happy daze

superb

the nastiest(?) body of water in the state...

yuck

a mere 97 yards from the blue tees

you can't even see the green

you can however see the detritus and nasty brown mudwater

there were an unfortunate number of poor college gals

playing a tournament on this p.o.s. goat track

some of whom drove all the way from california

what a waste of time

agree w/ them or not...

this is sweet

fucker

dr ej "greaseball" johnson hit a hole in one today

number 8 at falcon
155yd? w/ 6 iron

nice work brother.

mail order bride

She's got skin like Peking duck
Glazed in honey
She glows like the sun
Seen through amber
She wears bright nickel jewelry
Wrapped in colorful silk

She's thin and nubile and seven feet tall
And my touch can make her
Wiggle and flex and even fall to pieces

She never says no to a streamside ramble,
and her honey-do list is one word long
"Fish"
She casts out lines ending in tiny barbs
And her taste in men, impeccable

lines by fernando gomez

pic courtesy of the bench of mike shay

fundamentals

yes we have been studying the golf swing

again

another shot from the slant tank

fisheye

slant tank

I'll play around with this until I get it right

fisheye view

native fish enthusiasm

superb photo essay

a rare glimpse into mexico's wild mountains emphasizing geography inhabitants and culture

highly recommended quest for wild native trout

we love it

J. Edson Leonard's Flies

for inspiration at the vise I'll often turn to old texts

in this case I came across this lovely plate of dries

note the consistency symmetry and linear (or is it spatial) pattern

black stimi

getting back the fly-tying mojo

on the day

that the badgers host the sun devils

we show you green beans

and potato chips

enjoy the weekend

triggers

I've included three triggers (as per ed engle) into this fly

do you know what they are?

the color blue

oversize thorax

flash (beadhead)

dancing about architecture

grunge's finest hour

grunge goes glam

grunge grooves orchestral

grunge riffs roar

and it is simply beautiful

fifteen years ago my brother gave me this cd

I pretty much regarded it as an instant classic

apparently others agreed as it was all over the radiowaves

then I put it up and forgot about it

likely because their ensuing work fell short of mellon collie

how could it not?

yesterday a random comment on an internet bulletin board led me back to this masterpiece

and it sounds every bit as good now as it did then

there is no filler here

even if you don't particularly care for a song it belongs

and is part of something important

this story being told

even though I can't tell you what the hell it is all about

you'll have to listen for yourself

http://tinyurl.com/pankins

rat tat tat ka boom BOOM

replacing the "number one irons in golf"

played callaway x-16 irons for about five years

inexplicably I switched to some cobras about six months ago

today the callaways go back in the bag

looking for more consistent ball striking

are you ready...

for some football?
this was how last season ended for me
heartbreak hotel

see you at the superbowl packer fans

hopper season

yet another stupid-simple hopper pattern

corn

yes it's corn

tossed in butter lime salt and chives

screaming mini zonker

is it just me or does this thing almost look like it's alive?

mo' muddlers

I saw a sparse wet style muddler elsewhere on the tubes

put a spin on it

fanning gold kf wing about the shank

changed things up and tied this

which I think will prove to be a devastating hopper

time to field test

tossed

looking good

behold!

a rather dilapidated decrepit throne

at an alpine lake

wish you were here?