It Ain't Easy

Some musings from Steve Schmidt post last year's IFTD in Reno.

Over three decades have passed since I got serious about fly-fishing. When I started there were no strike indicators, Al Gore had yet to invent the internet and in general there were fewer bodies on the water.  Much has changed since then and some of it I find rather concerning, especially the short cuts we condone in an effort to make fishing with flies easier and more effective without regard for the affect some of these practices are having on the fly-fishing and the waters we fish.

LINK (via: Schmidt's Walkabouts)

Shop Closed

"CLOSED - GONE FISHIN" from BLOODKNOTS on Vimeo.

For the last 25 years the shop rats and guides at Western Rivers Fly Fisher in Salt Lake City have closed the shop and headed north on the weekend of the 24th of July. Although working in fly fishing has its perks, the guys in the shop never really get to fish together. If one of us is fishing then someone is in the shop covering. It's a feedback loop that constantly chases its tail.

Fly Fishing Fair and Open House at Western Rivers Flyfisher

The crew at Western Rivers in Salt Lake City will be hosting their annual Fly Fishing Fair and Open House on June 10 and 11th.

Brent Prettyman at the Salt Lake Tribune has all the details.