The pic above was taken 5 years ago, to the day.  It was a catskill style Light Cahill.
Man, I sucked.

Santa brought me a new video camera.  While it will get most of it’s use at chorus concerts and the kids’ sporting events, it’ll spend its off time at the tying bench and on the water…
I’ve got a lot to learn when it comes to this video stuff, but I gotta say that I’m pretty [...]

The biggest perk of this blogging thing is the friends I’ve made along the way.  One such friend is Keith Barton, the dude who writes the Singlebarbed blog.  Among his many talents, Keith makes a pretty sweet dubbing blend or three.  I got a baggie of one of his newest blends a month back or [...]

There comes a point in every fly tyer’s life that they’ll want, or need, to use epoxy.  Unfortunately, epoxy is oftern frustrating to work with.  You’ve gotta mix it right; you’ve only got a limited amount of time to get it on there, etc.  It’s because of this that several alternatives to epoxy have become [...]

I used to take fly tying way too seriously. When I wasn’t tying flies, I was probably sitting in front of the computer at my fly tying bench; reading about flies; talking about flies on message boards; or, looking for new materials to tie flies with.  I lived fly tying, and the only reason I [...]

Well I finally got a chance to play with a couple new toys yesterday.  Singlebarbed’s 6th Finger Scissor, and  HMH’s Starter Tube Fly Tool.
To tie tubes in the past, I’ve either used an allen wrench, or just put the tube directly in my vise’s jaws.  The allen wrench works okay, but I’ve never been able [...]

I almost felt bad when I realized that I had left the Conehead Madonna off my list of favorite streamers last month.  How could I forget about a fly that has worked it’s tail off- pun intended- for me for 4 years now?
I often reach for a conehead madonna when I need to imitate those [...]

This is a mouse pattern I received in a fly swap a while back from a guy named Tom. Obviously the pieces of foam probably aren’t necessary, but they sure add some pizazz to your fly box.

I think my passion for throwing streamers can be linked back to my days of fishing with spinning gear. So since the streamer bite is on fire right now on rivers all across the country, I thought I’d share a few of my favorites.