A Face That Only A Mother Could Love

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MA!

Midges In The Desert

A Good Cause

The boys over at The Water Swatters are organizing a Charity Auction for Vinny. Who's Vinny and why does he need your help. Click on over to the auction's site to find out.
There's some good stuff there so get yourself some more gear and help Vinny at the same time.

Puget Sound Steelhead Listed as "Threatened."

As per Moldy Chum the Puget Sound steelhead has been listed by the NMFS. Check it.

The Kraken

Baby Crawdad?

Dragonfly Nymph?


Hook: Dai Riki 710, #8
Weight: .030 lead wire, ten wraps on back half of hook shank
Abdomen: dubbing loop of bunny fur, palmered forward over lead wrap
Eyes: medium black chain eyes
Wings: orange crystal flash
Thorax: brown antron dubbing
Head: brown antron dubbing.

I fish this fly on a full sink line in stillwaters to imitate a dragonfly nymph or small crawdad.
I've tied a few in a light varient and plan on testing it out on the carp flats later this season.

Columbia Basin Tiger Carp

Everyone knows that brown trout are aggressive during the spawn. It's one of the reasons why the staff here at Flytimes, Thee Kollective and the rest of the tribe go to Montana every fall.
Well the Tiger Carp are spawning now and to say that they're aggressive is a dangerous understatement. Let's put it this way, I believe in God, but the only thing that scares me is spawning Columbia Basin Tiger Carp.

Fishing and Beer

This guy seems to be on to something. I'm gonna look into it.

Our Asses Handed To Us

A Smallish Smallmouth

Snapdad and I drove out to the desert the other day to put the hurt on some of the bass out there. It didn't quite work out that way though. In fact we only brought one fish to the boat. It was a smallie that Snap hooked, lost, hooked again then landed. Not much of a fish, prolly went 10 inches, but it had guts I tell ya. From where I was standing it looked like Snap was fighting 5 pounder.
Not many fish like that anymore.