thick chenille bodies. Long thick tails and short sparse ones too. These fli… more →
Fishing With Jay
Comets...
fishingwithjay wrote 5 days ago: Comets… This old-as-dirt pattern still catches fish. No bull. I fish these flies big and small. S … more →
It might have been September, 2003….……
fishingwithjay wrote 5 days ago: Really…. Bill and I were anchored together on the Lower rogue, alone, one drizzly afternoon. … more →
Journal Entry: Elk River November 23-24, 2009
fishingwithjay wrote 6 days ago: Journal Entry – Elk River November 23 & 24, 2009 Two fascinating days on the Elk. Anticipation, … more →
Welcome to the Golden Arches of…..
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fishingwithjay wrote 1 week ago: Harbor seals. I was reading an article in Fly Rod & Reel about steelhead fishing in BC’s Queen C … more →
Love my Nor-Vise...
fishingwithjay wrote 1 week ago: I started tying flies somewhere around 1962 or 63. Somewhere in there. My first vise was, most nat … more →
November 25 2008 - Great Grab
fishingwithjay wrote 2 weeks ago: Six days fly fishing for kings in the last two weeks. Six days dawn-to-dark on the water. Most wer … more →
Flies: Baby Boss
fishingwithjay wrote 2 weeks ago: Here’s a little fly that has saved my day several times this season. Tie it on a Gamakatsu C1 … more →
Rivers of A Lost Coast.....
fishingwithjay wrote 2 weeks ago: I viewed an advance copy of this film.. I watched it again and again and …. I cried. I was f … more →
October 30 2009 - Great Grab
fishingwithjay wrote 2 weeks ago: I remember several king salmon eating my spinner within two feet of the water’s edge on the sa … more →
November 30 2007 - Great Grab
fishingwithjay wrote 2 weeks ago: Ed called at about 7 AM. His voice was low. “Shouldn’t we go get the Pram?” he s … more →
September 2004 - Great Grab
fishingwithjay wrote 2 weeks ago: Rogue River king salmon are amazing creatures. Relatively tolerant of warm water when they enter th … more →
Burkheimer Fly Rod Research Continues
fishingwithjay wrote 2 weeks ago: “What kind of fly rod is that?” the guide asked as he rowed past. “It’s a p … more →
Elk River Salmon Journal - 2009
fishingwithjay wrote 2 weeks ago: Finally – I managed to bring a king salmon to hand at the mouth of the Elk – after days … more →
Fly Fishing Glossary: Anniversary
fishingwithjay wrote 2 weeks ago: Anniversary. noun. My buddy Ed called recently. We were making fishing plans for the coming week. … more →
Salmon Fisher's Journal 2009 - End of Season
fishingwithjay wrote 2 weeks ago: End of 2009 Salmon Season December 5, 2009. I called it quits for the season today. Not that ther … more →
Drawing fish
bluelanternstudio wrote 2 weeks ago: This past week I started drawing specimens from the fish collection at the new Beaty Museum for Biod … more →
Salmon Season ain't over....
fishingwithjay wrote 3 weeks ago: Some December kings will be chrome, some will be bronze, like this buck released last week. All are … more →
September 28 2009 - Great Grab
fishingwithjay wrote 3 weeks ago: On the Deschutes. First time in – way too long. Fishing steelhead with my dear friend Steve, plus … more →
Simms Boot-Foot Waders
fishingwithjay wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m glad that I took these waders on my last two salmon adventures. No doubt that I’m accustomed to … more →
