Fly Fishing

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I decided to try my hand at building a fly rod this year.  Did a lot of reading on the web and purchased a couple of used books off Amazon.  Plus some advise from a professional rod builder while in AZ. I got 2 blanks from Roger Penrose off eBay ...

I built this rod from a 10’ 6” 7 weight single handed blank I got from Utmost on closeout.  I think it is a Pac-Bay blank but not sure. This was my first rod build and I probably got a little ambitious with it.  I know I made some cosmetic ...

I built this rod from a Roger Penrose single handed 10’ 3/4 weight blank. I extended the length by 4 inches and added a 2 handed grip. The guides are single foot with ceramic inserts from Angler’s Roost and the reel seat is from Utmost.  The reel seat has a ...

This rod started as an Albright 1078, 10 foot 7/8 weight single handed rod with a fighting butt.  I have the fighting butt converted to a 5 inch spey grip to make it a 10’5”, 7 weight switch. While the front grip is a little shorter than most 2 handed ...

Travelled to Forks for a fishing trip on the Olympic Peninsula.  There are 5 great rivers around Forks, all famous for their steelhead, salmon, and searun cutthroat trout. Took a couple of friends with me and planned on spending 5 days up there.  Travelled on Thursday and fished the Hoh ...

I built this rod for my granddaughter.  Got the blank from Roger Penrose on e-bay, used metallic purple thread, guides are single foot, ceramic inserts from Angler’s Roost, reel seat is from Mudhole. This was the third rod I had built, so it came out pretty good.  I found a ...

September 2008 - Yakima River Information -the Yakima is a blue ribbon, selective trout fishery in central Washington ...

Just a few shots of my pontoon boat. This is a 10 foot pontoon boat I got from Costco in 2008.  It was $300 including shipping to my door, so the price was right.  I have added a 36 lb thrust Mincota, 36 inch shaft electric motor, better anchor system, ...

This is one of my favorite patterns.. The steelhead seem to love it and the sea run cutthroat and smaller smolts won't leave it alone. I have to take it off sometimes to keep the smaller fish from bugging me... It has flashabou for the upper wing and the rubber ...

September 2008 - Deschutes River Information - We fished the Deschutes for two days in late Septmber ...