Fly Tying Video: The "Little Haden"

FlyfishMagazine.com's Saltwater Guru, Capt. Gordon Churchill, interviewed fellow North Carolina fly fishing guide Capt. Gary Dubiel of the Spec Fever Guide Service as he tied an innovative saltwater fly pattern, the "Little Haden."

Rumors confirmed

According to the sales clerk you might want to buy some stock in New Belgium

Carolina Rumors: Fat Tire In The House

Discovered in the downtown Denver Holiday Inn Bar when I, being uneducated in the ways of Colorado beer, asked the barkeep for one of "those beers Colorado is famous for". I was thinking of Adolf's watery version but the kind brewista delivered a New Belgium Fat Tire ale to my coaster. Rumor in the Charlotte, NC area suggests that I will not have to wait until next year's FFR Show Patagonia reception to enjoy a frosty tire. Charlotte is abuzz about this so let's hope that the local importer has an ample supply.

Video: Lying and Tying

Wherein we point the all seeing eye of our camera at a group of fly tyers. Double time and throw in a touch of festive music and you get a ballet of fur, feathers, tall tales, and brews.

Bristol Bay News

We ran into Scott Hed of the Sportsman's Alliance For Alaska at the Charlotte Fly Fishing Show and got the latest news from the Bristol Bay area about the fight against the Pebble Mine disaster. After you watch it check out some of these other videos created by folks who will be directly impacted by the mine.

Carolina Sunday Snow

Fishing Jones: Sign, Save Redfish, Get Gear

Pete McDonald over at Fishing Jones is giving away an extremely sweet Redington Titanium CDL Reel for 7/8 Wt line. It only takes two simple steps to get your name in the running for this primo item of fly fishing gear.

First take a moment and sign our pal Captain Gordon Churchill's Petition to stop unattended gill net practices in North Carolina.

Second, once you've signed the petition, slide over to the Fishing Jones website and leave a comment on his Help Redfish and Get a Reel post using your name and typing the word "Signed" in the body. A commenter will be picked at random and get this great fly reel.

The completed petition is going to be presented to the Governor of North Carolina as a way to protect the state saltwater fish. Unattended gill nets are taking a major toll on Redfish stocks on Carolina inshore waters. Guys like Captain Gordon Churchill, Pete McDonald and others are doing this to make a real difference for both anglers and fish populations.

Listening to the Orvis Podcast

In this edition, Tom Rosenbauer gives tips that will up your odds of catching instead of just casting. Fishing multi-fly rigs. Via the Orvis Website.

Wednesday Wally World Fly Tying Zen

Tonight I took a cue from our innovative, brownliner, fly tying friend over at Singlebarbed and took a detour to the local Wally World in search of fly tying paraphernalia.

The big score of the night had to be the $10 spool holder from the sewing aisle. It was a major bonus that it will almost fit the top of the fly tying desk perfectly.

I also managed to pick up:

• Enough eyes for 40 flies (.97)
• Four different color skeins (40 yards) of let's call it "hemp nymph body material" ($1.97)
• Enough foam for a gazillion crease flies in every color imaginable ($4.97)
• A massive package of large metallic plastic "lace" ribbing material that looks as if it would be great on big Czech nymphs or salt water flies alike (around $3.00).

Don Barone : When Recession Bites You In The A$$

Ever since we read his first story over at ESPN we have been what amounts to fans of the work of outdoor journo Don Barone. DB has he is known in the fishing world, recently became a victim of the recession getting sliced from the mainstream media even though he was writing some of the most popular stories on the outdoor net. Don received a FlyfishMagazine.com award for having a "Job that probably did not suck" which appears to have been his undoing. Look out Joan, Brian, Lefty, and Jose. This could be the fishing equivalent of the SI cover curse.

So what does a media guy do when the media he gave his blood, sweat, and tears for tells him to take his jelly donuts and go home? He covers the sport he loves anyway, albeit doing so on his own dime, all the while writing his book "The Hula Girl Diaries" (also published online) and reaching out to his fans to help fund his adventures.

"It was suggested "in jest" by one of my several thousand bosses that. "How cool would it be for you to take a Greyhound bus to….and write about the adventure of getting there to cover the event." I passed.

I have a minivan. With a dashboard Hula Girl named, Leilani, Jill my GPS-speak "Recalculating" bitch-in-a-box and U.S. Government approved luggage: 6 white plastic United States Postal Service mail bins.
I'll be fine.
So far I'm a National Traveling Internet Columnist w/o A Travel Budget for $312.52 plus shipping (Leilani $12.99, GPS-Jill $299.53)."
I "borrowed" my luggage from Ron the mail guy. No db editorial budget line cost there.

So he hit the road and is financing his journey with the sale of dashboard hula girls doing the service of helping freshen the stinky passenger compartments of anglers all over the USA.

The prices:

$5.00 each for Hula Girls Signed by DB

$6.00 for unsigned Hula Girls

$264 for those who's name we dare not speak or it will screw up our content ads (Sea Kitten Lovers)

$9,999 for IRS Employees

Check out Don's website http://www.donbaroneoutdoors.com/ for all the details and help a brother out.

PS. Don's big into covering Bass fishing. It is OK. He does occasionally write about fly fishing. There is hope for him.

Gill Net Issue Update - Save the Reds

Captain Gordon sends an update on the cause to stop unattended gill nets on the Carolina coast. The face book group is now up over 600 members strong. Sign the petition and

Don't forget to sign the petition too http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/change-gill-net-rules-in-north-carolina and keep spreading the word. There is a new committee in the NC Assembly. It is called the Marine Resources Committee. Rep Bonner Stiller from the southern part of the state is cooperative. Send him your thoughts on the gill net issue. Bonner.Stiller@ncleg.net The more pressure we can bring the better.

Thanks for your help.

Gordon

PS Sign the petition! :-)

Road Trip Food

It actually was a darn good pie

Gifts for Fly Fishers and Bait Chuckers Alike

These candles from www.RusticHome.com appeal to anglers of all ilk - retail price $16.99

Fresh Chum

One of the founding fathers of the flyfishing pajamahideen, Moldy Chum, makes all things old, new again. We raise our glass.

Fly Tying Video: Dick Talleur ties the "Beetleator"

Famous fly tyer Dick Talleur took the time to sit down with our Captain Paul Rose and tie up an innovative fly pattern known as "The Beetleator." Unlike I would have done, Paul refrains from using the phrase "I'll be baaaaack" at any time during the interview.

(Editor's note: Due to the size and length of these video's they are not hosted on our Youtube channel but rather through Viddler.com)