A Bit Of This, A Bit Of That

He's Back!!!  My favorite Midgeman.  And three hoots for that!  As Billy Crystal would say..."You look Mah-ve-lous", Rod!!   The long awaited return of one of my favorite bloggers, fly tiers, and all around great guys.  The Midgeman.  You can now find him at The Midgeman Manifesto.  And the new website is http://www.buttdeepinatroutstream.blogspot.com/  Rod, you have been sorely missed.  Welcome back, my friend!

Rod and I met a last year at the little shindig in Colorado...The "Rocky Mountain Frenzy" after blogging back and forth for about a year.  As I had expected, he was the down to earth person that I had guessed that he would be.  He was a wealth of information to all of my fly fishing questions...  He has such a deep understanding of fly fishing and fly tying... It's amazing.  Maybe someday I will have a quarter of his knowledge on the subject.  He is the master teacher of  "everything fly fishing"!  With experience...comes knowledge.  I will get there...

And after I got to pick his brain for a couple of hours,  I even got a casting lesson after lunch!  Lucky River Damsel!  Anyway, if you already have followed his blog in the past (The Poudre Canyon Chronicles) or you are a new reader and want to follow one of the most experienced fly fisherman around... this is your guy.  He will share many of his favorite, proven fly patterns and also give very valuable fly fishing tips along the way... And hopefully, he will still share a few of his fly fishing journeys... They were a favorite of mine  So, enjoy!!

Next up...



Look Ma, No Reel!  Hmmm...

Well, RD has done it again.  Always an "Adventure In Every Riffle"!  I have been trying to get ready for Mr. Troutrageous (Mike Agneta) and learn a little more about the fishing style of Tenkara.  I signed up for the Tenkara Summit, here in Salt Lake, to learn more about it too.  So, that is where I will be for a few days at the end of the month.  I want to try all styles of fly fishing so at least I can say that I have tried it.  Whether it sticks or not, who knows!  (And yes, Czech nymphing has stuck...)



So, Brian Schiele aka: Mr. Holga Master ( mtbbrian.blogspot.com ) and I went up to the Big Cottonwood Canyon to fish for small browns and brookies.  I learned about the set up, the delivery and the follow through.  Well...I tried.  Not sure if I was the greatest student.  But, we got our feet wet. = )   Glad he is a very patient teacher. Now about that Tenkara net...

And here is a little diddy from Lesson 1...please excuse my "french" as I was a little excited about what had happened prior to this video... = )  Sorry, no time to shoot a picture of that brief interruption!

Then, RD and Brian journeyed out for lesson 2 this past "Fish Tuesday"...  It was fun, but...still no fish on the Tenkara.  But, I did land a few on the ol' standby.  Ha.  Yeah, back to my comfort zone.  But, we will try the Tenkara one more time at least.  Promise.  And without moose jumping out of the brush behind us!! Wow...


Ha!  Reel time... How about that gear bag of Brian's?



 

So, my journey continues this month with Tenkara...

Yes, a rather slow day on the river for our second lesson, but picked up a few little brownies to give RD that big smile!   Maybe lesson 3 will have me catching trout with the Tenkara... Will it happen?  Stay tuned.

I will be taking a little break until Sunday Tippets as I will be scouting some water in Wyoming...(Cowboy Country!)  There's this Troutrageous guy that is coming out from PA. and we have to find him some trout to write home about!  Haha.

  








I mean... I could show him some awesome bugs on the Weber that I found this past week...   These stones were pretty awesome.






But, I have a feeling that he would have a lot more fun looking at something like this... Oh wait...Sorry T!    That is the hat they wear in Wyoming...but, that definitely isn't the fish or the girl... = )

Yes, this is what we are looking for...

Roderick Hawg Brown 

Yup.