Winthrop Shore Walk

Fly & Rod Room

You never know...

You never now where one of the rods you built in the past can end up. I was delighted to see Randy's post (aka clarkman23 on Fiberglass Flyrodders board) featuring this Lamiglas rod in action on the coast of Oregon.

Single Foot Guide Height Comparison

Left to right: AmTack size 5, Pac Bay Minima size 8, H&H Seymo size 5

Thank You, Bernard

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light, and peace, there is no other ruler besides the sea." Bernard Moitessier

Spawning Nereis

Spawning sandworm imitation with emu feather tied flatwing style and foam slider head. Palmered emu hackle is clipped under the hook shank to create flattened appearance. Nereis virens photo (bottom) courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.

Sisevac Caddis (Clipped Emu Para-Caddis)

Happy New Year!

A few ties for the Happy New Year: Seafoam Softhackle Flatwing and a selection of Mochi Baitfish... Wishing you all the best!

Completed Handles

Fusion

Two types of "Fusion" in the works... Two baitfish imitations brush-sculpted with Liquid Fusion, and two reel seats spray-painted with Krylon Fusion. The seats will get a clear coat next week.

"Make it a Game Fish!"

Striped Bass Gamefish from Taylor Vavra on Vimeo.

Stick Bait Fly

Floating minnow imitation.

Late Season Wanderings

The season is over... It is hard to give up, since it's been less than two months since I moved back here.

With unseasonably warm weather, I've been exploring docks and jetties, sometimes with light rods, searching for the late migrants-usually small fish. There is still plenty of bait around, so small, laterally compressed imitations were a good match for juvenile bunker. Here is a picture of B&B (Bunker and Butterfish) Clouser-a simple fly I've been using with light rods.

Chariot of Fire

Halloween inspired, late autumn, low light fly...

Good Karma

Local Favorites

October Full Moon

Chartreuse Variations

Flatwing variations.

Salty Rods and Reels

Salty rods and reels, from 4wt to 12/13wt. Different looks, different personalities... Some are old and proven in battle, some new, but all of them are ready for action.

Turkish Coffee

Negative Low and the Full Circle

I am back in Boston, after eight years of living in the Midwest. I completed the full circle, since exactly twenty years ago to this month I arrived from Europe to Boston!

This is a week of negative low tides, following the September new moon in Boston Harbor. The x-ray view of each depression and structure provides important clues to a shorebound fisherman. With plenty of baitfish around and relative scarcity of stripers, each outing becomes a new challenge. Tide after tide, you become the one with the austere nature of surf swept shorelines, hoping that the big one will surprise you with a gift.

Goodbye Trout

I already smell the salt in the air!

Last Two Minnesota Builds

I have just completed these two rods-both are built on white Kabuto fiberglass blanks.

The Pink Panther