Sand Shrimp and Winter Tying

Size 2 sand shrimps...waiting for spring! Variations in body and leg coloration. My pelagic box is full, too.

Big Striper Crease Squid Fly for Happy New Year!

Size 4/0 Gamakatsu SP11.

Flamboyant Crease Cuttle-Squid Flies (2)

Trying some on smaller hooks...This one is on 1/0 long shank stainless iron.

Flamboyant Crease Cuttle-Squid Flies

Crease flies, proportioned to imitate either squid or cuttlefish. Tied on size 2/0 stainless popper hooks.

Happy Holidays!

Crease Fly for Christmas 2

Jointed crease fly, size 3/0.

Crease Fly for Christmas

Small rainbow crease fly, size 2... It was a perfect size for bonito this year.

Brand New Build: Saltwater 8wt Graphite Fly Rod

Fresh off the bench...This is a really cool 8wt (more pics here). Can't wait to use it this spring. It will be an excellent stick for bonito and smaller albies, too!

Coq de Leon Albie Whore (revisited)

These feathers have translucence and fine speckling, and imitate smaller translucent bait quite well. Here is the chartreuse version (compare to pearly white, here).

Rainbow Albie Whore

Size 1, heavy stainless iron.   

Pink Albie Whore

Size 1/0, heavy wire hook.

Olive Peanut Albie Whore

Olive version, size 1.

Blue Peanut Albie Whore

Blue Peanut Albie Whore, size 1. Heavy wire new stainless iron...love this hook!

Tinker Mack Albie Whore

Tied on the size 2 hook, thin profile.

New Hook

I've just discovered an interesting heavy wire stainless hook. It would make a nice choice for land based albacore fishing we do here in the Northeast. Here it is compared to Daiichi 2546 Heavy Shank hook, same size 1 (new hook on left). 

Streamer Sightcast Special 6wt Glass

Cool new build: https://rodcatalog.blogspot.com/2024/11/fiberglass-6wt-streamer-special.html

Melā

Melā is my new ensemble! A collaboration with my friend, colleague, composer and percussionist Salil Sachdev. Few pics from the last week's show...

Warm Fall

The year of Sarda sarda, 2024! Some are still around, if you care (dare) to try! Chunky albie/bonito whores tied on size 1/0 old stock Tiemco 800S in lavender/pearl/grizzly tones (and salmon/pearl/grizzly).

One More Trip?

Albie whore in Halloween colors.

Epic Bonito Day 2

Another epic day... Pods of bonito feeding on bay anchovies, exploding around the rocks. Many fish landed and some lost.