Animal Planet Casting Call For Anglers
Top Hooker is currently casting for the second season, and would love to find some adventurous and skilled fisherwomen to be featured on the show.
Send an email to TopHookerCasting@gmail.com with your name, age, phone number, location, a recent photo (without hat and sunglasses please!) and a brief explanation of why you are America’s next Top Hooker.
DEADLINE TO APPLY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013!
Loon Outdoors Launches New Website
Loon Outdoors has just recently launched their new website.
There is still two weeks left to enter into their giveaway contest. Just like them on Facebook to enter.
Catch Magazine #27 Is Live
Indiana On The Fly 2013
Patti Beasley puts on the Indiana On The Fly show each year, and I am proud to say I am going to attend it yet again!
It is a great show, and I highly suggest it to anyone who is in the area to attend. Brian O’ Keefe (co-owner of Catch Magazine) will be the guest speaker, and I will be there teaching how to tie tube flies.
Hope you see you there!
Casting For Recovery’s Annual Holiday Auction
This week marks the start of Casting for Recovery’s annual holiday auction, with proceeds earmarked for its quality of life retreat program for breast cancer survivors across the United States.
A little over a year ago, a couple members of The Drake Forum who tied classic Atlantic Salmon flies decided to swap a few patterns. The group grew to 8 and it was determined that each tier would designate a special pattern to be professionally mounted and framed in a display to be auctioned to benefit a worthy cause. All flies are tied with authentic materials. As the wife of one of the participants had just lost a battle with cancer, Casting for Recovery was chosen as the beneficiary of the donated display.
Two other forum members, Bob White and Richard Harrington, both nationally known artists, became aware of the project and most generously offered to create original paintings to be a part of the display. A very generous Drake Forum member covered the cost to custom-mount and frame the flies and artwork. The finished product is approximately 24″ x 20″.
Robert Meiser, who builds beautiful custom salmon and steelhead rods, will custom-build a Highlander Classic S2H13068C-4 to be included with the framed piece. This rod is 13′ 6″ and designed to throw a line weight in the 6-7-8 window. The winner bidder can arrange design specifics with Bob prior to the rod being built. This is truly a unique opportunity to own a singular display of classic salmon flies, two original works of art, and a spey rod built by a true master.
The auction ends on Dec. 5. Let the bidding begin!
Auction: One-of-a-Kind McKenzie-Style Driftboat
The legendary Skagit River in northwest Washington is a large, glacier-fed river that winds its way through the Cascade Mountains before emptying into Puget Sound. World-renowned for its steelhead fishing, the Skagit was once home to wild steelhead runs in the tens of thousands, and is the birthplace of many fly-fishing techniques anglers use today. While its runs have diminished over time, the Skagit still boasts wild steelhead that often eclipse the magical 20-pound mark. In an effort to preserve this pristine river and protect its remaining steelhead, Orvis has partnered with the Wild Steelhead Coalition (WSC) and driftboat builder Ross Duncan to bring to you a unique conservation opportunity.
Orvis and the WSC will be auctioning off a one-of-a-kind McKenzie-style driftboat, hand-built by master craftsman Ross Duncan. The 17-foot custom wood driftboat is constructed with BS1088 marine plywood and white oak, and is a hybrid of traditional McKenzie framed boat and stitch-and-glue construction. Secured with System 3 epoxies, 3M 5200 adhesive, and over 300 stainless steel screws, the boat is set up with two fixed-position swivel pedestal seats—fore and aft for fly fishing or side drifting—with an adjustable-position rower’s bench rope seat. The rower’s seat is adjustable plus-or-minus 10 inches, with four different oar lock positions, and the Sawyer Cobra oar locks are set in machined derlin bushings. The bottom of the boat is coated with a high-density poly-urea coating, and the interior and hull are painted with water-based epoxy and polyurethane. The bow and chine batten are protected with 1/8-inch thick stainless steel rub stripes. The boat comes complete with 9-foot MXG Sawyer counterbalanced oars, Lee-Lock side-mount anchor system, and a painted trailer with LED lights.
To learn more, and place your bid (bidding will close at 11:59 PM ET on October 30, 2012), click here.
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The Women Of Spey-O-Rama
I would like to draw attention to a fabulous post made by fellow angler, friend and blogger, Kate Taylor.
This year, the 9th annual Spey-O-Rama will take place on April 20-22. Spey-O-Rama, known as SOR, is a weekend event that began in 2004 where some of the world’s top competitive casters converge at the Golden Gate Casting Ponds in San Francisco, California. These casters challenge their abilities competing against one another in what is now widely recognized as the most demanding two handed casting competition. But really, SOR flows much deeper into the lives of the competing casters; developing not only masters of two handed casting, but forging lifelong bonds with fellow competitors as they collectively challenge the distances possible with a two handed rod. This sincere dedication to improving two handed casting, striving for longer more perfected casts, and helping one another achieve success has emerged as more than just a hobby; it’s a lifestyle.
To read the full post, and learn more about Donna O’Sullivan, Whitney Gould, Mia Sheppard, Marcy Stone and Anita Strand, click here.
The RIVERMAN Flyfishing Accessories
The Riverman is a small factory in the village of Dullstroom in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It produces hand made leather outdoor products including rod tubes, fishing bags, reel cases as well as gun slips and cartridge bags for the discerning hunter.
All leather is hand-cut and stitched, combining classic safari canvas with bovine leather and buffalo. Items can be personalised by having a name stamped by hand or a logo made from a solid brass plate and then pressed into the leather. Mavungana Flyfishing through their Flyfishing Centre in Dullstroom is the sole outlet for these beautiful sporting accessories.
I personally own the rod tube pictured left. It is without a doubt one of the classiest and most useful pieces of equipment I own. I can fit three Spey rods under 13′ inside, and the rods are protected by a cloth lining and a sheepskin patch inside the lid.
Check out the full line of products here.
Indiana On The Fly Show
Scheduled for Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Indiana State Fairground from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Key Note Speaker: Beau Beasley
- Smallmouth Expert: Tim Holschlag
- Upland Huntress: Georgia Pellegrini
10:00-10:30
Dustan Harley – The St. Joseph River; Indiana’s Dream Stream
10:30 11:00
Josh Lantz – Fly Fishing For Largemouth Bass
11:00-12:00
Beau Beasley – “Fishing the Best Waters of the Mid-Atlantic: A quest from Brown Trout to Stripers and Nearly Everything in Between.”
12:00 – 12:30
Dave Barron – Casting Lessons
12:30-1:30
Tim Holschlag – “Hop, Pop and Twitch” The Three Top Techniques for Smallmouth
1:30-2:30
Georgia Pellegrini – “From Field to Table”: Pheasant Cooking Demonstration
2:30 – 3:30
Hoosier Boys Kennel – Puppy Training 101