new year's eve part II

out with the old

(as in 23 years old)

adios hardworking faithful companions

and in with the new

bells whistles and lights

we'll see how we fare together

happy new year!

brrr freezin'!

my wife snapped this shot shortly after I got home

from playing a cold cold cold round of golf

actual temp was low 40s

wind chill had to be low 30s

the cold wasn't too bad but the wind kicked my ass

the wind also caused my golf game to suffer

did I say suffer?  I meant suck

fun nonetheless and I can't think of a much better way to say goodbye to last year 

this year?  

2010

despite recent evidence to the contrary...

we are a flyfishing flytying and rod building blog

I purchased this bitchn' 'bow print of an original watercolor

painted by local artist tim johnson

he has several additional prints available

email tim  at icthyart@yahoo.com 
with inquiries or orders
prices are reasonable

because we need something...

and they're purty

caramelizing apples for le tarte tatin

which my wife wants on the menu for new year's eve

easy once I fugured it out

it's CHRISTMAS!

a soft hackled copper john variant

we will be adding a few more holidazed appropriate photos

after I retrieve my camera forgotten at my mother's house last night

sparky at Christmas eve candlelight service

meanwhile, despite all the accumulated swag

I still need new sand wedges

I suppose we'll see to that next week

or not

MERRY CHRISTMAS

and God bless my reader(s)

holidaze baking

tarte tatin

old-fashioned apple pie

my favorite

another favorite
cheesy scalloped potatoes

hungry yet?
I am

happy holidaze

who is this strange girl?

lisbeth salander?

I don't think so

welcome home brianna

I can't wait to see you

merry Christmas to one and all

don't forget the reason for the season

fly tying tray project

I've had this idea in mind for years now

I want to decoupage a picture of a trout to my tying tray

pictured above are apache trout

cut out from old tomelleri calendars

while I have many many to choose from

the native apache trout just seems appropriate

(I'd prefer the gila but don't think I've got one)

or perhaps a more colorful species would be preferable?

I dunno...

comfort food

or cooking 101

 

prepped

resting

somewhere I read about the difficulty of properly roasting a chicken

it is not difficult

rather simple actually

and delicious

wasp

purty

cleaning shoppe

before planing yesterday we tidied up

we of course meaning me

repositioned the lathe to get it off the floor

where I used to store it

again it's unusual to see the place this clean

I wonder how long it'll last...

prolly about a day

busy saturday

where's my fucking weekend?

rough planed the strips for poore girl rod #3

it's fun making curls again

it's friday night

which mean fishfry

wish you were here?

there's plenty of beer

oh well too late
the beer is gone

rare and unusual

really?  yes

unusual in that there are very very few pictures around of me working on a rod

rare in that I'm wrapping in the shoppe

I usually handle that inside the house 

at the dining room table much to my wife's chagrin

as it is today

wrap close up after one coat varnish...

amber w/ claret tips

beauty eh?

big butt blonde

fe thomas taper 

6'8" 3wt

and now two more just because...

this shot is sexy

care to hazard a guess as to what it is?

wtf? 

I ganked this (thanks brian) from the website what doesn't exist

we've seen this shit at least twice before

you heard it here

this one's a bingo 

off the bench

and on to the table for wrapping

poore girl's rod

driggs river special

(from top to bottom)

7ft 4wt 3pc f.e. thomas

driggs river special

goodwin-granger deluxe

from the vault

rare and unusual pictures of "chile colorado"

first cane rod I ever built...

driggs river special 7ft 2in 5wt

whoopsie!

yes that's a pencil mark under the varnish

dipshit

tasted great

an early and delicious dinner

looking good!

picked up these great looking short ribs from double check ranch in winkelman, az

at the farmers market last  sunday morning

tomorrow they'll be braising in guiness

I can't wait

goodwin-granger deluxe

one of the poore girls' rods

fe thomas 3pc 7ft 4wt

this is gonna be one sweet sumbitch...

reel or imagined problems

yesterday I mentioned a piece of shit hardy reel

today I proclaim myself the piece of shit

I struggled like a baby to joint the spool to the frame

I was inept and didn't deliver the goods

same deal w/ ross san miguel two shown below...

 I've also got an ongoing recurrent problem w/ the screws on either side of the spool release button

they keep coming undone

I've just tightened the bejeezus out of them

we'll see how long it lasts

remains a got am lovely reel

lined w/ sharkskin wf 5wt 

silent operation

wrapping again

wrapping already?

yep

note disabled piece of shit hardy reel in background

what do I win?

three weeks (at least) past the deadline I submitted this...

for a t-shirt contest

I drew that freehand with a pencil
I'm an idiot

what did I win?

sweet beagle lovin'

this handsome fella lives on the seventeenth hole at maryvale golf course

I look forward to seeing him every time I play there

cross post....

another thing I hate to do 

but my brother put this up the other day and I helped him make it sing...

and shit it's about me?  of all peoples

My brother ties flies

In his study

Out in Avondale

Surrounded by books

And records.

He drinks imported

Beer after beer

Listens to Waylan Jennings

Dylan

The Stones and

The Old 97's.

He stays out of trouble

(for the most part)

And seeks perfection

In his own way.

If he ties the fly

Correctly

It might catch him a fish

Someday.

And that ain't even

The point.