Tight Lined Tales of a Fly Fisherman: June 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Daily Reel...Stonefly Hatch of the Deschutes & A 'Bow or Two

Check out these gnar ganr kickers from Outside Bend Productions...

Tight Lines...Morgan

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Photography of the Week: Kurt Budliger

Check out Kurts radical photography at his site here... Enjoy!

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Daily Reel...Fishing Redfish

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Grand Slams...of the Fishing Sorts

So there are a lot of different "Grand Slams" out there when it comes to fishing. I figured, hey, why not educate a bit and drop some knowledge for all of you out there wondering what a fishing grand slam is and how its done. So here we go... A grand slam is usually when you catch 3 out of 4 fish in grand slam category in a 24 hour period. There are many types of grand slams depending on the region your in and some vary by having 5 fish in a category in which only 3 still need to be caught. The most popular is the Caribbean Grand Slam also known as the Southeastern Grand Slam (see below). For fly fisherman the Caribbean Grand Slam slightly varies, theres only 3 fish to be caught, according to some. A "Super Grand Slam is when you catch all 4 fish in the category (or 4 out of the 5 for some). They're all crazy no matter what you say and the first two below are absolutely on my bucketlist. Here's all the grand slams I could think of/find online...

Southeastern Grand Slam: Tarpon, Permit, Bonefish, Snook (3 bold fish are the fly fishing ones).

Northeastern Grand Slam: Striped Bass, Bluefish, False Albacore, Bonito.

Alaskan Grand Slam: Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Coho (Silver) Salmon, Arctic Grayling.

Costa Rican (Billfish) Grand Slam: Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, Striped Marlin, Sailfish, Swordfish.

Midwest Grand Slam: Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Walleye, Arctic Grayling.

Reef Grand Slam: Coral Trout, Smallmouth Nannygai, Largemouth Nannygai, Red Emporer.

Trout Grand Slam: Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Golden (Palomino) Rainbow, Tiger Trout, Hybrid (Brook/Brown) Trout.

I'm sure there's plenty more out there but this is all I could remember/find. Check it out for yourself on a Google search or simply make up your own based on what you have in your region (I made the "Trout" one up on my own based on the Breeches and the Gunpowder). My wife and I are headed to the Keys now for our summer vacation so lookout Southeastern Grand Slam, I got my eyes on you...

P.s. Check out the new poll on the Right-Hand side and vote for what Grand Slam would mean most to you!

Grand Slam from Brady Crouch on Vimeo.

Tight Lines...Morgan

Daily Reel...Skagit

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Kinda Not Really a Big Deal

So Bass Pro just added a shit-ton more stuff to their fly fishing clearance section...check it out. I may order one of the Hardy Reels.

Tight Lines...Morgan

Apologies

Three days without posts...inexcusable. Sorry about that folks. Zach and I fished Severn Run the other day with only one fish caught, a shad...odd I know but we'll take what we can get since the DNR isn't really doing much to bring Anne Arundel Counties fisheries back... Anywho, heres a daily reel or two for yall.

Zapata Peninsula, Cuba from Eric Kiel stills.film.stock on Vimeo.

Tight Lines...Morgan

Thursday, June 23, 2011

New June Fly Life E-Magazine...

Enjoy...I sure did.

Fly Life

Tight Lines...Morgan

Daily Reels...Double Dose

Stripped Verity...

Stripped Verity from Sharptail Media on Vimeo.

Behind the Scenes with Scott Fly Rods...

Scott | behind the scenes from Scott Fly Rods on Vimeo.

Tight Lines...Morgan

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Fishing Knowledge

"A well-tied fly, well presented to a fish, resulting in a bent rod is one of life's greatest pleasures. When you can't fish, tie and let your imagination bend the rod." -Orvis

Tight Lines and Well-Tied Flies...Morgan

Daily Reel...Flats Fishing Unsalted Style

Flats Fishing Unsalted Style from luke Kavajecz on Vimeo.

Tight Lines...Morgan

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Fishing Trip: Gunpowder River-Take 3 + Updates

After being washed out last weekend due to the opening of all four gates on the Pretty Boy Dam, which we wont speak of, just seems to upset us since we only saw one fish all day and it didn't even make its way onto our hooks, we decided to try and redeem ourselves. The wives went away for the weekend, perfect opportunity for some great fishing. So Zach and I departed Annapolis for the Gunpowder at our usual time this past Saturday and were able to dip our feet in the water at around 8am. We packed our lunches and I put my gear (including my new Simms Freestone wading boots) into the Jeep the night before just to make sure we get up there on time and can crunch as many fish into the time we had. We jumped in about a mile downstream from the Pretty Boy Dam off Falls Rd. We waded down what we have both decided is the most beautiful section of the river. We fished through a lot of pressure, at least 2 fishermen every 200 yards or so and had one Brown under our belts which I caught on a Black Wooly Bugger right behind a nice rock sitting in the middle of the stream. Heres a pic:

We got back to the car and headed over to another stretch off Monkton Rd. We fished about a half mile of the river and only had one fish to claim from that stretch, a nice sized White Sucker Zach actually false hooked. We decided to grab lunch and make a move to another spot we really like off of Blue Mount Rd. (which we found with the help of the awesome guys at Backwater Angler Fly Shop) to try out a feeder creek that runs into the Gunpowder. We ended up wading about a mile or more upstream since we got into some good sized River Chub, Fallfish, and a Pumpkinseed on all different colors of Wooly Buggers, Zonkers, and Clouser Minnows. We had over a dozen fish each when Zach hooked into an awesome Brown. Check out the pics:

We fished the feeder run for most of the day since we got into some great fish. After walking back to the Gunpowder, we decided to fish downstream a bit from the feeder creek and ended up getting into/fishing the day with some wild brook trout, two of which we took on a double header. All around great day, the next trip is planned for 2 weeks from now but who knows what we'll get into between now and then...Check out the pics of the final fish and the scenes of the day:

Backwoods Update: My little bro Ryan headed down to Colin's pond (Bucks Pond) to fish with Colin and the Backwoods guys this past weekend and sent me some pics...check it out:

Tight Lines...Morgan

Reel Trax...Foreign Exchange Student-XV

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Pictures/Adventure Story Soon!

Check back tomorrow for the story of Zach and my last two trips to the Gunpowder and how we got into some awesome fishing, funny signs in high water, new gear and hear the latest from the Backwoods Crew. BOOM!

Tight Lines...Morgan

Daily Reel...Inside Abel Reels

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Photography of the Week: Patrick Windsor

Check out his crazy-aweosme photography. As Moldy Chum put it..."Patrick Windsor often struggles with the decision to put down the fly rod and pick up the camera."

Tight Lines...Morgan

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Happy Father's Day!

Check out pops Kupfer (on the right) after bringing in this gnarly 200 lb Tarpon on a fishing trip in the Keys a few years ago. Happy Father's Day to the man who taught me all I know about fishing...

Tight Lines...Morgan

Friday, June 17, 2011

Daily Reel...Black Leech

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Daily Video...A Year in the Business

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Daily Deal...Simms Artist Series Water Bottle Brown Trout Edition

Check out dealsonthefly.com for their daily deal...only $14 while supplies last.

Tight Lines...Morgan

Monday, June 13, 2011

Daily Reel...The Motive

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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Gunpowder Falls: A Washout Day...

So my buddy Zach and I hit up Gunpowder Falls again today bright and early. We got up there around 7:30am and hopped right in around the Falls Rd area. Water was fast and cookin. We ended the day after fishing two spots around noon with no fish. I had one nice sized brown rise to a black Zonker but couldn't get it to bight. The plan is to head back up next weekend, if the water isn't too high again. A local said they opened all of the gates in the Pretty Boy Dam which explains the level being 3' above normal. Pics to follow...

Tight Lines...Morgan

Friday, June 10, 2011

Daily Reel...Baja 2011

Sorry for the lack of posts recently but I have had a crazy schedule this week. I promise one by Sunday night...keep your eyes open!

Tight Lines...Morgan

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Daily Reel...Flyfishing Style

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

TLTFF (Tight Lined Tales of a Fly Fisherman) Goes Mobile...

Blogger has added a mobile option so of course I took advantage of it and boom...check out the site on your device or simply click a pic of the barcode below. Enjoy!