Monday, January 4, 2010

Belly up to the bench

Winter's in full swing and most things seem to be shut down around here.  The snow's a bit thin for skiing; the weather's a bit cold for fishing.  But, things are just right for tying flies.

Nearly every salmon I hooked last fall was on this guy:

But you better have a few of these in the box:

And the evening's haul:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, I just (at long last) caught up on your blog. Tough to believe my timing was perfect. All the posts visible on the site were new to me, and I had read the first one that showed up when I queried "older posts." Not surprisingly, I loved them all! Your tree was perfect, your suggestions to interns truly a work of beauty, the holiday spirit was evident, and the flies were a happy reminder of the lunkers we caught last summer...and the bench bellying that occurred in preparation for the trip. All in all, a wonderful read.
Love,
OR Mom

Suzanne said...

Can you please add a tag called "crafting?" This definitely qualifies! See you both soon in Eugene!

Austin said...

Ask, and ye shall receive.