Rain Coast beatdown

Smolt and Rathbun just got back from the annual post Bellevue fly show boondoggle.  We took everything Mother Nature threw and with the help of Raincoast Guides Jim Kerr, we had another ridiculously good time.

It started out unseasonably delicious.

 

   

 

Jim Kerr - the Olympic Peninsula's premier source of fishingenuity and the most entertaining drift jockey we know.  Note to self - never swig whiskey during a Kerr'ism.  It's not nearly as smooth when it shoots out your nose.

 

Before surrender, this dime induced a pleasant 100 yard shuffle up the MIDDLE of the Duc.

 

Which inspired some flask attention.

  

Just in time to prepare us for a climactic slap to the face.

     

Fishing the Bahama Flats

Sam Sifton and photographer Chris Ramirez report on the narcotic effect of chasing bonefish in the Bahamas.

THERE are times in this world when you want to get lost, well and truly
out of your head, and find yourself vulnerable and laughing amid real,
untrammeled beauty and hardship and life.

The story LINK  The slideshow LINK  (Via:The NY Times)

A Trout Bum's Guide to Patagonia

Although Patagonia is becoming an increasingly popular world
destination for fly-fishermen, there is a conspicuous lack of
information available to anglers on this remote area. Until now.

Barrett Mattison and Evan Jones have spent several seasons
independently fishing and exploring the entirety of Argentine Patagonia
(an area roughly the size of Montana and California combined), and in
this book they share everything you need to know before embarking on
the adventure of a lifetime.

LINK (Via: Far Away Fly Fishing)

Maybe Barrett and Evan should apply for the Trout Bum Seal of Approval from the tweed bag police?