Got You! (Oregon Dragon Fly Drying Wings)
Archive for July, 2010
Paul the Prognosticating Octopus
“The generous genius predicted that Germany will conquer Uruguay in the tournament’s third-place game on Saturday, and he picked Spain over the Netherlands in the final on Sunday — the first non-German game the majestic mollusk has ever predicted.” HuffPo Mo Paul is reportedly unphased by death threats.
Kye Petersen, teenager skier finds place dad (Trevor Petersen) died at Chamonix and skies it for dad. Interesting for ski bum, parent, youth, grandparent. Underlying tension of reality.
Young man’s life’s passage.Interesting. I climbed a little. Never downhilled…just cross country. I have always been fascinated with the life of a ski bum, the mountaineer, the old K2-REI days, the North Cascades. Not enough to go do it. I was always pulled down toward the moving waters in the Winter.
So this morning, I found myself up early watching this movie of a daredevil kid not listening to extreme ski legends, chasing some legacy of his dearly departed father, who died in France on the crazy, deadly, steep slopes of Chamonix, doing extreme descents.
Interesting combo of youth, legends, filming. Eventually, the kid realizes who the older men are and who they were to his thrill seeking dad. Edge of Never…find it if you have that thrill seeking side, or even if you don’t. It grows on you as it all comes together at the Edge of Never…homage, sacred, realities, spiritual. Smiles on the faces of the departed. Closing the Circle.
Edge of Never , posted with vodpod
I am by no means a great caster. I do well over all, but I get sloppy through experimentation and I rarely have anyone critiquing my stroke (at least that I can hear). So, I offer a good site that goes over the basics (yet again). Yes, again. As a beginner you must study, imagine, visualize and copy. Most of you did this as a kid. Some pro athlete(s) in some sport sparked your passion and your ability to imagine, to copy. Well, harness the same copy-cat ways now re fly casting. Watch video’s, watch a good fly caster on stream or on the lake. Don’t try to cast as far, but master the timing and the mechanics of loading the rod. Most importantly…relax and have fun. Ultimately you are hopefully doing all this to derive some calm, peace or relaxation. Hiking, wading, stumbling, rowing, climbing aside, you will find casting a karma like experience once mastered. A means to an end…not the end in itself. CASTING INFO
The biggest pool at that height: 3 x longer than an Olympic Pool, 55 stories up. My luck it would be raining or socked in at the 30th floor. The Infinity Pool Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore
Infinity Pool, Singapore
The Less Is More concept is so simplified that the artistic/creative drive will be ignored here. A suggestion of life and a bigger hook; a practical creation. Positives outweighing Negatives? Not a knew idea, but worth an experiment if those pesky 18-24 hooks lack the bite you’d like. Bare Hook Nymphs and/or Whisper Nymphs.
I can ignore the usual prompting, nagging, hinting, guilting, interrupting that attempts to pull me away from the necessary research, posting etc. But, a few friends have a way of inserting their selves into my field of vision that is hard to ignore.
Harley Imploring...Probably About Food
Emma Imploring....Definately For Food
Frazil ice: Fascinating forest hazard – Boing B…, posted with vodpod
This is a great lake pattern and although I have shown it before, I did not take the flies I tied and put them in the lake boxes. I came upon a dozen stuck away in an empty hook box. Into the fly box they go for any emerging Callibaetis mayflies. Timberline Emerger
“What caused extinction of the grayling is still something of a mystery. Destruction of the forest may have changed the nature of their streams too greatly. Log drives coincided with the spawning season and did much damage. Introduction of brook trout may have hastened the end though in England the two species live in the same waters. Overfishing had its influence. Because grayling took the hook readily, to the last fish in a pool, the species is considered unsuited to present day fishing pressure.
A few Montana grayling, a closely related fish if not the same species as some believe, are still planted in Michigan waters by the fish division of the Michigan department of conservation for experimental and sentimental reasons. Planting of about 20,000 were made in 1934, 1935 and 1937. There are now 60,000 fingerlings at Wolf Lake hatchery, hatched from eggs furnished by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, which will be planted in the spring of 1940.” Michigan Grayling Part II @ Fishing for History. Reed Draper re Michigan Grayling
