River Master

Born in Victoria, BC, Canada, Warren Stafford is a pioneer of highly detailed comic art.

The World’s Largest Fly Rod: A true community art project

In the 1980s, tourism promoters in British Columbia encouraged cities and towns to develop a roadside attraction or landmark that would draw visitors.

Some of the communities that took on this challenge went for the record books: The World’s Largest Gold Pan resides in Quesnel, the World’s Largest Cross Country Skis flank the visitors’ centre in 100 Mile House, and the World’s Largest Hockey Stick and Puck, originally commissioned by the Government of Canada for the Expo 86 World’s Fair in Vancouver, graces the front of the Cowichan Community Centre in Duncan.

Not to be outdone by its more southerly counterparts, residents of Houston, BC conceived of, constructed, and installed the World’s Largest Fly Rod.

LINK (via:Northword)

Aaron Juarros Mayfly Castings

Spotted Aaron Juarros's metal art casting at Urban Angler last week. His mayfly inspired rod holder and belt buckles are part of his creative objective to depict relationships between architecture created by indigenous people and that of various insects.

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Richard D Kuchta Fly Fishing Dioramas

Although most noted for his miltary minatures and dioramas, Richard Dana Kuchta also crafts some fly fishing inspired works. The piece above is titled "On the Bone Flat."

LINK (via: J. Russell Jinishian Gallery)

Soon to Be Released

In March of 1993, Fly Rod and Reel featured a piece about Bob Wolf's bronze sculpture, Soon to Be Released, honoring his idol of 40 years, Lee Wulff. According to the story Wolf, a Nebraska wildlife artist living part time in Wyoming, met his idol guiding him in the Jackson One Fly in 1990. After watching Wulff fish for a day he knew that he had to devise a tribute and the idea for the sculpture was born. Approved by both Joan and Lee, the project was delayed by Lee's sudden death in April of 1991 which just further inspired Wolf see the project through. The sculpture was unveiled in 1992 at the same place it was conceived, the Jackson Hole One Fly.

Wolf rendered Lee as he appeared in 1960 and the piece was available in three sizes, a table edition (15 inches high), a garden edition (80 percent life size) and a monumental edition. We did a quick search and just happened to find #78 of the 300 table top editions for sale at the New Hampshire Antique Co-op. The description does not do justice to the background on the piece or what inspired the artist who passed away in 2009, now you know the story.

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Living Tree Fly Fishing Sculpture

I've been to Basalt dozens of times to fish and have never seen this.

In the autumn of 2004 Larry Lefner was commissioned by the town of Basalt, Colorado to design and create a sculpture from a living Cottonwood tree.