Alex @alex ?

active 3 days, 16 hours ago
  • Alex wrote a new blog post: Health Protection Agency to Fly Anglers: Watch Out for Bats   2 weeks, 1 day ago · View

    The following story was written for MidCurrent.com, and published on June 19, 2010 .

    The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has issued a warning to fly fishermen asking them not to handle any bats which they might accidentally hook while fly fishing. Daubenton’s bats, commonly seen skimming the water’s surface in search of insects, may carry European Bat Lyssavirus [...]
  • Alex wrote a new blog post: Graham Owen’s Hollywood Flies   2 weeks, 1 day ago · View

    ThumbnailThe following article was originally written for MidCurrent.com, and published on June 22, 2010.

    A fascination with realistic fly tying made Graham Owen wonder how someone could possibly make money from an obsession to detail. A small idea became big business when he got a call from Paramount pictures.
    A mayfly by ultra-realistic fly tier Graham Owen

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  • Alex wrote a new blog post: Orvis Announces 2010 Freshwater Fly Fishing Guide of the Year   2 weeks, 1 day ago · View

    The Orvis Company has selected Capt. Joe Demalderis as the 2010 Freshwater Fly Fishing Guide of the Year. “Joe D,” as he is called by those close to him, has been fly fishing for more than 40 years and guiding for 20. He guides fly anglers on the Upper Delaware River system on the New York and [...]
  • Alex wrote a new blog post: Texted by Waters: USGS Offers “WaterAlert”   2 weeks, 1 day ago · View

    The following story was written for MidCurrent.com and published on May 27, 2010

    Now you can receive instant, customized updates about water conditions by subscribing to WaterAlert, a new service from the U.S. Geological Survey. WaterAlert allows you to receive daily or hourly updates via text message about current conditions in the rivers or lakes you fish. “Real-time [...]
  • Alex wrote a new blog post: Jacklin: It’s Feast or Famine for Yellowstone Businesses   2 weeks, 1 day ago · View

    The following story was written for MidCurrent.com and published on May 20, 2010 .

    In the first of a three part series , Dan Boyce of Bozeman’s KBZK delves into the unpredictable outlook for businesses in the Yellowstone National Park region. Last year, more than three million tourists made the trek to Yellowstone. But the economic impact of the record number [...]
  • Alex likes Pete McDonald‘s activity   3 weeks, 4 days ago · View

  • Alex commented on the blog post I Know a Great Little Place to Eat   3 weeks, 5 days ago · View

    nope, NY.

  • Alex likes Dan‘s activity   4 weeks, 1 day ago · View

  • Alex posted a new activity comment:   4 weeks, 1 day ago · View

    try resizing it, the file is probably too big. (you should be good with a pic about 600 pixels wide/tall)

    In reply to - Dan posted an update: Anyone have advice on what to do when an Avatar picture won’t load? · View
  • Alex likes KevinH‘s activity   1 month ago · View

  • Alex commented on the blog post Redfishing North Carolina   1 month ago · View

    Looks like a hell of a trip, man. Tougher than carp?

  • Alex wrote a new blog post: Why You Suck at Fly Fishing   1 month, 1 week ago · View

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    “A lot of people want to be rich, they just don’t want to put the work in to get there. ” -forgot where I heard it

    Great fishermen don’t spend a lot of time fishing stretches of water dominated by hatchery fish.  They don’t stand on the same rock, or even in the same run all [...]

  • Alex posted an update:   1 month, 1 week ago · View

  • Alex commented on the blog post Reaping the Whirlwind   1 month, 1 week ago · View

    How does one break such a curse? Maybe try taking a goat fishing.

  • Alex wrote a new blog post: Is a Brook Trout a Trout? Absophuckinglutely   1 month, 1 week ago · View

    Thumbnail I don’t know about you, but I get a bad taste in my mouth when I hear people say our eastern brook trout isn’t technically a trout.  You know the line I’m talking about as we’ve heard it spoken in conversation 100 times.

    “You know, a brook trout isn’t technically a trout.  They’re a char.”

    The [...]

  • Alex commented on the blog post Clint Eastwood Flies   1 month, 1 week ago · View

    That is a great set of flies, but it isn’t cool to lift other people’s work without asking permission. At the very least, you should send a link back to the source you stole these images from and give them credit in the post. We’re all for people sharing cool stuff they find on the [...]

  • Alex wrote a new blog post: Mousin’   2 months ago · View

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    Its mousin’ season, people.   So take a little nap after work, shorten those leaders up, and kiss the sun goodbye.

  • Alex wrote a new blog post: I Know a Great Little Place to Eat   2 months ago · View

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    But you’ve gotta pack your own food…

  • Alex wrote a new blog post: Brought To You By the Letter F   2 months ago · View

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    Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I can’t believe that it is merely a coincidence that the following words all begin with the letter F

    Fly

    Fishing

    Fun

  • Alex posted a new activity comment:   2 months, 3 weeks ago · View

    Not bad!

    In reply to - darrell posted an update in the group Fly Tying: Been trying some woven patterns – finally cracked the overhand knot and banded weave! The technique makes some really ’buggy’ patterns:) · View
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