Nov 09, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: In the low desert mountains of New Mexico, meandering between the dry, brush covered arid hills, flows a gin-clear, trout-infested oasis of a stream. 5 miles of the Rio Penasco are on Charlie Mulcock’s ranch about 10 miles outside of the tiny town of Mayhill, NM. The ranch has been in his family [...] . (Read More)

Oct 15, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: http://trueslant.com/scottbowen/2009/10/14/being-fashionably-fly-at-christmas-time/ Wonder if my wife wants one of these? . (Read More)

Oct 06, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: Yes, in the back of my mind, I thought just maybe…. I’ll run off to Alaska and ditch all my responsibilities to spend every waking hour on the water either catching monster fish or helping others land the fish of their lifetime. Little did I know about the non-stop non-fishing work, the poop, and [...] . (Read More)

Oct 06, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: Back in high school, a friend of mine was an avid fly fisher. When we wanted to go out, he would sometimes stay home and tie flies. I made fun of him endlessly for this. He also would go about a block away from his house and fly fish in a little [...] . (Read More)

Sep 14, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: As many of you know, I broke my Headwater cane rod a while back and was pretty distraught by the loss. I hadn’t gotten around to springing for the $150 to replace it. I was day dreaming a bit today and thought, why can’t I just throw a new guide on the end [...] . (Read More)

Aug 09, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: With the oppressive temperatures in Texas this time of year, my fishing window has shrunk to mornings between 7:00a and about 10:00a. This morning, I ran out to Reimers Ranch to see just how bad this drought affected my new homewater river. I just couldn’t get out of bed before 8:30 so I [...]. (Read More)

Jul 24, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: Made a quick trip out to the Lampasas River outside of well, Lampasas. It was just too darned hot to enjoy for long. I can do too darned cold as evidence by my trips way back in the archives of this blog, but hot isn’t my cup of tea. So the fishing wasn’t [...]. (Read More)

Jul 18, 2009

ReadWriteWeb SocialToo founder Jesse Stay has alerted us (and the rest of his blog readers) to certain Twitter API changes that may be detrimental to many developers.Stay's main beef with the changes is that no one was notified of these changes (to verify_credentials(), incidentally). Stay further reported that an email response from a (Read More)

Jul 18, 2009

Submitted by Mentor Rhonda: In true local spirit the population of Cairns was honoured to help USS Essex Marines and Navel personnel celebrate their traditional day so they didn't feel too homesick. (Read More)

Jul 18, 2009

Submitted by Mentor Rhonda: We, as a people cannot go through this life without Impacting thousands of other people. The question is "HOW" is Your impact going to be remembered. (Read More)

Mar 25, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: David at Headwaters Bamboo informed me today that my Classic Fly Reel is in the mail. I’m very excited as I’ve been waiting since December to get it to round out my Favorite Series rod I got for Christmas. I’ll take some pictures of it on the rod next time I go out [...] (Read More)

Apr 20, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: I was hoping to post a fishing report about my incredible Guadalupe trip on my birthday but I’m afraid I can’t do it due to a boneheaded move on my part. At the end of the fairly uneventful trip, I was carefully pulling the two sections of my favorite fly rod, the Favorite from [...]. (Read More)

Mar 31, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: Rick Passek was kind enough to send me a couple of his The Freshman FlyFisher series of books to review – The Freshman FlyFisher – A Beginners Guide for a New Generation and The Freshman FlyFisher’s Insect Guide. I’m finishing up At the Rivers Edge by Jerry Kustich right now but am looking forward to reading [...]. (Read More)

Mar 30, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: Someone got to my site yesterday by doing a search on Google for “April Vokey boyfriend” Dude (I’m pretty darn sure it was search by a male), I’m afraid I don’t know anything about that. If you haven’t heard of April Vokey btw, check out her site. She’s very talented, and um… [...]. (Read More)

Apr 22, 2009

Submitted by Dean Burris from blog: Got here a bit early. Looking forward to the start of the show at 7:00. Enjoying a Shiner Bock in the meantime. (Read More)

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