Because so many people have aced my last couple Fly Talk quiz questions, I thought I should reach deep into my bag of tricks and try to stump you. Well, I did. That’s not to say that some of your…

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The Headhunters episode of ‘Adventure Guides’ airs this weekend on the Outdoor Channel with a brief fishing cameo from your truly.

Actually, it first aired this morning but I missed it because I was busy hoisting my canoe down to the water about to do an interview on Team Paddlefish for our local CBS affiliate. Can you believe I had my first ever television debut twice in one day? What are the odds?

No matter if you missed Adventure Guides this morning, because it airs again two more times this weekend on the Outdoor Channel. Here are few nuggets of info to keep in mind:

• If you have Direct TV, The Outdoor Channel is 606
• The episode airs FRIDAY Feb 26th at 11pm est / 10pm cst
• It airs again SATURDAY Feb 27th at 11.30am est / 10.30am cst
• My good buddy Mark Raisler of Headhunters in Craig MT is the total star of the episode along with the fish and the Missouri River itself. We had a good day on the water and caught a few nice fish so hopefully that’s fun to relive onscreen

That’s about it, friends. Set your TIVOs, pop some corn, and enjoy the show!

(Now I just have to find someplace with the Outdoor Channel to watch it.)

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Imagine you’re driving to your favorite river for a day of float fishing. It’s an hour and a half drive from your home. It’s spring and the weather and water flows (CFS) are temperamental. The…

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Since the server has been acting bewitchy and I haven’t caught a fish to write about in ages, I’ve taken to cleaning out my desk drawers instead of writing blogposts. Okay fine, so we all know I wasn’t really cleaning, but I was in fact rifling through a drawer searching for a piece of stationery and the remnants of a checkbook so I could pay a bill to one of my few analog holdout utilities. That’s when I stumbled across a business card that totally makes me smile.

A couple of years ago during my first-ever visit to Banditos in Virginia City Montana, a guy named Rosy came up to the bar where we were eating queso fundito and drenching our organs in margaritas and handed us this hand-crafted, hand-cut business card. With a packed bar of strangers focused on our conversation, Rosy urged me to pick a number so I smiled politely and answered, “Well, um…number 3?”

At which point he flipped the business card over:

Alright alright, laugh if you will, your time will come. No doubt a wave of hearty laughter rippled down the length of that bar full of locals. (Methinks Rosy had pulled that trick before on other Banditos rookies.) But really, I’d like to point out how much I love this business card! There are too many reasons to list. So let’s just start with his many professions.

Auto delivery, Bartending, Courier, Fencer (Jackleg only), Indian Artwork, Lawn Maintenance, Motorcycle Rides, Private Detective. It seems Rosy wears more hats than someone trying to support themselves in the fly fishing industry.

Rosy’s copious list of professional services is evocative of the table I’ve purchased at this year’s upcoming Fly Fishing Film Tour Industry Pre-Party. I will be at one of the first tables near the entrance spreading the word and peddling a sundry of fly fishing and river-related passion projects, including FlyFishChick the blog, Pro Outfitters, Team Paddlefish, Class V Fishing, maybe Hatch reels. I don’t know what else will be piled on. But it seems I will have the gypsy caravan table of the pre-party for sure.

Which reminds me of a very important announcement I have to share with each of you: Tickets to the Austin Fly Fishing Film Tour are on sale online NOW!

We are not selling them on the Drake site this year, you must purchase tickets via our venue, The Alamo Drafthouse. So click here to purchase your tickets now! Anyone remember last year? The Austin sell-out? Our very own sponsors didn’t have tickets to the show last year. Trust me, those guys aren’t making the same mistake twice so the table sponsors are literally clamoring toward their online shopping cart as we speak. So grab these babies while they are hot off the press because they won’t last long.

Which begs the question…what are YOU going to be doing on Tuesday April 27th?

Pick a number:

1. Grouting the tub while watching a Real Housewives of Atlanta marathon on Bravo

2. Translating Izaak Walton’s Compleat Angler into Farsi

3. Attending the Drake Fly Fishing Film Tour in Austin TX

4. Combing the mall for the ideal shade of blush-colored silk ribbon to compliment the gift wrap paper you are going to hand make in order to wrap the Mothers Day gifts you have no doubt already woven from scratch on the tabletop loom you purchased from the Home Shopping Network

Yeah, that’s what I thought. Rosy was spot on.

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As much as I’m enjoying watching the Winter Olympics, I must admit that I think “bonus curling coverage” is an oxymoron. That’s not a sport. That’s a game. Anything you can do while you drink…

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Following up last fridays post on farmed salmon I couldn’t resist this story from New York Times reporter, Michael Tortorello about a growing trend in the do-it-yourself gardening realm called…

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Apparently Chile has a little problem with their farmed Salmon. Many of the fish have a virus that causes anemia, is infectious and leads to death. For the salmon that is…

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The fly fishing industry has been moving away from felt soles on wading boots for several years, because felt is known to facilitate the transport of aquatic invasive species like didymo (rock snot),…

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I came to the realization last week that FlyTalk doesn’t do enough “TieTalk.” My excuse is that honestly, I really don’t enjoy tying flies. I can tie the few patterns that I need now and then, but…

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What I love most about the Olympic Games are the feel-good human interest stories.  Here’s one that should make any Stars-n-Stripes-waving fly fisher feel really, really good.

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Colorado’s House Judiciary committee voted seven to three this past monday night in favor of (HB 1188). The “Clarify River Outfitter Navigation Right Bill” helps uphold commercial rafters rights if…

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