You can see more stunning work by Al Barnes at www.artcreel.com

I find beauty while fishing during each of the four seasons, but if I were asked to choose the most satisfying page in the calendar to pursue trout, it would be January. How some people find it in them to stay inside during the first month of the year is beyond my comprehension. The hush between January fish creates a sort of catalyst for hydrogen bonding to occur; for it is at this time that the chain holding my body- made up of mostly water- to the river flowing around it, is hardest to break.

Fly Fishing for migrating Tarpon in Boca Grande, Florida.  You can learn more about Reel Escape Films at their website,  http://www.reelescapefilms.com/

Even at 4:30 in the morning, that feeling of anticipation is coursing through your dream filled brain. The alarm goes off, your eyes snap open, and you’re wide awake as you quickly jump out of your sleeping bag, waders and all. It doesn’t matter that the sun’s warming rays won’t arrive and kiss your ruddy frozen cheeks for another 3 hours, or that you’ll have to settle for a cold, day old breakfast burrito and

Fly-Focus is a group of five young fly fishermen from southern Germany. You can see their website at http://www.fly-focus.com/