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DIY Light Box
I got tired of my shitty flies looking even shittier than they really are so I built a quick and dirty(and free) light box a while back. I'm not a photographer, and I don't own nice equipment, but I do...
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2nd Annual International Fly Carpin' Carp Swap
I'm really excited that this is happening again. McTage at Fly Carpin' is graciously hosting this amazing and completely unique swap once again. Last years was pretty incredible and I got flies from...
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Swap is a wrap
I finished up my Fly Carpin 2nd Annual International Almost Famous Carp Swap Extravaganza flies in record time. I generally haven't even rolled out of fly swap bed this early on... but the weather has...
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Step right up....step right up
As soon as I finished my carp swap flies I joined another one. I try not to get involved in too many due to my penchant for burnout and procrastination, but these are two awesome swaps, and I'm lucky...
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It's Gettin Squirrely
My Uncle Steve gave me a couple dozen squirrel tails and some bucktail from the great and powerful Illinois north a while back(quite a while back), that I put in the freezer. I never actually forgot...
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3rd Annual Scof Tie One On A-thon
I'm very excited to be tying(and eating, and drinking, and socializing) at the Third Annual Southern Culture on the Fly tie-one-on-a-thon. I had a great time last year...No, really. I had a great time....
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Shack Nasties
The weather has been sucking. Thank Jeebus that our bun in the oven decided to cook just a little longer. We wouldn't have made it down the driveway last night, much less the 30 mile twisty drive to...
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Egg Bitters
Thanks to Gregg Martin, my brother in carp Ryan Dunne, and the US Carp Pro forum my eyes have been opened. I feel free. No longer do I need to look upon egg yarn as a derelict, lunch hole, I give up so...
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What a Piece of Craft, The Chronicles of Peeber, Part 1
Last summer I sold a boat. It was a 15' side console jon boat that I had set up for carp fishing in lakes. It had a poling platform, dual batteries with an inboard charger, a custom floor and front...
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Zen and the Art of Outboard Resuscitation: The Chronicles of Peeber, Part 2
My first boat was a 1980something Sears Gamefisher 14' V hull tin can with a matching 15 horse outboard. I bought it for 800 bucks on a trailer and I still got screwed. I didn't really know anything...
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Chuck....Vice Chuck......DIY
Back in December I took a tying class with Brad Bohen, and one of the many things that I left needing to have was a granite vice base. I remember thinking, why the hell didn't I think of that? When I...
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OM; The Chronicles of Peeber, Part 3
There’s something about a new boat that chemically changes the way my brain works. Since I’ve never had anything close to an actual ‘new’ boat, I’m forced to immediately assess repairs, and fumble my...
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Stuffs and Thangs
Well, it's been a busy week. We finally welcomed our daughter, Alice, into the world last Friday morning at 11:43AM. After watching my wife go through two loooong natural labors I am sure that she...
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Fishin
with Gus....Gus is my 7 year old fishing buddy. We went on a smallie float last summer with his Dad, and Gus came away wanting to try fly fishing. One day after school he spied his Dad's old fly rod...
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Photo Dump
Not much time for fishing these days.....or typing words. Life is busy busy. We made a temporary move back to the giant parking lot, and life is full on minute to minute. Like extreme sports? Have 2...
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Gettin the band back together....
Sort of... It's been nearly a year since I've set foot in this derilect single wide of personal expression that houses more than a few of my hopes and dreams. No doubt, they're stuffed into a twisted...
View ArticleSome crap I wrote a long time ago....I thought I was busy then. Ha!
My feet are cold and move through the gin clear waters like two frozen cinderblocks attached to my hip with 2 x 4's. I try hard to stalk through the crunchy, brown, winter woods without the forest...
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