tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52680329451429032522023-11-15T22:52:38.915-08:00Matt Heron Fly FishingMatt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-89339087340016803182011-05-25T15:27:00.000-07:002011-05-25T20:21:27.439-07:00A Different Way To Make A Difference.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A little pick-me-up from yesterday's Debbie Downer....</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Constantly within the world of fly fishing we are bombarded with all things “new”. New rods, new reels, new lines, all of which promise to make a difference in the way we fish for the better. For many of us, these new products may help some, other times they may not. But no matter how you look at it, they are meant to change “us”…But what about a totally “new” idea? What about something “new” that makes a difference for everyone? What about a different way to make a difference?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Loon Outdoors has come up with a new “Idea” that is exactly that… Different ways to make a difference. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They explain it perfectly on their <a href="http://loonoutdoors.com/">website</a>...or see below.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="boxtext1"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana;">There are some whose creativity matches their passion for conservation. We are grateful for those who not only</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <span class="boxtext1">fight the good fight, but come up with new ways to raise money, get people involved and market their cause.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="boxtext1">We will keep this page updated with new ideas as they come in. Our hope is that these ideas will help other passionate</span> </span><span class="boxtext1"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">shops, organizations and conservationists get their ideas off of the ground</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">.</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This idea is so simple, and yet could potentially change so much for the better..it really is mind boggling. It seems the first company that has jumped on board is Rocky Mountain Anglers out of Boulder, CO. As one of our local sponsorts for the Film Tour, it's great to see them so involved!!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How ‘bout this for a “new” idea that makes a difference?...</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="boxtext1"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana;">When the folks at Rocky Mountain Anglers in Colorado noticed that their local Boulder Creek had trash piling up, they decided to do something about it. They informed anglers that if they brought in a bag of trash from the banks of the creek they would receive a free fly of their choice: small bag = small fly, big bag = big fly. Five bags of trash entitled anglers to a Rocky Mtn Anglers ball cap.</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span class="boxtext1">The beauty of this is that everybody wins: the shop (for the small price of a fly) gets people in their store, anglers are motivated to chip in, and, most importantly, the river gets some attention!</span><br />
<br />
<span class="boxtext1">Do your local waters need a little TLC? If so, think about taking a page out of the RMA playbook!</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How awesome is this concept?!! It’s a win, win for everyone involved. The shop gets people in the door (good for the shop, <u>and the industry</u>), the people clean up their back yard trout water along with getting a few flies for free! …And of course the biggest winner of them all, the environment. Simple. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kudos to Loon Outdoors, along with Rocky Mountain Anglers for thinking outside the box on this one. It’s seems now more than ever the industry is trying to come up with that next big idea that will get us out of the proverbial ‘rut’ that many think we’re in. Something what will increase participation along with retail sales over night…last time I checked Brad Pitt wasn’t working on his double haul for round two. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I say take a page from Loon Outdoors and challenge each other to think of ideas that can make a big difference one small step at a time in your area. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://loonoutdoors.com/"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMJFRvKDpxcTlMFKh2BDa39VlZKurou6QlTdNQRH_EIVBWScUH_lbP6ei1L5mCqINnt_1Dc_YgfkFQkANIQXu5U8dRAK_Ysvb0O3gYbKhQsVEiL1N-u6rtKbLyU_cVKrAfrFVmQRGYOI/s1600/Logo_New.gif" t8="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu95fP9FJfO9kk-C8-iealao57NDG7Y0tkXbAb9ihdIENVF0lVgWvb4mE-64TPhTmnDnJHg9Ysnwitz6pWAMmm9KUrgxzQ-kvbwXilriF-wwhQ-TUnVwzrOIudXLskZLG3f-AjkKasE8/s1600/trash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu95fP9FJfO9kk-C8-iealao57NDG7Y0tkXbAb9ihdIENVF0lVgWvb4mE-64TPhTmnDnJHg9Ysnwitz6pWAMmm9KUrgxzQ-kvbwXilriF-wwhQ-TUnVwzrOIudXLskZLG3f-AjkKasE8/s320/trash.jpg" t8="true" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Free Flies Anyone?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heron</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mattheronflyfishing.com/"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MWaRplzBcdISip42CXVqCPbTW3KlCPgcUkfvpMTR0lZ8YImuOg8Qm879WT1EccWV-XhNo4S0vnJ6hdMd4cMEMzxqnqf6n6cThn0hku1SeLTa37yMa1hjI3gz_32t_aBr4SWJadQg1bU/s1600/logo.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-57192970655723417652011-05-24T19:18:00.000-07:002011-05-24T19:22:50.853-07:00Conservation FAIL.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Rio Baker in Patagonia changed my life…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For those of you that don’t know, the Chilean government recently approved the development of one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dams in southern Chile, Patagonia. The project will scar the two longest free flowing rivers in all of Chile. This decision was made even with 61% of the population opposing it. On top of the dam issue… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">"The project also calls for a 1,500-mile chain of huge power-line towers to transmit electricity to the north. The power-line corridor would permanently scar an enormous swath of Chile, and open rivers north of Patagonia up to dam building”</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. I’ll let you read the articles by The Cleanest Line from Patagonia and the AP to fill you in with the rest. It really is sickening...but you can decide for yourself.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.thecleanestline.com/2011/05/chilean-government-seals-fate-of-wild-rivers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecleanestline+%28The+Cleanest+Line%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">The Cleanest Line</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gjJHQ6wvG-m0b51ImWx9I-FbB-3A?docId=d04c24f5797d4faebeea10c37a745d11">Associated Press</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the spring after my last year of college, I was on my <a href="http://www.nols.edu/">NOLS</a> course in Patagonia, fly fishing and backpacking in this exact region of Chile. I had just finished college and was venturing out of the states for the first time. One day into my trip I knew I was in trouble. “This is the furthest from people I’ve ever been, that was the ‘cleanest’ trout I’ve ever caught, that’s the bluest river I’ve ever seen, that’s the highest mountain I’ve ever climbed”. I quickly realized that traveling with fly rod in hand was going to shape the rest of my life…and so far it has. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Near the middle of our trip, I remember our hosts sitting us down at the campfire and bringing up the possibility of dams being put in the river that we had been fishing and exploring. I’m sure that we all had the same thought “No way, not here, not possible, this place is way to amazing for that to happen”. To even try to describe to people what this place was like is almost impossible. To fish for wild trout in the shadows of the Andes Mountains, it’s an experience you have to experience to believe. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the years that followed, I would from time to time hear the issue being brought up in the conservation and fly fishing worlds, still not really clear as to the true possibility of this happening. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well the other day I came home to this on my FB wall…</span><br />
<br />
<div class="UIImageBlock clearfix"><a class="actorPhoto UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_MED_Image" data-ft="{"type":"actr-profile-pic"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=813971066" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=813971066" tabindex="-1"><img alt="" class="uiProfilePhoto profilePic uiProfilePhotoLarge img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/187637_813971066_3748188_q.jpg" /></a> <br />
<div class="storyInnerContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_MED_Content"><div><div class="uiSelector mlm hideSelector uiSelectorRight"><div class="wrap"><a ajaxify="/ajax/feed/feed_menu_personal.php?remove=1&ministory_key=5071636&profile_fbid=21802958&story_type=100&story_id=stream_story_4dd0798ed8c536a23604463&story_fbids%5B0%5D=21802958%3A651526363999&is_spam_filter=0&context_menu%5Bremove_content%5D=1&reportable=1&flag_link=%2Fajax%2Fspam_action.php%3FobjectID%3D651526363999%26objectType%3D7%26paramString%26action%3Dmark_spam&report_link=%2Fajax%2Freport.php%3Fcontent_type%3D7%26cid%3D651526363999%26rid%3D813971066%26profile%3D21802958%26h%3DAQBMml541AZcJ6GQ%26story_div_id%3Dstream_story_4dd0798ed8c536a23604463&actor_id=813971066&object_name" aria-haspopup="1" class="uiSelectorButton uiCloseButton" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Matt-Heron-Fly-Fishing/207356415950917#" rel="toggle" role="button" title=""></a></div></div><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}"><div class="actorName actorDescription"><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=813971066" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=813971066"><span style="color: #3b5998; font-size: small;">Dave Willertz</span></a></div><span class="messageBody"><span style="font-size: small;">Hi Matt. Just got an email from Conservacion Patagonia that Chile's environmental commissioners approved HidroAysen's proposal to construct five hydroelectric dams on the Baker and Pascua Rivers. Everywhere we fished & hiked in 2006 will be underwater in a few years : (</span></span></h6><div><form action="/ajax/ufi/modify.php" class="live_651526363999_131325686911214 commentable_item autoexpand_mode" data-live="{"seq":1265560}" method="post" rel="async"><div class="hidden_elem uiUfiLike uiListItem uiListVerticalItemBorder"><br />
</div><ul class="uiList uiUfi focus_target fbUfi" data-ft="{"type":"ufi"}"><li class="uiUfiComments uiListItem uiListVerticalItemBorder"><ul class="commentList"><li class="uiUfiComment comment_1258795 ufiItem ufiItem"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock"><a class="actorPic UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=21802958" tabindex="-1"><img alt="" class="uiProfilePhoto uiProfilePhotoMedium img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/211752_21802958_6841915_q.jpg" /></a> <br />
<div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"></div></div></li>
<li class="uiUfiComment comment_1258795 ufiItem ufiItem"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock"><div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><a class="actorName" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=21802958" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=21802958"><strong><span style="color: #3b5998;">Matthew Heron</span></strong></a> <span data-jsid="text">Sickening that got approved. I've been trying to follow it as much as possible. I was just talking to my wife about it the other day. Makes me wanna puke.</span> <br />
<div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg"><abbr data-date="Thu, 12 May 2011 20:40:21 -0700" title="Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 8:40pm">Thursday at 8:40pm</abbr> · </div></div></div></li>
<li class="uiUfiComment comment_1265560 ufiItem ufiItem"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock"><a class="actorPic UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" href="http://www.facebook.com/Trouts4ever" tabindex="-1"><img alt="" class="uiProfilePhoto uiProfilePhotoMedium img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/203422_1173006224_4550209_q.jpg" /></a> <br />
<div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"></div></div></li>
<li class="uiUfiComment comment_1265560 ufiItem ufiItem"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock"><div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><a class="actorName" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1173006224" href="http://www.facebook.com/Trouts4ever"><strong><span style="color: #3b5998;">Jorge Postigo</span></strong></a> <span data-jsid="text">Hi Mathew & Dave, as a chilean fly fisher I fell ashamed that the commissioners gave green light to the project! The news you received is right (unfortunately).</span></div></div></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></form></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Rio Baker and its surrounding tributaries and landscapes will forever be etched in my mind as one of the most beautiful places that not only trout live, but that we have left on this earth. In this day in age, the options for non hydroelectric energy are mind blowing. Has Chile learned nothing from the mistakes of its neighboring countries and even the world? Haven’t they learned from us (Esp. in the Pacific Northwest) the irreversible damages that dams can cause to the natural balance of Mother Nature? Apparently not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The entire watershed that we hiked, fished and made new friends will completely be buried under water. Forever. We even set up base camp for a few days at the confluence of the Rio Baker, and Rio Nef mentioned in the article…this is the exact spot where one of the dams will be. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I can only hope and pray that in the next few months or even years that somehow justice will prevail before construction begins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plans are already being put in place to try and reverse the outcome of this decision, and it sounds like in just the past few days momentum is already building. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Check out a few of the pics from one of the “Last best places”…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">(Huge bummer, for whatever reason one in a hundred of my pics, including all the Rio Baker pics won't load...not sure what's up. These pics do the region no justice.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSovpN6ZZcmgpkWQzjJaJ-57NArz0utmztqrOI2kgY1xjMmN35VHqxWlRLfjRmPh9isi8kOFJA41awIz2UDvMqf-WoiXAAGqxcIYK7-5mAjmsoZ2UYwf0olx74QGu1MAwdquOaiXbPiY/s1600/nols_0354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSovpN6ZZcmgpkWQzjJaJ-57NArz0utmztqrOI2kgY1xjMmN35VHqxWlRLfjRmPh9isi8kOFJA41awIz2UDvMqf-WoiXAAGqxcIYK7-5mAjmsoZ2UYwf0olx74QGu1MAwdquOaiXbPiY/s320/nols_0354.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The start of two weeks in the Andes.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkNrJGf-L5mHBtdSDPgXNMh00HNsRxUgTbo1wyG1FyTROmKX7gkDBx1RnSD1TqxR7x8_SJjyjEEl3GTZPr4hi8Rt61i95BmNh48INIGmLSRJZM76vHSV6LdW34_LIdEzovAtjuOR5Q24/s1600/nols_0361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkNrJGf-L5mHBtdSDPgXNMh00HNsRxUgTbo1wyG1FyTROmKX7gkDBx1RnSD1TqxR7x8_SJjyjEEl3GTZPr4hi8Rt61i95BmNh48INIGmLSRJZM76vHSV6LdW34_LIdEzovAtjuOR5Q24/s320/nols_0361.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Perfect.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIJ-hfMn__Jpehj7LhaWbjjztn_bzsCiYCDuKowTXrny1QUZkuKGwOITpxt66NqR6PtLc6laUQq1Xp9YOvSjfpXiJbzvOxG1cQ2b2yVxqIDkrgq0nnvLtPGa94bCx73cHRKnUtfyvFio/s1600/nols_0362.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIJ-hfMn__Jpehj7LhaWbjjztn_bzsCiYCDuKowTXrny1QUZkuKGwOITpxt66NqR6PtLc6laUQq1Xp9YOvSjfpXiJbzvOxG1cQ2b2yVxqIDkrgq0nnvLtPGa94bCx73cHRKnUtfyvFio/s320/nols_0362.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Money hole.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtaLna5Nn0c5IkqNLP2WSd2Oan7kVlHX1oMj1582wJlg_GUKt54o3qljzioZ0_2DPdEwfqJSKWvu_pX5Bk5viiEtYMKsKIbpHEcUkHuWSV5clKA5ucXJGW-2A89x3nQmiLhdxu-uUVyo/s1600/nols_0368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtaLna5Nn0c5IkqNLP2WSd2Oan7kVlHX1oMj1582wJlg_GUKt54o3qljzioZ0_2DPdEwfqJSKWvu_pX5Bk5viiEtYMKsKIbpHEcUkHuWSV5clKA5ucXJGW-2A89x3nQmiLhdxu-uUVyo/s320/nols_0368.JPG" t8="true" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Money everything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVdcaoJo0Hq188nnCfqSoO_Y0dQ6r1tZtwKUraiLIgDWvxw1SFXzSPoSqeMN82d5EIFXgwq1tF8rHNhdMH2T7yWNxi_cziWTnajzsg8F0SM6QGDiTm4V9i3uVI6nxN9w-gS05-9M4HC8/s1600/nols_0347.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVdcaoJo0Hq188nnCfqSoO_Y0dQ6r1tZtwKUraiLIgDWvxw1SFXzSPoSqeMN82d5EIFXgwq1tF8rHNhdMH2T7yWNxi_cziWTnajzsg8F0SM6QGDiTm4V9i3uVI6nxN9w-gS05-9M4HC8/s320/nols_0347.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The locals preparing our traditional Asado. Fresh!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXcm3B0UAWPF5B0ECs277MiNqJeEcfFBYWlUild6EK2hq3qZwX5gO6DzebdzTpYF_YGC9T3adHZJVHZu7L-ls1L8yOrCXtu2bDyJWIxyHoso3_6duLZuCzY_V_qvAQieIq9CLDB8k51w/s1600/nols_0393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXcm3B0UAWPF5B0ECs277MiNqJeEcfFBYWlUild6EK2hq3qZwX5gO6DzebdzTpYF_YGC9T3adHZJVHZu7L-ls1L8yOrCXtu2bDyJWIxyHoso3_6duLZuCzY_V_qvAQieIq9CLDB8k51w/s320/nols_0393.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The crew at the end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">More updates coming soon thanks to chum nation...</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Heron</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mattheronflyfishing.com/"><img border="0" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVq9t0Y-jKR5oQYAWKqGsennqD_QDdB5bBS73PVaHQ8tTjMM__zWpsJ9UZKN_CeGqeWRry9cp0MjeyYDyJg9qzPCk62opj2Zjl1O8duFmaOG_5U9MjyFb8aHb4h7fhcxZ4k8bvwiuyAO4/s320/MHFF_Logo_Black.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-47914901350910088682011-05-03T19:21:00.000-07:002011-05-03T19:21:22.743-07:00SA Quickie.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well it's been a while since the last post, I've been busy with guide trips and even a few classes in the snow. Not to mention the final film tour stop of the year in Boulder, with 800 people!! More on that later...but first, a just one quick post...</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first preseason order of SA swag showed up today and just in time too. Things are starting to pick up with classes and trips… and to say I was running low on leader and tippet is an understatement. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A big thanks to <a href="http://scientificanglers.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Scientific Anglers</span></a> for an amazing first year on their pro staff and I couldn’t be happier to have them involved with my program. If you haven’t gotten a chance to check out the new Mastery Textured lines, then you should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything you've heard and read is true. They are the perfect younger (and less pricey) cousin to the famous Sharkskin lineup. Did I mention that they are imprinted with SA ID. No more guessing the Wt. and taper. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just picked up a few more and can’t wait to get them wet in the morning. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAMegGfCNNBxVTwtEiiHCYkT7z-HUO3Z2bjhOvgolitTQnqrA9ARV-saJv18czxaxgLUYMpSqsNz9ipbyRfAOyrEmK-6HnDVHPo0oo2wQrPEtuK82k-SozPXzgHjRBvJBKj_2VbeG7nw/s1600/100_0532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAMegGfCNNBxVTwtEiiHCYkT7z-HUO3Z2bjhOvgolitTQnqrA9ARV-saJv18czxaxgLUYMpSqsNz9ipbyRfAOyrEmK-6HnDVHPo0oo2wQrPEtuK82k-SozPXzgHjRBvJBKj_2VbeG7nw/s320/100_0532.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">400+ leaders should get me through the first month of beginners classes haha.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgou3uQwTdf8haliFZFshqrNI_NG7xFAIAbnkAePzD7IuSJYvSTGcXNclvdE5-clCg_QuRnE44mcJc5hr4Bn8NBoKh9YiCeThSthOXUMjP92bzwIou9eQra5q-eKglM7jScatffMaW77kk/s1600/100_0533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgou3uQwTdf8haliFZFshqrNI_NG7xFAIAbnkAePzD7IuSJYvSTGcXNclvdE5-clCg_QuRnE44mcJc5hr4Bn8NBoKh9YiCeThSthOXUMjP92bzwIou9eQra5q-eKglM7jScatffMaW77kk/s320/100_0533.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ummmm, fluorocarbon!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ctUY5kzpsBJZYdgE637Ng9gJS_Njke5YCh1QelWKxC80FquYQA8pCHRgFebUumjL6yrdCVd88ii4d6gUyJdjgQPutk8ZmHm0_PrFg0-4-S0_poZlNCkpmrs7gmQ9AN4dnm0Pvw176G0/s1600/100_0534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ctUY5kzpsBJZYdgE637Ng9gJS_Njke5YCh1QelWKxC80FquYQA8pCHRgFebUumjL6yrdCVd88ii4d6gUyJdjgQPutk8ZmHm0_PrFg0-4-S0_poZlNCkpmrs7gmQ9AN4dnm0Pvw176G0/s320/100_0534.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I Spy Saltness.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>Heron<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mattheronflyfishing.com/"><img border="0" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHH2X9ZxMumLbZxwei9U7JgpMNAmZXe9cW8KN8S_siEblRb5_FXstu93cYjrS6LcReslpVbwgoIA-HtJuGxHqO0Ofs_zixsvHRNlQJG3NEQEd7G_JYHDJBbfcb7ZHoD2TtAHjIIui-gGY/s1600/logo_2.jpg" /></a></div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-39955431113677830332011-04-21T18:51:00.000-07:002011-04-22T18:12:11.818-07:00Spring 2011 Bug Slinger<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Good buddy Rob McAbee just launched the new line of Spring Bug Slinger gear. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some of you may recognize the new short sleeve-T version of the original classic, the Cross Sticks. That’s tops on my list.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMJpSC3XBkHkL3FSVa40liAoJnKy3hmr2N-5-5BKkXXx-iWeNI2OrcODcVPsdKbCGbo4IxKcO2KwdvuB2-bxkCrFacXGoU2KlNxRijKNr25KJmUHOjVvYDrqaPVZVixRwftLHeAyAhnk/s1600/crosssticksii_back.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMJpSC3XBkHkL3FSVa40liAoJnKy3hmr2N-5-5BKkXXx-iWeNI2OrcODcVPsdKbCGbo4IxKcO2KwdvuB2-bxkCrFacXGoU2KlNxRijKNr25KJmUHOjVvYDrqaPVZVixRwftLHeAyAhnk/s320/crosssticksii_back.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div> <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also, the new permit logo and mayfly decal are nuts!! My order will be going in very soon…</span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBN7AXCTqtEMX4XP_i8j-uaIBhXYFdQEtlET8lxTgJR2gaINxBXd6mlkLPIhR80ogsmeUI7zJA3SET0H1GwoT6hkDCdJUDBDGnur3zklehyPQ_gtBNkstCE2uXqIsLEjJu1txfEH63xo/s1600/stained_permit_back.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBN7AXCTqtEMX4XP_i8j-uaIBhXYFdQEtlET8lxTgJR2gaINxBXd6mlkLPIhR80ogsmeUI7zJA3SET0H1GwoT6hkDCdJUDBDGnur3zklehyPQ_gtBNkstCE2uXqIsLEjJu1txfEH63xo/s320/stained_permit_back.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I heart mit.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8f_qVedkFwYL5q9BCPlMHupV6wXFrUlPYw8lpeQtfIjyadpGkBuzhL4UDSWGF_ywM6K9X73ilHoPjKhf-bi8iESFF5TUG4_k6f4k3UmgtUh5kBoPbrDa5oPeH-YCBBFAz2zIGwuj_i0/s1600/thenatural_decal_1_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8f_qVedkFwYL5q9BCPlMHupV6wXFrUlPYw8lpeQtfIjyadpGkBuzhL4UDSWGF_ywM6K9X73ilHoPjKhf-bi8iESFF5TUG4_k6f4k3UmgtUh5kBoPbrDa5oPeH-YCBBFAz2zIGwuj_i0/s1600/thenatural_decal_1_1.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm gonna need several of these...</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>Check out the rest of the new goodness at the <a href="http://bugslinger.com/">Mothership</a>.<br />
<br />
And how bout' that redfish shot on the homepage? Baller.<br />
<br />
Heron<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mattheronflyfishing.com/"><img border="0" height="99" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QbF_I6a4P8RhktV7qiBLTGQpIXRp5jY40qYRyOANtloA0UlYXz9I1g9F-v0d8ZVi1K9zN-4PwP0c4m-aXNQGesKW4h2mX9C_SY59WT1S0ERJj1RWVainSvFuoqXSscxyQMB0Xk2atFs/s320/MHFF_Logo_Black.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-86785861810202526752011-04-15T19:57:00.000-07:002011-04-15T21:33:20.893-07:00Tampa Poon Madness<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shortly after leaving Daytona, we arrived in Tampa, home adult tarpon and<a href="http://skinnywaterculture.com/"> Skinny Water Culture</a>. Vince Stegura is one of the head masterminds behind this relatively new (3yrs or so) clothing company. Growing up in Florida, Vince pretty much got sick and tired of seeing the younger generation of fly fishers wearing only Columbia fishing shirts, and anything with a Guy Harvey print. He thought “Are those the only options now-a-days?”. And boom, SWC was born. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent a ton of time in the “office” learning a bit about the company and what makes it tic…and a lot about what my generation of fly fisher is after. Vince left us with a steroid sized Santa sack full of all kinds of Tee’s, long sleeves, vapors, hats, and hoodies. Jackpot!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiij3SW2ubloJqPcCpyQ2RTrg49w2xest9Ia85YV29r2yfOKVfi-fzUsi2aLLjeh-vBV2aSWBuKCVIvZYYSUOUkzAA5vl1IrFe4nTU2t9Tn0E4FX9InR9D0SasTcbvbEu4EYSSwU5LWg50/s1600/IMG959255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiij3SW2ubloJqPcCpyQ2RTrg49w2xest9Ia85YV29r2yfOKVfi-fzUsi2aLLjeh-vBV2aSWBuKCVIvZYYSUOUkzAA5vl1IrFe4nTU2t9Tn0E4FX9InR9D0SasTcbvbEu4EYSSwU5LWg50/s320/IMG959255.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vince, makin' moves in the mothership.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUcsxtwP2rpoSKmijoHCgmC_wzYM9rePyGGxyoG5AiD7GX_k5lPnRuLHjZk28rcOV5_zlBCsS8pgpdsbXqi_hP7mguZxL3eIyIHD5aq8sOLwFJVADZc6lK4fCfXsbONmgz25qZBOBii0/s1600/IMG957944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUcsxtwP2rpoSKmijoHCgmC_wzYM9rePyGGxyoG5AiD7GX_k5lPnRuLHjZk28rcOV5_zlBCsS8pgpdsbXqi_hP7mguZxL3eIyIHD5aq8sOLwFJVADZc6lK4fCfXsbONmgz25qZBOBii0/s320/IMG957944.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A duck hunters dream.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBHrI7ccEWURGnw4OgEje_semRxXthN4sutHl3lvuAt13_NYSALuNMhpWuWP2HCJSalNQbWg0GPIEE0KmQwx7EcEIKcNZSvTJGT5LPAMxIEoOO260IDU1XpbJlj5uqkduR2yMnrCLfAs/s1600/Screen_shot_2011-03-21_at_7_32_11_PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBHrI7ccEWURGnw4OgEje_semRxXthN4sutHl3lvuAt13_NYSALuNMhpWuWP2HCJSalNQbWg0GPIEE0KmQwx7EcEIKcNZSvTJGT5LPAMxIEoOO260IDU1XpbJlj5uqkduR2yMnrCLfAs/s320/Screen_shot_2011-03-21_at_7_32_11_PM.png" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Why do you have a shirt with a permit smokin' a joint?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "Because it's a permit, and permit do whatever the fuck they want"</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The next day, Tampa Bay on The Fly (local shop) hooked us up with a TV interview to help promote the show the following day. Last min we found out that only two of the four of us got the nod to be on set. So Thad did his thing, and Dave got the green light for number two because of his local roots. No worries, Dave made one call, and we had a boat waiting for us in the am. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmXKMx_Oa2XiKytL-Is5mxU7eGR9tCTQ3Tv2elEKkULSnUa7ATETzEYsl4SMgrEIqshPkAIM8DuiBARgOSieTYMIv6JGCZ25x8DmriTGTExDa8xZcW0JgPD-vCAlZq_irD6n6_95KfFs/s1600/100_0436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmXKMx_Oa2XiKytL-Is5mxU7eGR9tCTQ3Tv2elEKkULSnUa7ATETzEYsl4SMgrEIqshPkAIM8DuiBARgOSieTYMIv6JGCZ25x8DmriTGTExDa8xZcW0JgPD-vCAlZq_irD6n6_95KfFs/s320/100_0436.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brothers don't shake hands, brothers gotta hug!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfq56T3-94Rz8hJGubrFdhjCTNb0Qzn2wTDH24L_rFqRoIyU4pnzdYTZVzPUESt7qs8uuxqgDA6AjGF1FHMJE7fk5dD1uMWb50eMJrBYLlt30Vwqnnl6dJSAtwfMn3CP9XiLcAPLgIxQw/s1600/100_0438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfq56T3-94Rz8hJGubrFdhjCTNb0Qzn2wTDH24L_rFqRoIyU4pnzdYTZVzPUESt7qs8uuxqgDA6AjGF1FHMJE7fk5dD1uMWb50eMJrBYLlt30Vwqnnl6dJSAtwfMn3CP9XiLcAPLgIxQw/s320/100_0438.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or not...</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was great to get on the water in a new area, but we did hit the tide wrong. But like I said, Chad and I were on the water and loving life…not being crammed in a stuffy studio haha. But there was one thing about the interview that made me a bit jealous….</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0fD5hFX5hHLp6JryK0Jp1YtI6RbN_hU7LlDTH0Pw3VN5lZA25iyQNXq0zS0VT-OfZCYYi7sIB9hjLUADprFUHO9lTBzaswecXMI5VxHePWBRFFhGUbNVx9EhVNFFIbXy_p9F7o7FvUc/s1600/218143_10150557691675305_134809410304_17773145_7552438_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0fD5hFX5hHLp6JryK0Jp1YtI6RbN_hU7LlDTH0Pw3VN5lZA25iyQNXq0zS0VT-OfZCYYi7sIB9hjLUADprFUHO9lTBzaswecXMI5VxHePWBRFFhGUbNVx9EhVNFFIbXy_p9F7o7FvUc/s320/218143_10150557691675305_134809410304_17773145_7552438_n.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Steve'O was in the house!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The sold out show went off without a hitch. It was a perfect venue with lots of good brews, and restaurant servers for every seat…not a bad set up. Thanks to an inside scoop from Florida Fly Fisherman Magazine; we were the first to announce that ALL FLORIDA BONEFISH ARE NOW CATCH AND REALEASE ONLY!! HELL YES! It gave me chills to hear the crowd’s reaction after I gave the good word. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are all the details, with permit regs changing as we speak.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.tarbone.org/news-a-events/342-florida-bonefish-catch-and-release-regulations.html">http://www.tarbone.org/news-a-events/342-florida-bonefish-catch-and-release-regulations.html</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVFO22RIdhNbj0s6VBGRmdIu2WNZNGH5lAD7hdpGixBIQviRdiukPzTdvzUa7g8CQ6_U6n_DYWh6M5e7tqLDB4NCaDP6t_k40idPx9qpNKZd-rkb4YnvM8zXcYoA8jpUePuRTCddYZa0/s1600/100_0440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVFO22RIdhNbj0s6VBGRmdIu2WNZNGH5lAD7hdpGixBIQviRdiukPzTdvzUa7g8CQ6_U6n_DYWh6M5e7tqLDB4NCaDP6t_k40idPx9qpNKZd-rkb4YnvM8zXcYoA8jpUePuRTCddYZa0/s320/100_0440.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Packed house at the Tampa Pitcher Show.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After the show, the SWC crew put on a nice little post show get together…I’ll let the pics do the talking. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wDtG9ucsThSaAp4wH5Q0-TFQCcWNS3p3PDmJIamvgCYTHunqhvqYqITupWQUX4ne6Uv6LkTn_kIsB1NQtAnU5nHZsjqUyAci_R3bwF4auhnPOPowlJEdikpZE94ungHRAblwkx-wcHE/s1600/100_0441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wDtG9ucsThSaAp4wH5Q0-TFQCcWNS3p3PDmJIamvgCYTHunqhvqYqITupWQUX4ne6Uv6LkTn_kIsB1NQtAnU5nHZsjqUyAci_R3bwF4auhnPOPowlJEdikpZE94ungHRAblwkx-wcHE/s320/100_0441.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">500+...need I say more?</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1wyd2cfFy83h_B83gN36FCzabbN74Iiv3dADKfsB4IzKM_vwEqkOU1ol9gRaUL7qbR_CA-9aXgGHX0gnO6eLemKhFFCwACjQ1ybNnvdQYPNn8mqm2uxc8ioHeXUIkOnMEddygR_AD_Q/s1600/100_0442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1wyd2cfFy83h_B83gN36FCzabbN74Iiv3dADKfsB4IzKM_vwEqkOU1ol9gRaUL7qbR_CA-9aXgGHX0gnO6eLemKhFFCwACjQ1ybNnvdQYPNn8mqm2uxc8ioHeXUIkOnMEddygR_AD_Q/s320/100_0442.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Celebration". Beer with goat bling.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In what was my final day on the south east run, we were after tarpon. This was my first time to chase the adults, and I soon learned why people go stir crazy over these big boys. Good friend Brian Jill of<a href="http://lostcoastanglers.com/"> Lost Coast Anglers</a> had us lined up with two boats, and some good friends for a loooong day of chasin’ the silver kings.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first part of the day we were after pods of fish daisy chaining on crystal clear flats in about 5-8 feet of water. We had two boats with three guys a piece. I was the first one on the bow once we got settled, and to say I blew my first shot would be putting it nicely. I dumped a fat pile about 20 feet short, and way left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After my legs stopped shaking, I got my shit together and had a few more shots throughout the day…no hook eats. But at least it wasn’t my fault. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXrJpbxn4b8X2f5JyQ7u9OVFSRRXNBhbMsnd57ZeABNYrIgknMQjjppcfKgmNf_Go4fO38vF1rtArtnE0RBLafNY9ljMD3BzE-i2rzPfKmDI9NAar9tVsIwLzZTZFU5nQHZPR_jLae90/s1600/100_0446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXrJpbxn4b8X2f5JyQ7u9OVFSRRXNBhbMsnd57ZeABNYrIgknMQjjppcfKgmNf_Go4fO38vF1rtArtnE0RBLafNY9ljMD3BzE-i2rzPfKmDI9NAar9tVsIwLzZTZFU5nQHZPR_jLae90/s320/100_0446.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We litterally got low holed on the flat! Wtf?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigN9lg2uJXHs-M78Pr_M6do5cesxJmYwf5al1yEE0VDAUqQ_ssEG3Je5RWVupJKgpFoPHQtv-y1xpdzGrJub8sJtYiVtwhzqsaHB9Uk0I3origc8JVjgGugpecRVJSU2x9GiFBrBSXPU/s1600/100_0448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigN9lg2uJXHs-M78Pr_M6do5cesxJmYwf5al1yEE0VDAUqQ_ssEG3Je5RWVupJKgpFoPHQtv-y1xpdzGrJub8sJtYiVtwhzqsaHB9Uk0I3origc8JVjgGugpecRVJSU2x9GiFBrBSXPU/s320/100_0448.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Runnin'.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How do they say…”the night time is the right time”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That night we were back on the water chasin’ poon under the lights. By about midnight they started to show and were getting a bit more aggressive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 1:45am, Brian heard a gulp and said “cast there!”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I did. And it was on! I got in about half of a strip set before the fish was at the boat, he then pulled a 180 and headed for the gulf. Never had I seen a drag scream so fast, or watch that much backing disappear.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the twenty min mark we had our hands on the fish twice. Bad idea. This fish wasn’t even close to ready. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUt_z1D88Nj55Rc-OqqBjqQWUgeEbeJMEFIyer5eMZp9PPOWF-42PXGD_JdWMLDsTrxZLbnkXYq80s2DYZ5PwBKKJiV0qR84m3bPAoPP6R-SEfJMUfDIRVEAbGClitqN98HGyE2uuIMs/s1600/100_0467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUt_z1D88Nj55Rc-OqqBjqQWUgeEbeJMEFIyer5eMZp9PPOWF-42PXGD_JdWMLDsTrxZLbnkXYq80s2DYZ5PwBKKJiV0qR84m3bPAoPP6R-SEfJMUfDIRVEAbGClitqN98HGyE2uuIMs/s320/100_0467.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gettin' worked.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbI4NGSbGsD7vCS5cLHxNIiCL2fUTDGLWL7NZuSvHWgvDK_7dxzU-nhqKCh70myH3rZAUdfH2VGQwn-SjbcDUEHY2FSmfxCQoyTiTk8VAkzTRj2im4oWlHLODuG9TnO49PDMS07IRlk6g/s1600/100_0480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbI4NGSbGsD7vCS5cLHxNIiCL2fUTDGLWL7NZuSvHWgvDK_7dxzU-nhqKCh70myH3rZAUdfH2VGQwn-SjbcDUEHY2FSmfxCQoyTiTk8VAkzTRj2im4oWlHLODuG9TnO49PDMS07IRlk6g/s320/100_0480.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, I got this.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9EtadBBGU2049xGm3T9xERC1k5ELCjjorpB0M3GwwdcPt0OcXzFyChWkonrjKeCE44KmzBZan0Ly7t7hz6QvPR7NApeOweeVaAEyosr33FVj1JYKkGRGQdDnMEnLG_e219f9hQ5WafY/s1600/100_0481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9EtadBBGU2049xGm3T9xERC1k5ELCjjorpB0M3GwwdcPt0OcXzFyChWkonrjKeCE44KmzBZan0Ly7t7hz6QvPR7NApeOweeVaAEyosr33FVj1JYKkGRGQdDnMEnLG_e219f9hQ5WafY/s320/100_0481.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No I don't...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At about the 40 min mark I was wondering if my arms and back were gonna make it…they did, barley. At 45 min we had the fish landed. We even got a DNA cheek sample for FDOW. Cool stuff. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAp3rPVE4QWbCZtM309OS4p_Cl-SXSEkJchzIfBSy6dR5EJX9e82SPnrXWprzNAd6p03OwNBONIgrkJaWGcJ2xxR4VxPoMKcP8LFpQEwXJ2URVxlWoKyDLXCLISrMYPDJknaZijX5AOy4/s1600/100_0490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAp3rPVE4QWbCZtM309OS4p_Cl-SXSEkJchzIfBSy6dR5EJX9e82SPnrXWprzNAd6p03OwNBONIgrkJaWGcJ2xxR4VxPoMKcP8LFpQEwXJ2URVxlWoKyDLXCLISrMYPDJknaZijX5AOy4/s320/100_0490.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boom Goes the Dynomite!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0f_kUSe2uMLixr0A1t8L8BtrQ2Wvc6AMIDkXENVoN8mOcPrq8_YKvt7-1adONg_Vqdj7KdRZC6rKeqS7T_xIb350wRSTgNmKaopcwBPJ-pdrP2ZBJ9-3oRiTXm7a38l7eaDKEO8USrw/s1600/100_0492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0f_kUSe2uMLixr0A1t8L8BtrQ2Wvc6AMIDkXENVoN8mOcPrq8_YKvt7-1adONg_Vqdj7KdRZC6rKeqS7T_xIb350wRSTgNmKaopcwBPJ-pdrP2ZBJ9-3oRiTXm7a38l7eaDKEO8USrw/s320/100_0492.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tryin' to grab him.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5V_iYCXAZNXUDNk4JJQAZVnx5QX2I7xPWMzxZAgPFenMFzhFJVp_MRbaEKTOfaB7RUm7KAcNHBYhuvvv7YTWFpT6qlYXyk8wDg4htqi1ByQsgV0Mg_YcLaqtuw2E2FQhC__TqqqoS0JQ/s1600/100_0493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5V_iYCXAZNXUDNk4JJQAZVnx5QX2I7xPWMzxZAgPFenMFzhFJVp_MRbaEKTOfaB7RUm7KAcNHBYhuvvv7YTWFpT6qlYXyk8wDg4htqi1ByQsgV0Mg_YcLaqtuw2E2FQhC__TqqqoS0JQ/s320/100_0493.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love this shot.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LNeWx_1cB8kOrMPwTzFku5cfXmrA52NZEJwyo8pVzheAW7XDraWKTZa-A5GaTTS6KDoQF9gvn9GULZb0dMss5f6oDEQwTVILFBnwUF8Hdzs-xw8eK0MoDMQMCbwvkInDuD5iB-oZ7bs/s1600/100_0494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LNeWx_1cB8kOrMPwTzFku5cfXmrA52NZEJwyo8pVzheAW7XDraWKTZa-A5GaTTS6KDoQF9gvn9GULZb0dMss5f6oDEQwTVILFBnwUF8Hdzs-xw8eK0MoDMQMCbwvkInDuD5iB-oZ7bs/s320/100_0494.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He gave me one last "F-You", and it was over.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First adult tarpon in the books…must have been the lucky shirt. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brian- Hey Matt, what time did you have to be at the airport?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me- 5:30, why, what time is it?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brian- Five</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Me- Crap!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We took the boat out at 5:23 am, and I made my flight as it was loading. Sixteen out of twenty hours on a flats boat chasin’ poon… It was the perfect end to an amazing run in the South East! See ya’ll in Boulder for the final hosted show of the year!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heron</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mattheronflyfishing.com/"><img border="0" height="99" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LTlmUkqRQVCiK1uEFq0SkBiW8y6vFBsVbONKkXKKosqyVt9UrcWaM44xY8Q_q832DpJdpKp74oLtvJZPll0CCbYI6Gk0FjZK_-sFmLXOmdBCDewgtCxZVa8f1WneAWm-ZFVcw55W64g/s320/MHFF_Logo_Black.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-45794130799536806322011-04-14T20:37:00.000-07:002011-04-14T20:37:21.275-07:00The FLA Stops- Round #1<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not long after chasing reds, we were headed south to the Jacksonville show. There was a quick detour though; I was getting dropped off in Hilton Head, SC to have the quickest family reunion in history. As it turns out, I was in the area the same time my cousin was having his second baby, on top of that his mom (my aunt) and two of this three brothers and sisters where there too…from Michigan. On top of that my aunt and uncle from NY happened to be taking a nice south east road trip at the same time. Not a bad deal. The icing on the cake was my mom being able to make the trip down to help with the new baby. Being on opposite coasts since college, it’s a rare treat to get to spend time with the rents and I tired to make the most of it. Good thing my dad couldn’t make it, I’m sure we would have fished and there wouldn’t have been much of a reunion for me anyway. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jztVYFvrY42P_IrkJJWnFCUe5BDDZbeJPLSliByBAK2qZUrVSidicMAqbTmC7ysmdICN56vwXw74pj1SSbvAhOpooThc9cO0-5Y7aILC-HFePxGb32auMFikbUNG1T0NagJIqngyMOY/s1600/100_0423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jztVYFvrY42P_IrkJJWnFCUe5BDDZbeJPLSliByBAK2qZUrVSidicMAqbTmC7ysmdICN56vwXw74pj1SSbvAhOpooThc9cO0-5Y7aILC-HFePxGb32auMFikbUNG1T0NagJIqngyMOY/s320/100_0423.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hilton Head CVS'a are Selling sun tan lotion, Tahoe CVS's are still selling winter sleds. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was great to see the fam and catch up some, however it was short lived. In about 30 hrs I was in my rental car to meet back up with the boys in Jacksonville. The Jax show had a good, but unusually quite crowd…I think next yr we’ll just have to promote some pre show vodka-redbull specials. That should do the trick. This was also good friend Rob McAbee’s home show (He also headed north for the Charleston show), you may know Rob from all the <a href="http://bugslinger.com/">Bug Slinger Fly Gear</a> you’ve been seeing the last few years. He was rollin’ deep with his local boys decked head to toe in BS gear. I know I’ll be rocking some of the new threads real soon. It was good to catch up with the crew…but like always, early the next morning we were headed south. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnAHyu9UF1yjQIPcyJBnPfWQboT1evZiXuXv1kxbXa3H6jeeLV2SO_ISy3lWISPC9Z_oDlMzGHU-K0ju_BNgjNPKOB6VPuquM51er6R975wquuezs4Y_7hiEQtZgP86vJ0T6dQu4YlqQ/s1600/216325_10150215476619810_779954809_8565606_6258785_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnAHyu9UF1yjQIPcyJBnPfWQboT1evZiXuXv1kxbXa3H6jeeLV2SO_ISy3lWISPC9Z_oDlMzGHU-K0ju_BNgjNPKOB6VPuquM51er6R975wquuezs4Y_7hiEQtZgP86vJ0T6dQu4YlqQ/s320/216325_10150215476619810_779954809_8565606_6258785_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our boy Rowdy pimpin' a new BS Tee, soon to be realeased.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We took one little detour again on the way to Tampa, we were headed to Daytona for the grand tour of Costa Del Mar. For the second year in a row, they are the presenting sponsor of the film tour and without their support since day one; the film tour would not be what it has become today. After a quick tour (sorry pics not allowed inside), they treated us to lunch, and a drive by of the Daytona 500…pretty sweet if you ask me, next time we’ll have to hit it a few weeks earlier and partake in some of the crazy festivities. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEg8fOBnSEbL0-9BXHTJzoVHD7YiXC82X6W5JFgGCFtgbvdHh7gKYa0o8-BA3kG5A-3lOAp7R1DqcxvXA71lAQvvJPflw2SKfyE0mlQArF0iR-IchKNcRNu9fcdtkeZs8js4D4g4x0Vd0/s1600/100_0424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEg8fOBnSEbL0-9BXHTJzoVHD7YiXC82X6W5JFgGCFtgbvdHh7gKYa0o8-BA3kG5A-3lOAp7R1DqcxvXA71lAQvvJPflw2SKfyE0mlQArF0iR-IchKNcRNu9fcdtkeZs8js4D4g4x0Vd0/s320/100_0424.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Casa de Costa.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIr5DkQpqt8-3eTjlNJsfHLDS5Ue-IAo3GFaEXdaMQXRLXbp_tnOt_QExDahU4-iEhUNMarZ0lGoGU04KXzzZxkaK8emHZKEN4ggbGL0ynovwWW69acm7Futftgq7G1XJfOk0R-4AWyp0/s1600/100_0433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIr5DkQpqt8-3eTjlNJsfHLDS5Ue-IAo3GFaEXdaMQXRLXbp_tnOt_QExDahU4-iEhUNMarZ0lGoGU04KXzzZxkaK8emHZKEN4ggbGL0ynovwWW69acm7Futftgq7G1XJfOk0R-4AWyp0/s320/100_0433.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well I did sneak one pic.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9L9O3Q4lW4RYodpJxaL1qyBXvtidz5q8wRWPiuWVeQAvAZ852KVTdQOCEpt7P8V0_h_yzXun2-RI5DF1JaDTzX1KqlvHx53YpxTAdKWjkrwYGQc9wR_KakMXYxGEC-Gvp87EyhHEqMI/s1600/100_0428.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9L9O3Q4lW4RYodpJxaL1qyBXvtidz5q8wRWPiuWVeQAvAZ852KVTdQOCEpt7P8V0_h_yzXun2-RI5DF1JaDTzX1KqlvHx53YpxTAdKWjkrwYGQc9wR_KakMXYxGEC-Gvp87EyhHEqMI/s320/100_0428.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Start your engines.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTYLcuorNpW6JQvei8QrOtGlyaO1Vj3m1WeeuC6dC8n00tUlqa87lzBtnlKCyh6RK4rLJ71U02DAc_Du5M25hMCrTZ_FN1VGwGfLZXi-ByBsow6KIj7jUj9hKBas2-y5P8L1yi3eJZr8/s1600/100_0430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTYLcuorNpW6JQvei8QrOtGlyaO1Vj3m1WeeuC6dC8n00tUlqa87lzBtnlKCyh6RK4rLJ71U02DAc_Du5M25hMCrTZ_FN1VGwGfLZXi-ByBsow6KIj7jUj9hKBas2-y5P8L1yi3eJZr8/s320/100_0430.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Holler DB.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBZo2-rrvrW-P5S2GdAF0VloswAF_0e83qlO1-WrCsUVAb0vg8ur3Z38fYcsbf5Qj7qAKZANvt2uDDnDdBW8dXGR07J6GELOH0N6bweJlwUL7BlMlK0wJKK2DQA7dbhjcob90uTEeQ4A/s1600/100_0431.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBZo2-rrvrW-P5S2GdAF0VloswAF_0e83qlO1-WrCsUVAb0vg8ur3Z38fYcsbf5Qj7qAKZANvt2uDDnDdBW8dXGR07J6GELOH0N6bweJlwUL7BlMlK0wJKK2DQA7dbhjcob90uTEeQ4A/s320/100_0431.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The OG #3.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next up…Tampa poontangle. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heron</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mattheronflyfishing.com/"><img border="0" height="99" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsN8lUqAs9lMbsunsF8FRRIXi9FXSNqzfHBvP5r8SULGFgcT_MUvhrP6skLFpH0I5ZiFgif8vPdQNJ0GL62pr3b-KTZCBvMOx_qMKUlgLY4utuBHc79HUQf2teSN9kAIKysTewsQahA0/s320/MHFF_Logo_Black.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-74664807075621961802011-04-13T19:55:00.000-07:002011-04-13T20:44:05.816-07:00Fly Fishing is Not A Crime, SC Reds edition.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To be honest I can probably some up our visit to Charleston in a few short words…Good good, good fishin’, good people. And that’s about it. But I won’t. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We arrived in town knowing that both our 5pm and 8pm shows were sold out, not surprising since there are literally red fish swimming down the streets down there.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTq72gCXdMJ-gDBGcYtAs822jjagh91IYOvyy6NToYee8_5iiDzeOjalWjoLjQO1_nYp1CxsJjEJwOhyphenhyphenkWdnDYiy7UgVKp_vi8R3pdNs1HAsubARTFP6H1rcUdYqLnI3kgIy2a2cNfgso/s1600/100_0373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTq72gCXdMJ-gDBGcYtAs822jjagh91IYOvyy6NToYee8_5iiDzeOjalWjoLjQO1_nYp1CxsJjEJwOhyphenhyphenkWdnDYiy7UgVKp_vi8R3pdNs1HAsubARTFP6H1rcUdYqLnI3kgIy2a2cNfgso/s320/100_0373.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you Charleston Angler for crushing it!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9suhI1DzjMtbgEoKvU5GUypPxlIrW7V8LnydUdur454OoG2hwGIw7YxZXxN-NxYdbW_uJpS0lNHS8hmhNJ3UaBNJPOJ1Ztr1vxPaPK4xuzjgY04NANOCKB12Bj4FddArt2SbLWy7C9I/s1600/100_0376.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9suhI1DzjMtbgEoKvU5GUypPxlIrW7V8LnydUdur454OoG2hwGIw7YxZXxN-NxYdbW_uJpS0lNHS8hmhNJ3UaBNJPOJ1Ztr1vxPaPK4xuzjgY04NANOCKB12Bj4FddArt2SbLWy7C9I/s320/100_0376.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thad making some serious decisions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_dxtGmzwHiS21W8qCm43W2MdxqL6pjkryZbks0y7vh-V4cJ8GP-X5apbFWxuabKfHeGj3qyBNC84_DHxY0G1jALcrTNfuE9p-RDAqbMvdxO-ZS_tkSXyvG8nPv3Heprk8jXumNbzGb8/s1600/208521_10150523952420305_134809410304_17698717_3520346_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_dxtGmzwHiS21W8qCm43W2MdxqL6pjkryZbks0y7vh-V4cJ8GP-X5apbFWxuabKfHeGj3qyBNC84_DHxY0G1jALcrTNfuE9p-RDAqbMvdxO-ZS_tkSXyvG8nPv3Heprk8jXumNbzGb8/s320/208521_10150523952420305_134809410304_17698717_3520346_n.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.paulpuckettart.com/index.html">Paul Puckett</a> holdin' it down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchU7xGv4Q4t-wCu-TUE4webRiIQeTMnPtJJAEB29Vff_rxPSQ2c_mjG4ezkoo3hhqbApwys5EKTS9WhuU0syVFlIdMjuQiVGrhJdwWaWDYb-6BTJulGhM6iVD_lkvdtiTpqFy_5Qvn60/s1600/100_0409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchU7xGv4Q4t-wCu-TUE4webRiIQeTMnPtJJAEB29Vff_rxPSQ2c_mjG4ezkoo3hhqbApwys5EKTS9WhuU0syVFlIdMjuQiVGrhJdwWaWDYb-6BTJulGhM6iVD_lkvdtiTpqFy_5Qvn60/s320/100_0409.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Delicioustown USA.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After doing who knows how many shows over the years and visiting countless cites, I can honestly say that Charleston may be my new personal favorite. One of the main reasons was the people as mentioned earlier. We didn’t stay in a hotel at all while we were there, why …because a friend of a friend gave us the green light to crash his pad for a few days. Little did we know that new best friend Graham Hegamyer and his girlfriend Christina had only moved in a few days earlier. This was literally the definition of southern hospitality. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only did they open their doors for us…but there was SEVEN OF US! We had few good friends taggin’ along for a bunch of the southeast. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you're ever in C'town...Hit him up. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.southerntailcharters.com/"><img border="0" height="121" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtROP3RvSPmWTImU60OlZCN7wOVpBCR4eHEfNsRl_H0jMAxgn3KOkkYySvAKfwD7o2qIbJ3sw6k_fvcGoozjWCeN0yzq7ZG4hDIHKRJkhlts9sNB_SOiR-vF1g_SHuYltpawdNmWLYjM/s400/stcheader.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aBpG_Azm3m7bZWyPbE_oOlEr8k7e0QsjHKf_1mnNUtHkfN_nAdbBJLGA55TcT4HTJbnsMgU-hP1eIVJSFlmFYYYsHLZRXj54GeaiJrw1lHjfzvXhmlqyV0gnC8lPzMqGf7JHja_PsaE/s1600/100_0410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aBpG_Azm3m7bZWyPbE_oOlEr8k7e0QsjHKf_1mnNUtHkfN_nAdbBJLGA55TcT4HTJbnsMgU-hP1eIVJSFlmFYYYsHLZRXj54GeaiJrw1lHjfzvXhmlqyV0gnC8lPzMqGf7JHja_PsaE/s320/100_0410.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The crew gettin' down on some southern grub.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The morning after the show all plans to chase reds were quickly put to rest because of insanely high winds that would have made life miserable. All was not lost though…Graham quickly put in place plan B, and we were chasing bass in a local private pond in no time. I caught what might have been my first large mouth on the fly in what must have been ten years. Hopefully I’ll have the vid of this soon…along with the four old guys that wanted to put our asses in jail for putting a flats boat in the pond! HAH! After one of the craziest old man pissing and screaming matches ever secretly recorded on video ended…good prevailed and we were given permission to fish the pond…again. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fly Fishing is Not a Crime. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Day two, the winds died and we were headed to open water in a 32’ Commander center console, with a pair of sexy 250s. Thanks to our Atlanta boy Paul Puckett for this incredible hook up! This was it, off to chase giant cobia and jacks…what could possibly go wrong! Wha wha whaaaa. Just as we left the inlet, engine one stopped pissing, and that was a problem, big problem. We headed back to the dock and had everyone and their brother trying to get it working….nadda. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgjA3cMEN8eBpk6twYUr04CSVqj3W5S4W-ki7f6FnfvREQdzmuBJLlqXWm6QKCx7a-HTX_25QalYT-82tWRBW7HwYbiK7WQx9dzk1u0qcz6zjkOqgGBSh9ENCnqlbiQSvevVH3INhSEQ/s1600/100_0414.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgjA3cMEN8eBpk6twYUr04CSVqj3W5S4W-ki7f6FnfvREQdzmuBJLlqXWm6QKCx7a-HTX_25QalYT-82tWRBW7HwYbiK7WQx9dzk1u0qcz6zjkOqgGBSh9ENCnqlbiQSvevVH3INhSEQ/s320/100_0414.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Big water breakfast.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtLaj7RaQ1K1C2KaCMsNOCxKsA-FXPVB6lF232DpWnDjZoBGKCPsDYzLD_CP5uSFtdN1Qi84kXqZnZZoYkYXhWQ5V-yZn6xKlbDNq8TKegNCgyqmpIDadr-IU_gY_XbgxGiLxR7iy9S0/s1600/100_0418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtLaj7RaQ1K1C2KaCMsNOCxKsA-FXPVB6lF232DpWnDjZoBGKCPsDYzLD_CP5uSFtdN1Qi84kXqZnZZoYkYXhWQ5V-yZn6xKlbDNq8TKegNCgyqmpIDadr-IU_gY_XbgxGiLxR7iy9S0/s320/100_0418.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jack Crack.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plan B…again. We made one call and Graham had us loaded on his boat chasing reds in no time. Saved again. We hit the flats just as the tides were changing, and we were on fish in no time. Over all the three of us had about ten eats or so, and about six hook ups. I was lucking enough to get my two to the boat. Enjoy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoDqyeHxDOBGGNbzuj_f2rDcphAHyF092S7yiiXhD9xCHmbgshaSq-9tiu-V0UhMCBb9rSCrFRMhTJUskSDBUJZRuCXi7sj-QwB3xnYUrfjC_azAzHZlcWu-og_lyZWfneCq0KrlWpe4/s1600/100_0405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoDqyeHxDOBGGNbzuj_f2rDcphAHyF092S7yiiXhD9xCHmbgshaSq-9tiu-V0UhMCBb9rSCrFRMhTJUskSDBUJZRuCXi7sj-QwB3xnYUrfjC_azAzHZlcWu-og_lyZWfneCq0KrlWpe4/s320/100_0405.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good start.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNdcUpYR209UtmyN2Dh4yc-v4E4rECW8VmosaeDSfP-bb7DocbQL5sxymSOhuoJ6E55m4w4SOJTxnYWL4Clj5ZpzErTvRryM4-SYVBKVY5n0KI8C4KhADVYiqjB4jHpZMhmc1EB-nDMo/s1600/208703_784312664184_21301395_40583426_8121605_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNdcUpYR209UtmyN2Dh4yc-v4E4rECW8VmosaeDSfP-bb7DocbQL5sxymSOhuoJ6E55m4w4SOJTxnYWL4Clj5ZpzErTvRryM4-SYVBKVY5n0KI8C4KhADVYiqjB4jHpZMhmc1EB-nDMo/s320/208703_784312664184_21301395_40583426_8121605_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's on!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzg2_UEx-1088RWNaqmJXS6Opa3ckfqnGA7sC4-i-XluJJk1mVIBc5zRk9wFUqIYCV7hv_ZrXa7g_ET-t7J9sZeRI1FvXenpK4S9urHDm_TcrdLAWMbbFaeTfkW6VsU4aaljRQovYDaoM/s1600/afaqew.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzg2_UEx-1088RWNaqmJXS6Opa3ckfqnGA7sC4-i-XluJJk1mVIBc5zRk9wFUqIYCV7hv_ZrXa7g_ET-t7J9sZeRI1FvXenpK4S9urHDm_TcrdLAWMbbFaeTfkW6VsU4aaljRQovYDaoM/s320/afaqew.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguG77XsgixdrqoyOQlL3nFzJ_Jix08_c3CdgxcTeOr9_NZvLDrUEah4p_P0jJqkfRTox-AowAdX8vwdeLH68HyY2R8r5oXII0qroKRxcvuYcEpVPbV1D0NWVesll_nJHjID0qUJK9wc7E/s1600/197610_784312554404_21301395_40583423_679161_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguG77XsgixdrqoyOQlL3nFzJ_Jix08_c3CdgxcTeOr9_NZvLDrUEah4p_P0jJqkfRTox-AowAdX8vwdeLH68HyY2R8r5oXII0qroKRxcvuYcEpVPbV1D0NWVesll_nJHjID0qUJK9wc7E/s320/197610_784312554404_21301395_40583423_679161_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Slabtastic!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMzwzhcDnYhpHs_O24wSZ8DLLEtAYP7CcIKk6tJ7Wzy5lEDkeUAU5kAo4OoaS_58Ev5NEqTxI2gaTkqy1B2h5wz1ggXmP2iqYgptDM-9GpUsGm2NnSo83MaAKSND_ztiy75oS5uF6ddA/s1600/196502_784312384744_21301395_40583419_5054391_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMzwzhcDnYhpHs_O24wSZ8DLLEtAYP7CcIKk6tJ7Wzy5lEDkeUAU5kAo4OoaS_58Ev5NEqTxI2gaTkqy1B2h5wz1ggXmP2iqYgptDM-9GpUsGm2NnSo83MaAKSND_ztiy75oS5uF6ddA/s320/196502_784312384744_21301395_40583419_5054391_n.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The "little guy".</div><br />
Jacksonville, Tampa, Tarpon coming soon.<br />
<br />
Heron<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mattheronflyfishing.com/"><img border="0" height="96" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmupjmybzo7q23c8Nvt-havpcXETkKMRGz5mhjgIcYm4vGDo7u98MQuW4YGLSnSzO8CX_2X5qCYEh8xn5dzGFZ1A7YfQku_5n8KZLA8Z-2zuczvfVO9Ij_ZkSN7-owuG9ES9bH9IEOeKE/s320/logo_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-21941913031097958162011-03-24T15:38:00.000-07:002011-03-24T15:38:03.060-07:00Custom Fly Wallets<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of my good friends, Marc Crapo, or Rowdy as most of you know him, just put together a short promotional vid for his custom leather work. Within the world of fly fishing, he’s mostly known for his amazing one of a kind <a href="http://flywallets.com/">fly wallets</a>, but as the vid shows, there is way more to his creations than just bug cases. Check out the new vid and see for yourself. They really are some amazing works of art.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/21448176"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.vimeo.com/21448176</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rowdy and I have known each other since early 2009 while on the road with the film tour. He was also there with me when I stuck my best 20/20 fish of all time. Little did I know he was going to take things into his own hands and put that fish on a wallet for me. To this day it’s by far one of my favorite pieces of fishing gear, and the best meat locker this guy could ask for.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you don’t have one you should get one. If your favorite fishin’ buddy doesn’t have one, get one for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like Rowdy says…they are “super bad ass!”....they also happen to be one of the hottest things going in the biz right now. Just tell him "Chooch" sent ya. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The evolution of my fly wallet…..</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbNPlNuKi5RAspeAI5f1VzlG3DHdnDPWG4I97_sKK9WtzhIOwgJ8yqQ6hktMwRjNjccIFFY6-4cAlBWqmFBOpFDy1_z623-QNhB3LvOREmh-2mJXWuSErgnjlpNDPdhG9mjCQtM0l8x0/s1600/ERG.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbNPlNuKi5RAspeAI5f1VzlG3DHdnDPWG4I97_sKK9WtzhIOwgJ8yqQ6hktMwRjNjccIFFY6-4cAlBWqmFBOpFDy1_z623-QNhB3LvOREmh-2mJXWuSErgnjlpNDPdhG9mjCQtM0l8x0/s320/ERG.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Step 1.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwAsiYprKUtETIynvXJgRynoTxdjzXlIi3aIZ3kZArr0l-SReyn_HvIXTn5eeoLSQqYkjEMPCsIRoCRcz8p0gDXVAIUor7wagSbmkkM3IDiLk0fIYlQf8czUonFbKi7wxtDMaKCffKBA/s1600/SAD.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwAsiYprKUtETIynvXJgRynoTxdjzXlIi3aIZ3kZArr0l-SReyn_HvIXTn5eeoLSQqYkjEMPCsIRoCRcz8p0gDXVAIUor7wagSbmkkM3IDiLk0fIYlQf8czUonFbKi7wxtDMaKCffKBA/s320/SAD.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Step 2.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozlKQsHAldPEXhofbYDOMsyCmfPc85_7YS1umso-Oqdk_Zem_a1VRf3gTSE27aU-fxx62Vh5idNkJmftA6RQkkEppviJCZLDpAdEyR-EtPpvgVmWe0GrfSCTOAsyuBBZH19EKLnjW9wo/s1600/kh.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozlKQsHAldPEXhofbYDOMsyCmfPc85_7YS1umso-Oqdk_Zem_a1VRf3gTSE27aU-fxx62Vh5idNkJmftA6RQkkEppviJCZLDpAdEyR-EtPpvgVmWe0GrfSCTOAsyuBBZH19EKLnjW9wo/s320/kh.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Step 3.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjes2L6qSS2UaPMUmFZUsZjruyes8d0SjTy5DiQ9Id3aRmO2_EvYg3uqIpwlHJYtY5JwZWfZ6CJtY8dpWNgl_Q32FzGOvtme49LtZxFs_2m6kqfsz0Von4k9uLx4WuQaG8iTosvr4J2uLk/s1600/aerg.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjes2L6qSS2UaPMUmFZUsZjruyes8d0SjTy5DiQ9Id3aRmO2_EvYg3uqIpwlHJYtY5JwZWfZ6CJtY8dpWNgl_Q32FzGOvtme49LtZxFs_2m6kqfsz0Von4k9uLx4WuQaG8iTosvr4J2uLk/s320/aerg.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Step 4.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yqhLY9qKdvVZI-n2gmf2H2uSXy3aIpexX0d2Pqd4hEre9vIwKnhUzM-Da_ttOwwC01TScgEFN2kwnNL4fKUnJ2ldhbdv7R9AEsm32ZxoReGbVObPXAdU9hNHYuALQg5G5Kx_l66M-rA/s1600/15728_577747178079_21802958_33864015_6249688_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yqhLY9qKdvVZI-n2gmf2H2uSXy3aIpexX0d2Pqd4hEre9vIwKnhUzM-Da_ttOwwC01TScgEFN2kwnNL4fKUnJ2ldhbdv7R9AEsm32ZxoReGbVObPXAdU9hNHYuALQg5G5Kx_l66M-rA/s320/15728_577747178079_21802958_33864015_6249688_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Step 5.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hmWdI80gnerrROsg8KovFHK3p6YLhXD3IlTad92Thvp3PMnx5Ty0kM1E7QwJRJL9cv3gqaHbSD0v2aN4Dww2QKRgjcllcNzngwoyb7Ejz5yNBu9NNVkBZZaL0R-h3_pvp_AeIEpSjS0/s1600/15728_577747188059_21802958_33864017_6433286_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hmWdI80gnerrROsg8KovFHK3p6YLhXD3IlTad92Thvp3PMnx5Ty0kM1E7QwJRJL9cv3gqaHbSD0v2aN4Dww2QKRgjcllcNzngwoyb7Ejz5yNBu9NNVkBZZaL0R-h3_pvp_AeIEpSjS0/s320/15728_577747188059_21802958_33864017_6433286_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Steps 5-9.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TyRbv-d1n70tjB57vwBHawQ1CBPUYHgqbhbH12JpxYTGMY2jI9mxn5VhyiJH4qwBvjtpR4WMUH1SQfMCX3PzSiicgkOYUNjwC6xaGFVqSVYTDx0Z0qfF2mz5q3tk4MsBZTMqG85_HWU/s1600/35424_585907384959_21802958_34184237_5027453_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TyRbv-d1n70tjB57vwBHawQ1CBPUYHgqbhbH12JpxYTGMY2jI9mxn5VhyiJH4qwBvjtpR4WMUH1SQfMCX3PzSiicgkOYUNjwC6xaGFVqSVYTDx0Z0qfF2mz5q3tk4MsBZTMqG85_HWU/s320/35424_585907384959_21802958_34184237_5027453_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Final product.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
Heron<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mattheronflyfishing.com/"><img border="0" height="99" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfUgRTPtEaMecpe_XeIMxNJtNWGvqpc8mofr17a-QU2uQzawDADAt4t8iTRwaNNaRAYR31zkfowrhud8vXX9TidN0FKw7aipUUm7YSJrVwKjZB5h4NoQcFJQV_nCLWX-c3U7Lyr_hlEw/s320/MHFF_Logo_Black.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-41862178108660064922011-03-23T10:18:00.000-07:002011-03-23T10:22:32.945-07:0020 Great Things in Fly Fishing<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This past week the newest issue of <a href="http://anglingtrade.com/">Angling Trade</a> was released and they had an article titled “20 Great Things Happening in Fly Fishing Right Now”. It was written by Kirk Deeter, a heavy hitter in the world fly fishing blogs, news and literature. Kirk received hundreds of responses from readers about the best things going in our sport today. As you can imagine many of the top pics geared around conservation issues and groups, new age media such as blogs and websites and….wait for it, wait for it….the <a href="http://thef3t.com/">Fly Fishing Film Tour!</a> Myself and the rest of the crew were ecstatic to see the F3T make the list…at #2 no less! An unbelievable about of time, money and hard work goes into making the tour the number one event in the fishing industry every year, and it’s great to see the tour receive such a high ranking. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 6pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honestly we’re not sure if we were ranked #2, or if it was just a random assortment of the top 20, but hell, why not number two!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In a time of what some consider “hard knocks” for the industry (the economy, box stores, quality hackle shortages) it’s nice to see an article about all the things that are right with that’s going on in our small little world of fly fishing. Thanks Deeter, this read was a nice breath of fresh air. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Check it out here in PDF...Did I mention it was the cover article?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://www.anglingtrade.com/wp-content/themes/anglingtrade/pdf/AT-issue15-low-res.pdf">http://www.anglingtrade.com/wp-content/themes/anglingtrade/pdf/AT-issue15-low-res.pdf</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And cheers to all the people, companies, clubs and organizations that have helped make this industry what it is today…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PS- The film tour’s independent shows raised over 40,000 dollars last year alone for conservation groups…not too shabby. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuHEYxjO5kArQj3-LJ8GjrjkYzb7a_FoIryYHLXKAlUsq7YcvD1E0v5jBbgU3SZDCnYPVnnBeRYY3pv7v-8JduF0eETIqrBlw-To1iDzgexIb3Xm-OU42qiT55OJnaZWm8klgt6NH4Bo/s1600/at-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuHEYxjO5kArQj3-LJ8GjrjkYzb7a_FoIryYHLXKAlUsq7YcvD1E0v5jBbgU3SZDCnYPVnnBeRYY3pv7v-8JduF0eETIqrBlw-To1iDzgexIb3Xm-OU42qiT55OJnaZWm8klgt6NH4Bo/s320/at-logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's free...do it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5J2hslYKCmnTwEUksv0t043-QdzwGT3AfoRG-YQnYXOfvj9y4YPSgho4XeGUjqbLijkTIuR6bR9Vwosb9o8DqiKwe6db4KVlkh7nI93f8Pf3UTKeFZA1rUTN6xezHRx8pIbirN4jN6UU/s1600/f3t-updated-blog-header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="67" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5J2hslYKCmnTwEUksv0t043-QdzwGT3AfoRG-YQnYXOfvj9y4YPSgho4XeGUjqbLijkTIuR6bR9Vwosb9o8DqiKwe6db4KVlkh7nI93f8Pf3UTKeFZA1rUTN6xezHRx8pIbirN4jN6UU/s320/f3t-updated-blog-header.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Heron<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjyNYywOgAehLKueGjDjrfdjvb54Xz6N2lG78uD_9pYGq8H4D9zMSkQWJBhfam7Y6E-5b7YPGM_5NZgnYKmBnMemQJV9UZdIiNDbECLPn_qTZxrVecFE4fUf3QhLhP5OwE_JbRaUx-Aw/s1600/heron+head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjyNYywOgAehLKueGjDjrfdjvb54Xz6N2lG78uD_9pYGq8H4D9zMSkQWJBhfam7Y6E-5b7YPGM_5NZgnYKmBnMemQJV9UZdIiNDbECLPn_qTZxrVecFE4fUf3QhLhP5OwE_JbRaUx-Aw/s200/heron+head.jpg" width="192" /></a></div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-30817679765791491992011-03-17T09:08:00.000-07:002011-03-17T09:26:04.333-07:00Irish'in I was fishin'.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Top O’ the Morning To Ya….</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As one of my favorite days is upon us, I can’t help but wish I was on the water. Unfortunately with all the fresh snow the last few days (36in at the top of Squaw), access to one of my favorite winter rivers is not an option…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So let’s look back at a few fishy moments of St. Patties here and gone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGan4zrBvM7bb-ouOwienf_-NMjc5Y6M3rRVSRV3win9EOHqRQPH6gF3apcKdbIsV2l2TJvBR07NKbO06bzqTnouvLEmzgfe8zsVuX3HxlZKv1ydV-nZnlPr4rhroSMMT-RvHdz66plB0/s1600/asdf.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGan4zrBvM7bb-ouOwienf_-NMjc5Y6M3rRVSRV3win9EOHqRQPH6gF3apcKdbIsV2l2TJvBR07NKbO06bzqTnouvLEmzgfe8zsVuX3HxlZKv1ydV-nZnlPr4rhroSMMT-RvHdz66plB0/s320/asdf.bmp" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1VM8KtilK0L9fKPkDSLWqlVXY1Yn7cHUNjURSncamD0yR149NwztqP4KVG5Woax5LCyJ9p6cyqLfTHfke4X1WKxvD35VQFoz0XqKjb3MOCe9TFGB7Re6d385XIY06vhmUrGpa8QpmjE/s1600/asdfr.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1VM8KtilK0L9fKPkDSLWqlVXY1Yn7cHUNjURSncamD0yR149NwztqP4KVG5Woax5LCyJ9p6cyqLfTHfke4X1WKxvD35VQFoz0XqKjb3MOCe9TFGB7Re6d385XIY06vhmUrGpa8QpmjE/s320/asdfr.bmp" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clean bow. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQK8YQ4SLzqL1pD44KEluvQV1SVwglZMO2XL_YVt3Koxlz64UQFE3121iNh9fToOcrnV8JPf5lWgh4FQmObNnfKmv_7sWHWuDT-bLOG_Hw29FzItzqflL6-peMKXN0oCGextj9UfqPquw/s1600/adfb.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQK8YQ4SLzqL1pD44KEluvQV1SVwglZMO2XL_YVt3Koxlz64UQFE3121iNh9fToOcrnV8JPf5lWgh4FQmObNnfKmv_7sWHWuDT-bLOG_Hw29FzItzqflL6-peMKXN0oCGextj9UfqPquw/s320/adfb.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJmwoQxqbhk82aI_unbhAzfyd3wLt0FTqtsL-86-d4n9K3cgq0Y-WolF5qPXn5nO3oGAx2ZZsorzYx4RSiUc6lkNVnCSPLQLnZ-fQ6xLCJPjLuCYWEe6Tgv7t9PTIAUqJJtpHDjaVP1M/s1600/adf.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJmwoQxqbhk82aI_unbhAzfyd3wLt0FTqtsL-86-d4n9K3cgq0Y-WolF5qPXn5nO3oGAx2ZZsorzYx4RSiUc6lkNVnCSPLQLnZ-fQ6xLCJPjLuCYWEe6Tgv7t9PTIAUqJJtpHDjaVP1M/s320/adf.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little mid day nappin'.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZTb7RLzME248FtBGb6fw1SFQoYYHYzL8O34dXf5ewf2GqdAXoIH8fprQpFoS-3P9Vret5Aroa_dnfT9FkwOGdHbAC7IgT-JsESotzxR_Yd8_IsmEnCd5SOrixdNJDurycR5Dm-MF7kE/s1600/wtrh.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZTb7RLzME248FtBGb6fw1SFQoYYHYzL8O34dXf5ewf2GqdAXoIH8fprQpFoS-3P9Vret5Aroa_dnfT9FkwOGdHbAC7IgT-JsESotzxR_Yd8_IsmEnCd5SOrixdNJDurycR5Dm-MF7kE/s320/wtrh.bmp" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/u6psDUbKihc?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have some fun today, it's St. Patties!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/nda_OSWeyn8/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nda_OSWeyn8&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nda_OSWeyn8&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And watch out for crack head leprechauns!</div><br />
<br />
O'Heron<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdNud_hUsvTSdkKW0W2IZvclzaxeGHDoLzpw43sZxb98z7RHtO4z7wvkacIscVPjLW_as-sT3IaleGFRibJUb_a9v2Ip6yeI3PR0uZyfhjqTCzQXvYZOs0x3O7gDARnpJ2OTYoinI3_g/s1600/i-shamrock-beer-t-shirt-vintage-t-shirt-review-rad-rowdies-rad-rowdies-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdNud_hUsvTSdkKW0W2IZvclzaxeGHDoLzpw43sZxb98z7RHtO4z7wvkacIscVPjLW_as-sT3IaleGFRibJUb_a9v2Ip6yeI3PR0uZyfhjqTCzQXvYZOs0x3O7gDARnpJ2OTYoinI3_g/s200/i-shamrock-beer-t-shirt-vintage-t-shirt-review-rad-rowdies-rad-rowdies-1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-16574983694522347972011-03-16T10:24:00.000-07:002011-03-16T10:26:02.049-07:00Are women changing the chicken farming world?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For those of you that have been living under a rock the past six months or so, I wanted to fill you in on a little phenomenon that has been spreading across the country…fly shops…and the fly tying world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s “Hackle Hair”. For some reason feather crazed women all over the country have decided that the use of high quality hackle makes for the ultimate hair accessory. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGs-J8MY5ThmOtSobEsoYJ3b2NCeB-5Nu-PFD7ik0qugIDdopvKFm50xdAOJEJYLsPxjs4oSdjIjSx5E1eh3baWpfmhjTa27myrqN3vxUQV4rls1jRtg9Yd_eIT7vbisNIha8z8-PiXvE/s1600/hair_fashion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGs-J8MY5ThmOtSobEsoYJ3b2NCeB-5Nu-PFD7ik0qugIDdopvKFm50xdAOJEJYLsPxjs4oSdjIjSx5E1eh3baWpfmhjTa27myrqN3vxUQV4rls1jRtg9Yd_eIT7vbisNIha8z8-PiXvE/s1600/hair_fashion.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What ever floats your boat I guess...</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the past two months, I’ve had the opportunity to talk to and or visit nearly 60 fly shops all across the country and all have said the same thing…”Women are crazy!!” Hackle seeking ladies seem to be doing whatever it takes to get some premium grizzly in their hair…and paying top dollar in every shop on the planet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rumors have been flying all over the place about the owners of Metz, Whiting and all the others trying to hide for days on end, just to get away from the out of control salon owners trying to place orders of ungodly amounts of our favorite dry fly feathers, and stopping at nothing to do so. I’ve talked to shops that have taken the prices off all their floor merch, so they can charge the ladies double or more. And they pay it! No questions asked. Guys are even breaking into their old boxes of unused hackle, and tying up small bundles of 5 or 6 feathers, and letting the ladies get into bidding wars on ebay as the price goes up and up!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3NcGDpgsxvUVrF8Pv9H_FiYBAapfcG6VFF8o53Ge3i9ZTBqroh2hT6HS7CnMngEmGg48mBmgxEJr77C18BIovm7fcn8CgC6lZr-XH57fVsJZcetH55DlyRA8Z3mNmF5T8a5xr2Ia4mI/s1600/colors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3NcGDpgsxvUVrF8Pv9H_FiYBAapfcG6VFF8o53Ge3i9ZTBqroh2hT6HS7CnMngEmGg48mBmgxEJr77C18BIovm7fcn8CgC6lZr-XH57fVsJZcetH55DlyRA8Z3mNmF5T8a5xr2Ia4mI/s320/colors.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new variety pack?</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKwxc-r57He-os-DmLxmSNLT6x-MRsOZApg1A2qSkfgIqADwxir2qP_R3FIV8Hjoevja5N24Wtbfix1zX4eUVuB0_jY4teDtnJMasJhu7akEAVNqULmwBURQHGcyoQ00XDU9KXO6Z9Uw/s1600/fine-feather-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKwxc-r57He-os-DmLxmSNLT6x-MRsOZApg1A2qSkfgIqADwxir2qP_R3FIV8Hjoevja5N24Wtbfix1zX4eUVuB0_jY4teDtnJMasJhu7akEAVNqULmwBURQHGcyoQ00XDU9KXO6Z9Uw/s320/fine-feather-11.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Are you kidding me!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is a good write up from the boys over at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.anglingtrade.com/">Angling Trade</a></i>, and some of their thoughts on this recent trend, and a few quotes form the lady who started it….</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://www.anglingtrade.com/2011/02/22/hackle-hair-today-gone-tomorrow/"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.anglingtrade.com/2011/02/22/hackle-hair-today-gone-tomorrow/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not being a shop employee, or doing any retail, I was a bit out of the loop with what was going on in person with the ladies, until recently. I was at work the other day when my (non-fly fishing) phone rang. I answered sayin “Hi this is Matt…”, she replied with “Do you have any grizzly hackle you can sell me?”. I laughed a little on the phone and very politely told her I didn’t and that I don’t do any retail. I then asked how she got my (work) number and she replied that she looked me up online. When I started to ask her details about if they were for a salon, or personal use, and told her that I knew a little bit about the background of the hackle craze…I soon realized that she had hung up on me! Haha. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7YjJyXpPugSXDHA3tIrQKhdDW41DXaspvBP1Jm26pTKCcBzAwKgpSdaSt8ube5I0dxPBSCjHwFStQGaLLeOsJ7iTyR9eDhnxDJbnt5VHRqd-SlwkyEUHznk9lQgA4e1nh4o5ogF9f5k/s1600/goldenduckwingphonexroo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7YjJyXpPugSXDHA3tIrQKhdDW41DXaspvBP1Jm26pTKCcBzAwKgpSdaSt8ube5I0dxPBSCjHwFStQGaLLeOsJ7iTyR9eDhnxDJbnt5VHRqd-SlwkyEUHznk9lQgA4e1nh4o5ogF9f5k/s320/goldenduckwingphonexroo1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Run while you still can!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Found this nice little nugget over at <a href="http://hatchesmagazine.com/"><em>Hatches Magazine</em></a>...</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/-b3tNUnuZTI?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So let’s see if we can sum this up a little….</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pros-</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-Shops are selling more hackle products that ever thought possible. At extremely high prices..to the ladies anyway… Great for fly shops all around.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-There may be a new market for the everyday chicken farmer?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipjL_1mGhUZ2g8LQlXhuPPmuzqEpl-43igX1ZWsU1ywzGfY5UC8tdg3OQ6Js6NJtHj5QuP7zsNxofQDV50eTBNZrT7ENzKgQqB2TNg0pLsncK7ne-vjlRY9Zv3N7zj3xohUeUM4ygX_o/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipjL_1mGhUZ2g8LQlXhuPPmuzqEpl-43igX1ZWsU1ywzGfY5UC8tdg3OQ6Js6NJtHj5QuP7zsNxofQDV50eTBNZrT7ENzKgQqB2TNg0pLsncK7ne-vjlRY9Zv3N7zj3xohUeUM4ygX_o/s320/untitled.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The future?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cons-</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-If the huge hackle manufactures can’t keep up with demand, how can shops? If shops can’t keep up with demand, where will get our premium hackle? If we can’t get our premium hackle, how will we tie dries? If we can’t tie dries…well you get the point. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Although it’s too soon to tell the long term ramifications of this (hopefully) trend, we can only hope that shops continue to make a few extra bucks, and that we’ll still be seeing our premium hackle down the road.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heron</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QLJiC8M_7GAANekSsV552En2Gxitm3QQ4cF2McQTN9TWJrEdjLBrlb4f2zg1ak4OZNXzbQuZlCuWmV-MaltyK7ChKzFsh6kG9awZPY_K4ssNFqCwwB0F5YpHouzt0AFDnBwQJtXhM7A/s1600/heron+head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QLJiC8M_7GAANekSsV552En2Gxitm3QQ4cF2McQTN9TWJrEdjLBrlb4f2zg1ak4OZNXzbQuZlCuWmV-MaltyK7ChKzFsh6kG9awZPY_K4ssNFqCwwB0F5YpHouzt0AFDnBwQJtXhM7A/s200/heron+head.jpg" width="191" /></a></div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-53003222106248699452011-03-14T18:45:00.000-07:002011-03-14T18:48:10.270-07:00Spring 2011 Patagonia Catalog<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just wanted to share with ya’ll the new Spring 2011 online catalog from Patagonia that went live recently. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is sick! I’ll keep this post short and sweet…but I will say they hit the nail on the head with their new short vids on top of the killer pics. Patagonia is makin' some serious moves in the fly fishing world, watch out. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I had a chance to check out a bunch of the new stuff in the catalog on the road, and I can’t wait to get my hands on some of 2011 goodies, especially the<a href="http://www.patagonia.com/us/product/patagonia-black-hole-duffel-120l?p=49350-0-155"> Black Hole Duffle</a> in feather grey. Ok I’m done…click and enjoy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.patagonia.com/fb/FISH_S11/"><img border="0" height="188" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNigQntf9UIVQdcK01rRho5NG3XT8blFq489A-TU5WjbRozgPTzJNv1PBxFzJCudWoaONEs54yj1FBGubjWoW4OenHK0lXVEn_Y-vQfM1kuEfBh1CF4xFKu8xVnpFfgQ1OcaLChhfowJg/s400/top1_home_030911.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0ZbDw8k0gMFsOZwZvNSuw3ptlEZKOvwhAYgpzZc-yA15939RehP2alRJQNFapb29uv8nDsMNh5MKgFUapGkCpe3pjs-uBV9MW3g62ZjGDmy-Zq_4lt7PTPeP6KOAsr0dx2eOUZ-mvIU/s1600/100_0333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0ZbDw8k0gMFsOZwZvNSuw3ptlEZKOvwhAYgpzZc-yA15939RehP2alRJQNFapb29uv8nDsMNh5MKgFUapGkCpe3pjs-uBV9MW3g62ZjGDmy-Zq_4lt7PTPeP6KOAsr0dx2eOUZ-mvIU/s320/100_0333.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love stickers, I really love big stickers.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Heron<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYaYct2VO5tVZorEEIKkZQnV4KoNFcHrXp1UhWshTk2sNf2HiQkoiYF9ePq148jAUbtQm4jgJw4642Upb6YP6UPCJA4GqrfWgMoOKj9USXlBE0W5o_Tj6_ABoGKgKzVr7j53W4U0IL9rM/s1600/heron+head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYaYct2VO5tVZorEEIKkZQnV4KoNFcHrXp1UhWshTk2sNf2HiQkoiYF9ePq148jAUbtQm4jgJw4642Upb6YP6UPCJA4GqrfWgMoOKj9USXlBE0W5o_Tj6_ABoGKgKzVr7j53W4U0IL9rM/s200/heron+head.jpg" width="191" /></a>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-27420749922895123042011-03-13T20:20:00.000-07:002011-03-13T20:23:36.556-07:00Big Browns and Bosie<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Continued from last post...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The next day we headed to one of my favorite places in the world, the Nunya River, it’s about 100 miles north of Nicetryville. The three days didn’t disappoint. We hit it a bit early this year and just missed some of the best big bug dry fly action in the lower 48. Not that I’m complaining, Thad and I each got a few eats on the big guys, while Chad was busy chuckin’ streamers. But small flies where the rule of the week. Mostly small midges, and the occasional BWO emerger seemed to do the trick. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiokryLfXrzN9pvt1Pv6iw6WaXZY3kzVwu9E675cthFpdZFPAYDPDfPZD2g0VgVl9z349SlzKmVsDX535MjSgopI_93bYrtEtY9LWCvhD78ARwgEm67luslPcd2rzBSJM8kjC_ZL3Mp4o/s1600/100_0277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiokryLfXrzN9pvt1Pv6iw6WaXZY3kzVwu9E675cthFpdZFPAYDPDfPZD2g0VgVl9z349SlzKmVsDX535MjSgopI_93bYrtEtY9LWCvhD78ARwgEm67luslPcd2rzBSJM8kjC_ZL3Mp4o/s320/100_0277.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hell Yes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnLe18nbwlanbkzf2nSIbk4MhozalT-ThFUt-5dDqt2f3xGl3biADStmtWxPqElwi99BhFeRtRAytcOzo3sivum-vCt4zRbMHq0O9KqXgT1hSP8XumMcs2IMyWZvdTncRq-n1774et8M/s1600/100_0279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnLe18nbwlanbkzf2nSIbk4MhozalT-ThFUt-5dDqt2f3xGl3biADStmtWxPqElwi99BhFeRtRAytcOzo3sivum-vCt4zRbMHq0O9KqXgT1hSP8XumMcs2IMyWZvdTncRq-n1774et8M/s320/100_0279.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my all time favs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qOFJJJQVHDabDOVmhykjzskvGVN1Y5oNYGb_HWXXn59FG6Oxfh_WxSbRPasANvEE_7VPrifkYEXS76JHToDw8CYzd4iujcVh_ri9zULbj-x5Yvl_Kh4IXXNjdm_t_TylchRhpXdopxA/s1600/100_0280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qOFJJJQVHDabDOVmhykjzskvGVN1Y5oNYGb_HWXXn59FG6Oxfh_WxSbRPasANvEE_7VPrifkYEXS76JHToDw8CYzd4iujcVh_ri9zULbj-x5Yvl_Kh4IXXNjdm_t_TylchRhpXdopxA/s320/100_0280.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1s5ks_-5JZfpcjfJAFcOklQJiRniBoWXgv-FvZgQfoYAL7PJ8S8B5KIQdcTnbL4qwDhpImNkqT0kVrQp6jOYPqqbusQEU9ehqh7ZfMhIeijoc0pRd_pxsr3Omm8d6MPDp2n8wwLkVg0/s1600/100_0286.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1s5ks_-5JZfpcjfJAFcOklQJiRniBoWXgv-FvZgQfoYAL7PJ8S8B5KIQdcTnbL4qwDhpImNkqT0kVrQp6jOYPqqbusQEU9ehqh7ZfMhIeijoc0pRd_pxsr3Omm8d6MPDp2n8wwLkVg0/s320/100_0286.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTR0Y44WrqhiZIBG7LxNMYhkpTcMUiGy2leNx7XooODu_niZjqEuehidMRNA5TVz7D_DCWxzWZJyhPSkI-FH5SWlxg87V5jldTC2-aN8bMlsDxUKDcIl0cj1Agebfx4uTVgy46dV9l-LU/s1600/100_0299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTR0Y44WrqhiZIBG7LxNMYhkpTcMUiGy2leNx7XooODu_niZjqEuehidMRNA5TVz7D_DCWxzWZJyhPSkI-FH5SWlxg87V5jldTC2-aN8bMlsDxUKDcIl0cj1Agebfx4uTVgy46dV9l-LU/s320/100_0299.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Film Tour breakfast of champions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iluwBFgWEL2LNM1GooWwJAALi99AASlBmlP7vtmUYVOFkFvZekVwo2wLM185L3z_kgU0l76zbA7riIn8LYSgJH4rZMHztjpg1a7hTRr2-LBDAsjhl_wXhE8kCVWuyi5In2HgV6LlJCk/s1600/100_0303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iluwBFgWEL2LNM1GooWwJAALi99AASlBmlP7vtmUYVOFkFvZekVwo2wLM185L3z_kgU0l76zbA7riIn8LYSgJH4rZMHztjpg1a7hTRr2-LBDAsjhl_wXhE8kCVWuyi5In2HgV6LlJCk/s320/100_0303.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDw0_QmZ3ABeuYNL-5uwKv2V2HU_wSjbs3GUH1t9SWCmHMqxLBwRMDFSymoSJypY34GNjosC8PUDveO_R9cpwkSGIm4ygMoUKGzRiB1Q1u7dkrWV4N6wD_cpb-7JZfwAidDnaP0FP74E/s1600/100_0309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDw0_QmZ3ABeuYNL-5uwKv2V2HU_wSjbs3GUH1t9SWCmHMqxLBwRMDFSymoSJypY34GNjosC8PUDveO_R9cpwkSGIm4ygMoUKGzRiB1Q1u7dkrWV4N6wD_cpb-7JZfwAidDnaP0FP74E/s320/100_0309.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NZ in 10 months!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimr267QbInH586euYpdr5S60nxKmuLEQUZDe65uSkCPhW-Qu5JB2ll2Qk2-MAoZlk-l3uPSwtNj1WYYuhAs0UyJ-LSUQYs70fjD7EMKTVMeMrO9_IFgG3Jro3ZZEorkTdhN3kAZ_OSjxA/s1600/100_0312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimr267QbInH586euYpdr5S60nxKmuLEQUZDe65uSkCPhW-Qu5JB2ll2Qk2-MAoZlk-l3uPSwtNj1WYYuhAs0UyJ-LSUQYs70fjD7EMKTVMeMrO9_IFgG3Jro3ZZEorkTdhN3kAZ_OSjxA/s320/100_0312.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thad doin' his thing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii69vKmp51YN4cWaVmCHfPoApnKARkZM46V8QiWKkeryN8yXKm_r4rXm-2FtHpbR7fLaVL8hsyAMP56FGzs7OmoapeoG1qmNQrnCAkFWjaXd51tAfb9VkTdAh_3QT5jgQ_8PyzCuSVj10/s1600/100_0315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii69vKmp51YN4cWaVmCHfPoApnKARkZM46V8QiWKkeryN8yXKm_r4rXm-2FtHpbR7fLaVL8hsyAMP56FGzs7OmoapeoG1qmNQrnCAkFWjaXd51tAfb9VkTdAh_3QT5jgQ_8PyzCuSVj10/s320/100_0315.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4-6-3 Double Play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn3moUtF6GsI4Sv86Hg-V-emyfVSaIDmkFXtD_vD4viXpBR0A8PAIku0uPVIDZCieJ1RNkI2U-xxn-Ow8RKD1nxY9qKHUScqnwImRnskkdNmQBLNE4tNcWvK5qYaP84MSrijUi2NXiug/s1600/100_0316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn3moUtF6GsI4Sv86Hg-V-emyfVSaIDmkFXtD_vD4viXpBR0A8PAIku0uPVIDZCieJ1RNkI2U-xxn-Ow8RKD1nxY9qKHUScqnwImRnskkdNmQBLNE4tNcWvK5qYaP84MSrijUi2NXiug/s320/100_0316.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clown.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After three insane days on the water, we were off to Boise. Just like a few other stops on the tour, there was a huge pre show party planned at the Idaho Angler. Tim Anstell really has his stuff together over there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The party had about 100 people in and out the doors over the two hours that beer and some delicious eats where being served.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like usual we headed to the venue and blew the roof off. We had about 600+ at the show, not too surprising considering the city we were in. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPFpTGXEfhJkh0F07zYXnpHEtAaloDTb1TnqY0biPxm1xsUWFC6GGS_KZy-BkQQiaSfS32RgVWwVEwAdMTIMoUUDzBTCVOaYr8yyStr6bZYPzKAmslJwJB53gXEO8Pgrpdrd6fSlzaTg/s1600/100_0318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPFpTGXEfhJkh0F07zYXnpHEtAaloDTb1TnqY0biPxm1xsUWFC6GGS_KZy-BkQQiaSfS32RgVWwVEwAdMTIMoUUDzBTCVOaYr8yyStr6bZYPzKAmslJwJB53gXEO8Pgrpdrd6fSlzaTg/s320/100_0318.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The best spinach artichoke dip on the planet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fUpEAVvmZddZu0EXnw-mM88-pQpVhCZayZCfzE35QZiFhMd04S4gf2IieQKSGVxT2h8BHVW0YWYfc_EvJXAsCKkyQgBDokn-m12M4w6J4wZlS8cbWa_Yhsknl3jUy41hqGxlf_tGASI/s1600/100_0321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fUpEAVvmZddZu0EXnw-mM88-pQpVhCZayZCfzE35QZiFhMd04S4gf2IieQKSGVxT2h8BHVW0YWYfc_EvJXAsCKkyQgBDokn-m12M4w6J4wZlS8cbWa_Yhsknl3jUy41hqGxlf_tGASI/s320/100_0321.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Idaho Anlger rockin' it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pvXhM3Ytaw3veVGvCsb5K_ZG8KZV0zROBKxq8w8x-HciZYg-uQu59IGtjFthVzu0YRM709WDmecFsLRak01CR_CgED5gA6_V6L8K_dHvL5sh7zYYWuAVuFf_OWTJdk0bhW2NY9QP7VU/s1600/100_0327.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pvXhM3Ytaw3veVGvCsb5K_ZG8KZV0zROBKxq8w8x-HciZYg-uQu59IGtjFthVzu0YRM709WDmecFsLRak01CR_CgED5gA6_V6L8K_dHvL5sh7zYYWuAVuFf_OWTJdk0bhW2NY9QP7VU/s320/100_0327.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Full House.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUNWSDtakai4S8EOX6Iw0fiEwQc1kKSjrKOs6KO-fwDV8557-maMFH_Is5XccPKV9YSk8N9uRfdF2glRX5k_SO4YSzKgZOEJvwlhLHXld6eWRN60xMGHgwAx0JDRfYOAzdnzEwBbPsbM/s1600/100_0326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUNWSDtakai4S8EOX6Iw0fiEwQc1kKSjrKOs6KO-fwDV8557-maMFH_Is5XccPKV9YSk8N9uRfdF2glRX5k_SO4YSzKgZOEJvwlhLHXld6eWRN60xMGHgwAx0JDRfYOAzdnzEwBbPsbM/s320/100_0326.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hired Help. Don't worry, their fake IDs were legit.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lastly we have a few people to thank from our Boise run… First off thanks to Steve Vance, of <a href="http://www.scandaloussticks.com/">Scandalous Sticks</a>. Steve wraps is own custom rods and has quite the loyal following of customers for his amazing fly rods. Steve fished a few days with us, but more importantly, he held an after show fund raiser that included one of his custom 7wts. All of the proceeds went to wild steelhead conservation…not a bad deal. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scandaloussticks.com/"><img border="0" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNuMDPKLdimUuqC8o0lkn9N0wsv9GChD0hvsxi9WTEjrGFdw916v5kuN0suQ2ixaq8YvV9WhTeNRb7bH449YD7grbkD83riGoV2DBJ331FCG1lC6hz_Ud0Ypa9SWsDNhREaBZHeJ3DZI/s1600/untitled.bmp" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And second, Brian Huskey of <a href="http://fishbitemedia.com/">Fish Bite Media</a>. Brian has quickly become a well-known <a href="http://bryanhuskey.zenfolio.com/">photographer</a> and film maker in the fly fishing world. Brian is a good friend of the tour, putting together the <a href="http://web.me.com/bbfarnum/Casting_4_A_Cure/Casting_4_A_Cure.html">Casting For A Cure</a> promotion that we start the program with, along with owning the cover shot for this year’s Stonefly Magazine (see jail bait pic above). Brian and his fiancé let us crash at their pad for a few days, and we were very appreciative once again to have a real bed to sleep in. Brian also let us swipe a few of his pics from the wall in the spear bedroom…a sweet little ritual for guests of the Huskey household.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ay67NjeGnBalz2WQ-Jv1NFbPZ0TSGos_D6lYLlVJ7_T1plQ-EfWDT1JUv7Pp8UxQkTzQaGC9wLvcQgVNvsOHRVZt6sCzdiJWpW_svgrfNXFQ4xAVVmC8A2kUdDGRn7PAJtUC4p1FWQI/s1600/100_0332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ay67NjeGnBalz2WQ-Jv1NFbPZ0TSGos_D6lYLlVJ7_T1plQ-EfWDT1JUv7Pp8UxQkTzQaGC9wLvcQgVNvsOHRVZt6sCzdiJWpW_svgrfNXFQ4xAVVmC8A2kUdDGRn7PAJtUC4p1FWQI/s320/100_0332.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Top Pic, Catch Mag Cover Shot. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well my first month on the road is officially in the books. I’m back in Tahoe for the next few weeks trying to spend as much time as possible with my beautiful, reasonable and very understanding wife, Lulana. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNclN9XJsjT9Gg1_3kGla2hr-renoCSNWG4QKhFBihEMDvJWqU2uFZtG11guMr8tXEtnMEzPaQ7sztHkSZfrY2dN05FISSd43J6UCsnu6nleIqr-POm7g3GypfIu77N0za8baO3hVxvc/s1600/7316_561480202229_21802958_33308562_4380121_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNclN9XJsjT9Gg1_3kGla2hr-renoCSNWG4QKhFBihEMDvJWqU2uFZtG11guMr8tXEtnMEzPaQ7sztHkSZfrY2dN05FISSd43J6UCsnu6nleIqr-POm7g3GypfIu77N0za8baO3hVxvc/s320/7316_561480202229_21802958_33308562_4380121_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you babe!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hey redfish and tarpon of the southeast, see you soon….</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heron</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNvfr4RMrh7TAJHCaWKvwi4-UGjnjP-aq0BhzpCUyJ2YPzu2JXCq5ISqCpgKnqBQtuVgcP_LR30LN73_7V3PHfK-XfHUFVkv4fhB0d2MN5CXiznkzWJyclC427Pch5ooQ3lg6oNwSAL0/s1600/heron+head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNvfr4RMrh7TAJHCaWKvwi4-UGjnjP-aq0BhzpCUyJ2YPzu2JXCq5ISqCpgKnqBQtuVgcP_LR30LN73_7V3PHfK-XfHUFVkv4fhB0d2MN5CXiznkzWJyclC427Pch5ooQ3lg6oNwSAL0/s200/heron+head.jpg" width="192" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-66884983693041239142011-03-11T12:21:00.000-08:002011-03-11T12:21:00.426-08:00Mon Freakin' Tana!!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Montana Run</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I could just some up the MT run in one blurb…”Highs in the single digits”, but I won’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We left northern ID and headed east all the way across the state to Billings. But not without first spending a night in my old stompin’ grounds of Livingston, one of my favorite places in the world. In typical Livingston style, my boys had me doing shots and pounding PBRs within minutes of stepping foot in town. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLYfHNV1ZbpMt9qABQrx7aKbA1WSnc0Je_KKMHT7jCRhmobT5NRihm6D0X1PRy-CS3Xn_DcIIRrna2AWjRV_Q5agQvCzcgols4LnegVImo051_r-FlKwZPW7-M3sh_IqfklOCbKaVmds/s1600/183040_10150446622635305_134809410304_17351903_240977_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLYfHNV1ZbpMt9qABQrx7aKbA1WSnc0Je_KKMHT7jCRhmobT5NRihm6D0X1PRy-CS3Xn_DcIIRrna2AWjRV_Q5agQvCzcgols4LnegVImo051_r-FlKwZPW7-M3sh_IqfklOCbKaVmds/s320/183040_10150446622635305_134809410304_17351903_240977_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's Always Sunny In Livingston.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We arrived in Billings not really sure what to expect as far as a turnout. We had four local shops selling tickets, and for the most part online sales were slow. But as we soon learned, our now good friend Barrett Kaiser was busy as hell promoting the show in town, on radio and in TV ads. On top of that he put together a pre-show party, with wings, nachos and a keg of local brew. What a way to get ready for a show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On behalf of film tour crew I would like to personally thank Barrett and his wife for all their hard work, and ….letting us crash at their house. It was a much needed break from the daily hotel bouncin’, and blow up beds. Did I mention he had a new keg of IPA waiting for us too in his basement kegerator? Barrett, congratulations, you just won film tour fan of the year!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take advantage of the swag man, you deserved it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDQS8MM6g4rK2Fc-sFRvhDBZv7aSI2sQb5pml8WQAADDiQHQfLQKMrL-XTY6vcHDHg4aq21peuxxIKC7I6L28AIt9FqTb0Fd1Z_JkAxLsOWB1XpLnoCprxK8a_q_aCRUt-D6uxPU78bE/s1600/100_0237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDQS8MM6g4rK2Fc-sFRvhDBZv7aSI2sQb5pml8WQAADDiQHQfLQKMrL-XTY6vcHDHg4aq21peuxxIKC7I6L28AIt9FqTb0Fd1Z_JkAxLsOWB1XpLnoCprxK8a_q_aCRUt-D6uxPU78bE/s320/100_0237.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Drake Eat's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijafLZcPjS3Fd7TcihZrzQuFjLCxiXE_sVVfY3yPpjaRoTFUL0mlfcVhZD5WvIBkOrQiLPvjwIlL5oKUJRwE9ZbiNj5fkdjwKuZgoH7UZti3ESS499oPqOY71PMk_s159hGH5TABCJAwo/s1600/100_0239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijafLZcPjS3Fd7TcihZrzQuFjLCxiXE_sVVfY3yPpjaRoTFUL0mlfcVhZD5WvIBkOrQiLPvjwIlL5oKUJRwE9ZbiNj5fkdjwKuZgoH7UZti3ESS499oPqOY71PMk_s159hGH5TABCJAwo/s320/100_0239.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Best wings of the tour, reminds me of back home in upsate NY.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oh yeah, the show. It was our biggest in Billings by far…ever. We’ll be steppin’ it up a notch next year, so keep your ears open for the killer new venue announcement. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYZitmPlBvg_mVlGyF3p_LECk-NTkx9ge5PgK-S1moyAGZWJ3NvxXrw04OgKJlV4i0TLPWXtwa3bph-M0SlqwvmsRpnZA73qtNF7vFDj5mD-ta-bOalEnKGcS4v421czJfM1fW7N_NA4/s1600/197024_10150446622460305_134809410304_17351901_741620_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYZitmPlBvg_mVlGyF3p_LECk-NTkx9ge5PgK-S1moyAGZWJ3NvxXrw04OgKJlV4i0TLPWXtwa3bph-M0SlqwvmsRpnZA73qtNF7vFDj5mD-ta-bOalEnKGcS4v421czJfM1fW7N_NA4/s320/197024_10150446622460305_134809410304_17351901_741620_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The line up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4qaKVqtgyRUBKRKAaTgOIM9SUGp36Dr73ezkvGBybFgQ_W50NOMEAvH_r_68_oYAjA6gWZnLQ7G4rB2-vgramItJg-sWlU1nO1FKYfdqJtl4HhVEkpAfY7mEylMkAZBumPyN9D4whnI/s1600/100_0242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4qaKVqtgyRUBKRKAaTgOIM9SUGp36Dr73ezkvGBybFgQ_W50NOMEAvH_r_68_oYAjA6gWZnLQ7G4rB2-vgramItJg-sWlU1nO1FKYfdqJtl4HhVEkpAfY7mEylMkAZBumPyN9D4whnI/s320/100_0242.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More fine MT weather. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The next day we headed to Missoula, with a high of five, FML…So much for our day off of spring creekin’. Maybe next year. Before we even got to Missoula, the phone was ringing off the hook from the fly shops running out of tickets. We dropped off tickets as soon as we got to town. Woke up a bit hazy the next morning with the phone still ringing…”When can you guys get your asses back over here, we need another 100 tickets”. So we did. Then the phone rang again…notice a theme here? This was the beginning of what was about to be the epic night in film tour history. Right before the show, we were treated to another pre show party by the Grizzly Hackle, kegs, cans, dogs and burgers. Sweet diggity. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dZJqO0iXOnjiwwSavRySUK_1zFB0Z6NoC-cfBwNksZIMdMAs01PmiKWSQtR-76x5dMAJwfqvVTjn0r9ZdAF-XNi5FIvKSY7l1U6KZGpFh64Oo1rht8Jox8RMV4C9Vs4TbfvH-UdeJNw/s1600/197026_10150446626230305_134809410304_17351943_983630_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dZJqO0iXOnjiwwSavRySUK_1zFB0Z6NoC-cfBwNksZIMdMAs01PmiKWSQtR-76x5dMAJwfqvVTjn0r9ZdAF-XNi5FIvKSY7l1U6KZGpFh64Oo1rht8Jox8RMV4C9Vs4TbfvH-UdeJNw/s320/197026_10150446626230305_134809410304_17351943_983630_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Packed house at the Grizz.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not long after that we bounced for the show and instantly the line was forming. 20, 50, 150 people in line with temps around zero. Now that is dedication. When all was said and done, the dust cleared and we started to do a final count…..over 850 people!! What a party!!! I mean show, show, it was a great show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really don’t have many pics because we were so busy the whole night, but man did this event rock. The F3T's single biggest show ever! The highlight of my first month on the road had to be watching the crowd react to an 8 yr old boy winning the Sage VXP outfit. It was truly something I will never forget, thank you Missoula MT, damm you are one fishy town!! We may have a good video of that raffle coming soon…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NDHGWfaiaHe0DQ1lXnGdjMT96OEEWzADrq0G8G3x7JjBcP9DspT2P2DijXppYB7XoRSlfMRoXMfi-98hrpjS_WRv2gbPWzjlPGuzZig13ETm01AS1-XvJF8LskmcR2bbUSs0gJVgxsU/s1600/188988_10150446627595305_134809410304_17351974_2682105_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NDHGWfaiaHe0DQ1lXnGdjMT96OEEWzADrq0G8G3x7JjBcP9DspT2P2DijXppYB7XoRSlfMRoXMfi-98hrpjS_WRv2gbPWzjlPGuzZig13ETm01AS1-XvJF8LskmcR2bbUSs0gJVgxsU/s320/188988_10150446627595305_134809410304_17351974_2682105_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cell pic of an ass ton of people.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwJbkax0Zu-l_N0PqQQf6sOBtV7SIn23t7QcSfsXuxtwOf11eMGjXA-veH9I6NYOlUNgg4gkKCxW_Oy6iQOviCjAkjuRpEFZGhH4RkzHRYEZqAzsBOUJdBdqBsPqw_63FIzpNCW87ls0/s1600/100_0258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwJbkax0Zu-l_N0PqQQf6sOBtV7SIn23t7QcSfsXuxtwOf11eMGjXA-veH9I6NYOlUNgg4gkKCxW_Oy6iQOviCjAkjuRpEFZGhH4RkzHRYEZqAzsBOUJdBdqBsPqw_63FIzpNCW87ls0/s320/100_0258.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clearing out the masses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUR6KsYgkCobJDmIxUkCh6HaYLzGZz3WDP3GFuKcmHWopgNyzAxuKlGIafzrEc448scSzy3k8zvGtJIwAfjugh64fF4DWnbZ03_H4QL9L0TIajF2rWeYyFpXG9UnhiF8PQf0ka0lfQoA/s1600/184222_10150446627920305_134809410304_17351981_6581942_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUR6KsYgkCobJDmIxUkCh6HaYLzGZz3WDP3GFuKcmHWopgNyzAxuKlGIafzrEc448scSzy3k8zvGtJIwAfjugh64fF4DWnbZ03_H4QL9L0TIajF2rWeYyFpXG9UnhiF8PQf0ka0lfQoA/s320/184222_10150446627920305_134809410304_17351981_6581942_n.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The happiest damm 8 yr old in Montucky.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I woke up the next day “not good” to put it nicely. And my awkward feeling only got worse on the way to Bozeman. Believe it or not, it had nothing to do with the local brews of Missoula. I was sick. Very sick. I was pretty much a worthless sloth during the set up of the Bozeman show, and it only got worse. About 30 seconds before we were about to open the doors I made a B-line outside to take care of some upset stomach issues. Not even caring about the 100 or so people in line behind me while I keeled over and projected last night’s dinner clear into the Yellowstone. Blep.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I had the 24 hour bug, and killed any chance of me having any fun at what is it one of my favorite towns and shows. Shitty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as far as the show goes, how do you think it went? It’s Bozeman. Everyone was wasted, had a blast, filled the seats and partied like rock starts till the sun came up. Except me…I was in the hotel room with the cold sweats. Blep again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXe3i2d_MBhkNdR-vM7Q1OrkjuT5DYFb39v3-iHDxQomlng3SlgQ_TZDwTRt3MZuuIXDErJtHg6dem4L9Rkw7z3Wah7tFXkeWEOwHBads2_Yd_ZjlggDjZx8n4x8JpOQpEEEtIH3xzF0A/s1600/200147_10150446630200305_134809410304_17352019_5799738_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXe3i2d_MBhkNdR-vM7Q1OrkjuT5DYFb39v3-iHDxQomlng3SlgQ_TZDwTRt3MZuuIXDErJtHg6dem4L9Rkw7z3Wah7tFXkeWEOwHBads2_Yd_ZjlggDjZx8n4x8JpOQpEEEtIH3xzF0A/s320/200147_10150446630200305_134809410304_17352019_5799738_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I always miss all the post show fun! Hahaha.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Woke up then next morning feeling like a million bucks…thank God, we had three days of fishing ahead of us. On our way south to Boise, we took a little detour to Five Rivers Lodge, one of the sponsors of this year’s tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to say, Jay Burgin the owner has put together one fine operation down in Dillon MT over the last 25 years or so. He is also one of the coolest old timers I’ve ever ran into. We offered him a job on the road crew on the spot…he respectfully declined but did mention that if it was 50 years ago, he was in! We got the grand tour of the 35,000 sq. foot lodge; listened intently as Jay told stories about the numbers and size of the browns in his backyard…the stats are literally mind blowing. We also got to check out one of the largest fly selections in the world…fact. It was more flies than some fly companies have in stock. And the kicker is they are only available to guests…not a bad deal if you’re staying there if you ask me. Talk about some local secrets. Jay, nice to meet you man, I’m sure I’ll be back out your way real soon. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VM4q9vm7kvgVjhClSfNZGdUzcpPxHeZ619hylW48layBe06v-mcPjG4EWknzNGYg7h8iwPweETusfUVSQwk8aONoib-XH45F2kOysdGEiNCzS346O4MG-ie5GQWom6InOlxwMsUjxCg/s1600/100_0259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VM4q9vm7kvgVjhClSfNZGdUzcpPxHeZ619hylW48layBe06v-mcPjG4EWknzNGYg7h8iwPweETusfUVSQwk8aONoib-XH45F2kOysdGEiNCzS346O4MG-ie5GQWom6InOlxwMsUjxCg/s320/100_0259.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Fishy pics from the next three days coming soon...<br />
<br />
HeronMatt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-91198543857426166402011-03-10T19:57:00.000-08:002011-03-10T19:57:14.175-08:00The WA Run.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Washington- Seattle and Spokane. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well it’s only been a few weeks since the last post, so as you can imagine I have a lot of catching up to do. Let’s start with the WA cities. We rolled into Seattle with just a few tickets left to sell at the door, and boy did they go fast. Not only was the show sold out, but we may have over sold by a ticket or ten because we had people standing all over the place…and they loved it! The crowd was awesome and definitely let their appreciation of the film maker’s show, they were loud and jacked up from the time we hit play to the time we locked up the doors and headed to the local pub. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpjMOsupWiv9jqn_cbMn889DochpxsqNC5GGaQVBYAROXAY_-RUkM1o0BjTWMVsLVyUW6MFuU90USrv4w9mn66nnwsx_jV5BTVudwVH9O9wPpZrlZq_8-XBKPA8Ngwo_fSje-8S0lptk/s1600/100_0197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpjMOsupWiv9jqn_cbMn889DochpxsqNC5GGaQVBYAROXAY_-RUkM1o0BjTWMVsLVyUW6MFuU90USrv4w9mn66nnwsx_jV5BTVudwVH9O9wPpZrlZq_8-XBKPA8Ngwo_fSje-8S0lptk/s320/100_0197.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boobies.</div><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And speaking of the pub, for those of you that missed it…there was a karaoke performance for the ages put on by the <a href="http://graphitesamurai.wordpress.com/">Graphite Samurai</a> himself, Jay J. I’ve known Jay for a long time, and have always heard the rumors about his vocals on the mic...but wow, thank you to our good friends at Moldy Chum for documenting the evening.</span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/2011/2/17/the-graphite-satchmo.html">http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/2011/2/17/the-graphite-satchmo.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What can I say about Spokane? Awesome theater, awesome crowd, and awesome show. Spokane is one of our most popular shows every year and we always break the 600 person mark. It’s a given. That says a lot about the people in that area and their dedication to fish porn. We even got a tour of Dry Fly...you could taste the deliciousness from beginning to end. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8mduEnu2Tbyaamx9tNUVlZ1aD1oWpLxaw6aukvwiIx6TrytYzogthecGKFl09967ipTNdCnv8yKmp1fm5BI46g5G_-atdYdY0yuErMLBhnZfLr9wflRkAxxLohKMqJU1rfd9xWZfCZXc/s1600/100_0205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8mduEnu2Tbyaamx9tNUVlZ1aD1oWpLxaw6aukvwiIx6TrytYzogthecGKFl09967ipTNdCnv8yKmp1fm5BI46g5G_-atdYdY0yuErMLBhnZfLr9wflRkAxxLohKMqJU1rfd9xWZfCZXc/s320/100_0205.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Bing Rocks!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hVUvOhAbRcPQ8mb8jz3ORoEemH-o2BwVKKPKZPX2MQvWkoLf2EFjVV-6ZULtoNRnWiqWGCkOXCOqup2gs8mXxU3XZTgkGwQWyQ_im_guzucluDwrYy5cNYtuKtvmCe_adwEV2VpPDcw/s1600/100_0199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hVUvOhAbRcPQ8mb8jz3ORoEemH-o2BwVKKPKZPX2MQvWkoLf2EFjVV-6ZULtoNRnWiqWGCkOXCOqup2gs8mXxU3XZTgkGwQWyQ_im_guzucluDwrYy5cNYtuKtvmCe_adwEV2VpPDcw/s320/100_0199.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ke-zx8i-74IrMtwNIUr7g3fsV4EqwTh9iHSnKQguHXtzc2P2C__QPc8i67hLsZDTMUm9HUidKRXeAYt1tv6tjRYrjZs5Jk4jSuJmlU0LlDyJvsdBgT4rbwi7oQyV9yEGcEsOyifH7Kw/s1600/100_0201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ke-zx8i-74IrMtwNIUr7g3fsV4EqwTh9iHSnKQguHXtzc2P2C__QPc8i67hLsZDTMUm9HUidKRXeAYt1tv6tjRYrjZs5Jk4jSuJmlU0LlDyJvsdBgT4rbwi7oQyV9yEGcEsOyifH7Kw/s320/100_0201.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After the show I had a few days to chill with the Castaway Fly Shop crew out of Coeur d'Alene. The boys were all about spending a few days on the water. On day one we did about a six hour float down one of their local rivers in search of Westslope Cutties. Along with a bunch of ass hooked whities, we ran into a few cutts that wanted to play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a perfect day and a ton of fun…see you boys next yr.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1A3M_V0HhOG-aacYNPYO08BQejQFY339cGA19AXq09jQ0FZFsCmjJ1_-f-HXze_T_mA_l1C521J9RvLbhMRL8N9NwIhN6hjfqeeagezNSZC7n9hprPKZjY0kXaRLPb_Gztumyx3jhOO8/s1600/100_0210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1A3M_V0HhOG-aacYNPYO08BQejQFY339cGA19AXq09jQ0FZFsCmjJ1_-f-HXze_T_mA_l1C521J9RvLbhMRL8N9NwIhN6hjfqeeagezNSZC7n9hprPKZjY0kXaRLPb_Gztumyx3jhOO8/s320/100_0210.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The put in...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXz5UM47YrlYhRMgV3-abj5O1CbT77Hx0PXhF-DKsFx30C2T1JG_BqySdMl3KnjYtGI7El5AiNPE-5fQ9N9b5I86zmd2fjOcJEf40o8tt9-DEl0enLRFG_ZzQNy9ngUNGs4s2vxp2ByQ/s1600/100_0216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXz5UM47YrlYhRMgV3-abj5O1CbT77Hx0PXhF-DKsFx30C2T1JG_BqySdMl3KnjYtGI7El5AiNPE-5fQ9N9b5I86zmd2fjOcJEf40o8tt9-DEl0enLRFG_ZzQNy9ngUNGs4s2vxp2ByQ/s320/100_0216.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One in the bag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffVovcXe4MeVdGlBrahzlBxsGCxLYy3eDxIpHHbOP7ntADsCOzOLoHQPOetcKDD3p19sW27uOSxY88qwApAmDy53QzamCEKLfbEYvVrgRY5KriUciu8DaENU8FZmMIaNj_CUbi7OIm5E/s1600/100_0217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffVovcXe4MeVdGlBrahzlBxsGCxLYy3eDxIpHHbOP7ntADsCOzOLoHQPOetcKDD3p19sW27uOSxY88qwApAmDy53QzamCEKLfbEYvVrgRY5KriUciu8DaENU8FZmMIaNj_CUbi7OIm5E/s320/100_0217.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sweetness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6kC1Oaj2P9LNCZkRsdYQ1S9s64BOiu1fWXIHgEtBc3PLeTeQVVOVQzfZIlmUXP3lhptiw7DQL3RVpvnGS89wVw2aUUzS0d_7YbhI3rfoJOfvDwsWdvBTbk2-JyYas43oltlhYtRKHLs/s1600/100_0223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6kC1Oaj2P9LNCZkRsdYQ1S9s64BOiu1fWXIHgEtBc3PLeTeQVVOVQzfZIlmUXP3lhptiw7DQL3RVpvnGS89wVw2aUUzS0d_7YbhI3rfoJOfvDwsWdvBTbk2-JyYas43oltlhYtRKHLs/s320/100_0223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fat and hairy, the film tour way. Black tail..wtf?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Day two we headed south to the Clearwater in search of some B-runs. As the Steelfacin’ thing can go, we got our asses handed to us. But it’s not every day you fish a new piece of water, with shots at monster fish on the swing. Not where I live anyway. Once the snow stopped it turned into a great day, and I got in more two handed practice than ever. Good times for sure. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICvHdk8y7Vz9mTeBQs96bktBG0MYaJxi5EOWKcTVxA4sCJz1EXlljhiSgZmtShmhkAP3ULopJlmiOcBundlQiWpFJEhpsD_dqhpnCoT8DPgoJ5imD7yVOzccLVFVZnoW2qBhxRALjSoU/s1600/100_0228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICvHdk8y7Vz9mTeBQs96bktBG0MYaJxi5EOWKcTVxA4sCJz1EXlljhiSgZmtShmhkAP3ULopJlmiOcBundlQiWpFJEhpsD_dqhpnCoT8DPgoJ5imD7yVOzccLVFVZnoW2qBhxRALjSoU/s320/100_0228.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The early bird get the worm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4HAwGZLI8Lri6Ojm7xAHN0HrXpjmeVfG5zKEwPB1kRVg9Z-NPeXMpouQjR9tW78lXcH0Ggj_ysAYd0Nju_3bWQQ2l67euqGys2To5HV9VQxN_C-GBwzaHncDGDKvmN5U8WmrRO6FOA8/s1600/100_0230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4HAwGZLI8Lri6Ojm7xAHN0HrXpjmeVfG5zKEwPB1kRVg9Z-NPeXMpouQjR9tW78lXcH0Ggj_ysAYd0Nju_3bWQQ2l67euqGys2To5HV9VQxN_C-GBwzaHncDGDKvmN5U8WmrRO6FOA8/s320/100_0230.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shore lunch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii61c1NHnBvTCyUexUfQm16a-NX5kC_g5WFFoxapFAnrSsDZ23FVpmz7C-I9WiMsVNkjzdPq2JGLyxz_yyGwegSiglancJETj5NUUb6p9rLVfsA8_TYF1G493QvBRfoXYTmTfYVUz9RSA/s1600/100_0233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii61c1NHnBvTCyUexUfQm16a-NX5kC_g5WFFoxapFAnrSsDZ23FVpmz7C-I9WiMsVNkjzdPq2JGLyxz_yyGwegSiglancJETj5NUUb6p9rLVfsA8_TYF1G493QvBRfoXYTmTfYVUz9RSA/s320/100_0233.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was Swing-ing.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Heron</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-72106333964668736562011-02-14T22:22:00.000-08:002011-02-14T22:33:49.328-08:00Bend, check. Portland, check.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oregon, done and done. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well It's been a few days since the last film tour update but let’s see what we can do. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">February 12, 2011. The single biggest day in F3T history? Yep, 1,200 people watched the show thanks to a monster 600 person crowd in Portland, and two 300 person shows in Denver on the same night! I was super pumped to be a part of the Portland show. What a party! The seats were filled by far with the most rockin’ crowd to date. The laughs, a cheers could be heard down the street! Thank you Portland and all the local fly shop sponsors for a crazy show! And sorry for the lack of quality pics...we were slammed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU18mWoIxxzvD6uFOCr-1x6bSrV-jlHjX0yLfihWEAosiolhwF756p2mToGcdaf_u0HoChd5GQSqCwjoDDjGfdY9Z2hVzZd6uxWDCHfZQa1rS5re4LiRffNwSXCD82jmnyGmpT3zdZKTY/s1600/IMG_6106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU18mWoIxxzvD6uFOCr-1x6bSrV-jlHjX0yLfihWEAosiolhwF756p2mToGcdaf_u0HoChd5GQSqCwjoDDjGfdY9Z2hVzZd6uxWDCHfZQa1rS5re4LiRffNwSXCD82jmnyGmpT3zdZKTY/s320/IMG_6106.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the mic, workin' the crowd. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOH34BM_tU_pL_jvOPbFS1M_PQaZcWxQP8VoZGH9QsIWbVVyQrLn-_qe3Exlcctu4t-bLIK1iYGvRRyH8Zwi3Cnope_VQxm7Kq_J2PpeurclN0F1y0Dvs8hhjHWUSd9a3nmcKNupb_3sk/s1600/181499_10150419624370305_134809410304_17014996_5811168_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOH34BM_tU_pL_jvOPbFS1M_PQaZcWxQP8VoZGH9QsIWbVVyQrLn-_qe3Exlcctu4t-bLIK1iYGvRRyH8Zwi3Cnope_VQxm7Kq_J2PpeurclN0F1y0Dvs8hhjHWUSd9a3nmcKNupb_3sk/s320/181499_10150419624370305_134809410304_17014996_5811168_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The line..after we started letting people in. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXAGysUT4187UhhHU4FP9drn0F46PTc6oQ14_geXvXkxhx46mvzlzR87BvB_5TzA7EGIMM26O_uALM7aqqIxv58rubDP9Ht0W2__4JxVOSnbkBXRdm2t2X2AujKqOk4XxJMl15jWnyMw/s1600/100_0193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXAGysUT4187UhhHU4FP9drn0F46PTc6oQ14_geXvXkxhx46mvzlzR87BvB_5TzA7EGIMM26O_uALM7aqqIxv58rubDP9Ht0W2__4JxVOSnbkBXRdm2t2X2AujKqOk4XxJMl15jWnyMw/s320/100_0193.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Awoke to a text this morn. "Wake the f#*k up bitches. Steelhead wait for no one".</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_fjKVaXfQARi1jiSRo8XyAX23W09ZCP0N7sfcSxGgNEj4Tv5ncgP-img4jEcMer5H13jeWRgcG2tiVXAkTJq4CRDYpk8MEo3NWNsXkN0cuuSmmhI0ji3zz2vW1MtxUx1R-TlXHCYdjk/s1600/182039_1863143586932_1491265371_2022107_5454354_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_fjKVaXfQARi1jiSRo8XyAX23W09ZCP0N7sfcSxGgNEj4Tv5ncgP-img4jEcMer5H13jeWRgcG2tiVXAkTJq4CRDYpk8MEo3NWNsXkN0cuuSmmhI0ji3zz2vW1MtxUx1R-TlXHCYdjk/s320/182039_1863143586932_1491265371_2022107_5454354_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little post show tug love for TR.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We arrived in Bend a week ago to back to back sell outs. We switched venues up a bit this year and moved down the street to the McMenamin’s theater and it did not disappoint! Due to a rule with the venue, there were a few tickets left to be sold at the door. With people showing up and hour and a half early, the few tics left didn’t last long. With the countless local brews, a great menue and couch style seating, the show was a huge success. </span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixO1v5rO1sEzG1DdFTgexAz8xIFuzxn6dj9UPqU-3UVjsqO1Lh_6hyWpcFCPW15DW6cTFsRO2IDA0j3BMTwMp-6ZnUgewkyuUICyjeGly2JeDSFDztXm9Rhjn8mHFAkX_3K0zgstj_i4c/s1600/20110209_MG_4916_7_8_gary_calicott_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixO1v5rO1sEzG1DdFTgexAz8xIFuzxn6dj9UPqU-3UVjsqO1Lh_6hyWpcFCPW15DW6cTFsRO2IDA0j3BMTwMp-6ZnUgewkyuUICyjeGly2JeDSFDztXm9Rhjn8mHFAkX_3K0zgstj_i4c/s320/20110209_MG_4916_7_8_gary_calicott_photo.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The calm before the storm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAxlMXkqyey__j2irhhDyHvXyAbnD9affAv7dAJTNPvKQTt4cEAx6XgmWtSevlfKhkNfswOuQCvu-TtNkJ5AdqvSQoKKqertHNI0Z13AZgsS_iOfxdRmcZEsV-WP2Pm3ZviU4M_rAL_PY/s1600/100_0173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAxlMXkqyey__j2irhhDyHvXyAbnD9affAv7dAJTNPvKQTt4cEAx6XgmWtSevlfKhkNfswOuQCvu-TtNkJ5AdqvSQoKKqertHNI0Z13AZgsS_iOfxdRmcZEsV-WP2Pm3ZviU4M_rAL_PY/s320/100_0173.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">People lined up for the last 25 tics. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRMQnBGJ7X06bT5oCL414DPIFHvkaxXy6fDnmztC_6CMAkoaMIzLAPBSoBkqoZ7gz04LPHrhKvB29A-qx7TRmBLLO8Y_2HUL9Sxjtq0la21kPGVS4BBv7Bx12wLUhi6-PAUdbOhJf228/s1600/100_0175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRMQnBGJ7X06bT5oCL414DPIFHvkaxXy6fDnmztC_6CMAkoaMIzLAPBSoBkqoZ7gz04LPHrhKvB29A-qx7TRmBLLO8Y_2HUL9Sxjtq0la21kPGVS4BBv7Bx12wLUhi6-PAUdbOhJf228/s320/100_0175.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little pre shwo warm up. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZi-1Ei_3wczrAF13syFtPy6C7kT268GGu2YVmb6bP-kgUgAfP231k5x-1eaWkAS6JZPAKgSBB7uW7CT0QKxSa4W4gBQDSNDssnTrFJLhJ0AN2YLlxxsJut5_5-lbzS4gbkjKQiWXIpw/s1600/20110209_MG_4963_gary_calicott_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZi-1Ei_3wczrAF13syFtPy6C7kT268GGu2YVmb6bP-kgUgAfP231k5x-1eaWkAS6JZPAKgSBB7uW7CT0QKxSa4W4gBQDSNDssnTrFJLhJ0AN2YLlxxsJut5_5-lbzS4gbkjKQiWXIpw/s320/20110209_MG_4963_gary_calicott_photo.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Future fly fisher!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhAKkX-FJADqeuFhMuWggdZtu8uYYdcJzFiNsg3YVxxP82MSfiFcIaHmSS73XzRjikP6yjtEUXqgE0rIfzN8DdaUKIfgVU886rbcGWxVTDtZl_oIGEbr7FDk19GHBHBVsPFdSoRKhwXQ/s1600/20110210_MG_5075_gary_calicott_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhAKkX-FJADqeuFhMuWggdZtu8uYYdcJzFiNsg3YVxxP82MSfiFcIaHmSS73XzRjikP6yjtEUXqgE0rIfzN8DdaUKIfgVU886rbcGWxVTDtZl_oIGEbr7FDk19GHBHBVsPFdSoRKhwXQ/s320/20110210_MG_5075_gary_calicott_photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI98wdfUASAFrpiD5t2p0jlEYGOvzPeB4dKmxo32xft9yFmtzi9HvU8fDx1gCqSX_Lq1UfFXIRRKtaZNEhgcJ68ueDSULEZ05vpe43vcmQEQrftyxfTlsNa88RlOjDuIy-VBATnfgjk4M/s1600/100_0181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI98wdfUASAFrpiD5t2p0jlEYGOvzPeB4dKmxo32xft9yFmtzi9HvU8fDx1gCqSX_Lq1UfFXIRRKtaZNEhgcJ68ueDSULEZ05vpe43vcmQEQrftyxfTlsNa88RlOjDuIy-VBATnfgjk4M/s320/100_0181.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little post show exploring.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpW5Et_9U43WnQictI8-oSPwpqFAl1wGu4uzc73OMbvA3lzuYPrMroINXM_UYFAVsAmOPbF-8MdqdMV7fSLvBHR8eBzyWvlzRbZjOexlaMBvYTryNIusSsALFEGwUue-5P-OQkRdeA50/s1600/100_0182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpW5Et_9U43WnQictI8-oSPwpqFAl1wGu4uzc73OMbvA3lzuYPrMroINXM_UYFAVsAmOPbF-8MdqdMV7fSLvBHR8eBzyWvlzRbZjOexlaMBvYTryNIusSsALFEGwUue-5P-OQkRdeA50/s320/100_0182.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Perfect. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We don’t have anything but a crappy cell pic, but on the way out of town I did manage to get into my first Bull trout. He may have been the smallest bull in the state, but he smashed the huge streamer I was throwing at his bigger brothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not every day I add a new Salmonid to the list. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heron</span></div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-16021638567939283952011-02-09T08:18:00.000-08:002011-02-09T08:18:58.721-08:00Film Tour Update, Sactown.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And just like that the Cali run is over. Overall we had three great shows in Ventura, Long Beach and my backyard show in Sacramento. We also met some really cool people along the way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to give a special thanks to <a href="http://www.americanflyfishing.com/Fly+Fishing"><span style="color: red;">American Fly Fishing</span></a>, and <a href="http://flyfishingspecialties.com/"><span style="color: red;">Fly Fishing Specialties</span></a> for helping spread the good word and selling a few pre show tics for us. Even though the weather was sunny and warm, it’s nice to be heading north to start a string of some of our biggest shows of the tour. We arrived in Bend last night only to find out that we are already sold out both nights! We’ve changed venues this year, so if you’re headed to the show, please check out the new directions. <a href="http://www.flyfishingfilmtour.com/Schedule/fly-fishing-film-tour-US-schedule.asp"><span style="color: red;">New spot</span>. </a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We’re excited to be in Bend not only because it’s one of our favorite stops (come great local brews and rowdy fans) but we might finally get a chance to hit the water tomorrow. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll keep ya posted if we get into some double digit Bull trout. A guy can dream can’t he?</span></div>Heron<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLjIzYmby-CiggGKm-KEpLnYivluS7WZtUeY-Ycd6sgz3vOo7QfrKWLoeg1OWK7J4HxfUw9bAyj911a0fb8tn3t7X-W4j3adazKb-AKOeCCweFlNGx5rI5BQLSQ16p-tcTR-8ARBb8J0/s1600/100_0154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLjIzYmby-CiggGKm-KEpLnYivluS7WZtUeY-Ycd6sgz3vOo7QfrKWLoeg1OWK7J4HxfUw9bAyj911a0fb8tn3t7X-W4j3adazKb-AKOeCCweFlNGx5rI5BQLSQ16p-tcTR-8ARBb8J0/s320/100_0154.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fly Fishing Specialties </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnWLwm6jW0aG-qb28zKA8-4cx13Qf6Obfl_HIZrjpzkg_buMrF5SxFG2rII4qLspa5DbUjgRcF5Gb81_Hx5he6TP8fIy7qNKf-d9NJKMNGWLD0_Fw4OUEHovnUY2bcozGxgXyvNzbhxg/s1600/100_0157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnWLwm6jW0aG-qb28zKA8-4cx13Qf6Obfl_HIZrjpzkg_buMrF5SxFG2rII4qLspa5DbUjgRcF5Gb81_Hx5he6TP8fIy7qNKf-d9NJKMNGWLD0_Fw4OUEHovnUY2bcozGxgXyvNzbhxg/s320/100_0157.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">American Fly Fishing</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjTqZnYG98-P-oGLLbDgTZ-pm1Qfk4OPsRLeq4INmPEFYPxRojhvrBR7q4K6FN2jGYn1JHrr5p03gTc6OE4oMSFGxwECOtQrFKLDG1R9TOc2oz0MBKkUi1ZlVszWnkJG-Ju9aOCXk6uo/s1600/100_0159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjTqZnYG98-P-oGLLbDgTZ-pm1Qfk4OPsRLeq4INmPEFYPxRojhvrBR7q4K6FN2jGYn1JHrr5p03gTc6OE4oMSFGxwECOtQrFKLDG1R9TOc2oz0MBKkUi1ZlVszWnkJG-Ju9aOCXk6uo/s320/100_0159.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">24th Street Theater</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhav4tyMLWM8BeNduc0MIKN0wjaEQFJaB91ldQq1PRfwy1UbdilzU8k1zHEywD0YeGxGY5Nu2n61d6f61xOhepEFZPMQIGi5NcP_QQHsX-OVsKThX3DRfABPFjxcmdeeWD4Y6o7j0uzyXs/s1600/100_0161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhav4tyMLWM8BeNduc0MIKN0wjaEQFJaB91ldQq1PRfwy1UbdilzU8k1zHEywD0YeGxGY5Nu2n61d6f61xOhepEFZPMQIGi5NcP_QQHsX-OVsKThX3DRfABPFjxcmdeeWD4Y6o7j0uzyXs/s320/100_0161.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jay pondering the next edit on the road</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGqE5-noxCdJBNmPXZ-1zEV9laVZ8RXQN5z3l7FtYenJMIRJObt7QTdoMqtuzzfwp8DWtSq7b9zXMgI0YNYTtWRn0OIhfrOVbry2I6wB2kg97dHsc3icpXSYzOcE3d3pLyjlAd8Vs4Lw/s1600/100_0153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGqE5-noxCdJBNmPXZ-1zEV9laVZ8RXQN5z3l7FtYenJMIRJObt7QTdoMqtuzzfwp8DWtSq7b9zXMgI0YNYTtWRn0OIhfrOVbry2I6wB2kg97dHsc3icpXSYzOcE3d3pLyjlAd8Vs4Lw/s320/100_0153.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bye bye warm weather, it's been fun. </div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-75835153659066313182011-02-06T08:07:00.000-08:002011-02-06T08:16:56.911-08:00Film Tour Update, Long Beach.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well our quick stint in So Cal is officially over after last night’s show in Long Beach. It was the first time we’ve done a show down here and I assure you it won’t be the last. Every time we do a first showing in a new town we never really know what to expect. Well thanks to local sponsors, Bob Marriott’s Fly Fishing and The Fisherman’s Spot, the word got out and the venue filled up quickly after doors opened at 630. To top it off one of the guys working for the venue said it was the most well organized show he's ever seen at the Art Theater! Not bad for a bunch of bug chuckers. Check out a few to the pics while we head north to Sac Town, on what could be our longest drive of the whole tour this year. I’ll see what I can do to convince the boys to pull over and watch a bit of the ball game tonight. See you in Sacramento!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heron</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi71FDOOgM5nn8UHMh-UowdFL1VDFflQ_ojG_EJbeaDQYFJ8yh_k6rAN9yA1W9cil5RHDVsWOiWSovA4DTr7Y-392dGVwggwofz-6_V7iDatf1lERcVkxYUqeanGm_WF_9qy4JH6NPxl4/s1600/100_0138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi71FDOOgM5nn8UHMh-UowdFL1VDFflQ_ojG_EJbeaDQYFJ8yh_k6rAN9yA1W9cil5RHDVsWOiWSovA4DTr7Y-392dGVwggwofz-6_V7iDatf1lERcVkxYUqeanGm_WF_9qy4JH6NPxl4/s320/100_0138.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little pre show swag organizing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3r-pR1a_kJqo-hZ0BMDaICnMP8uzOdxAVnmdgHR0U7FGyGwwM77swanQPIHRUe_Oh3Qsu3mS22QtVzYE5yhh8AtfPAtaFmgVNmjjycXBjtwSvQzoRjcI-XV5ZWJ1ph3rAYfB6pA33-WM/s1600/100_0140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3r-pR1a_kJqo-hZ0BMDaICnMP8uzOdxAVnmdgHR0U7FGyGwwM77swanQPIHRUe_Oh3Qsu3mS22QtVzYE5yhh8AtfPAtaFmgVNmjjycXBjtwSvQzoRjcI-XV5ZWJ1ph3rAYfB6pA33-WM/s320/100_0140.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Art Theater, Long Beach.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYm0eFIZHwvIhVZnIu-OhohskiC6WkCi-a2L6SFA0uopIUAx7V4m6wP4AUflXH3d3yNCiuTSbMRq4INcS2acu4VTsHjx5AKnbVSDBZ_WXgveVNQ99_Wamdcmm98DOSRUjGZdK9hS_hhA/s1600/100_0142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYm0eFIZHwvIhVZnIu-OhohskiC6WkCi-a2L6SFA0uopIUAx7V4m6wP4AUflXH3d3yNCiuTSbMRq4INcS2acu4VTsHjx5AKnbVSDBZ_WXgveVNQ99_Wamdcmm98DOSRUjGZdK9hS_hhA/s320/100_0142.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went through the first 150 hats fast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK52BYKC-o0pfW3D7s0KuVUUJyP6w6PhbL2h1nTF183Q0ul-jUtt09YuCIotyDmpaDQNDEzG4l0u2EYMB8JA7mgtug18n0VhPXurweGKtt3MeV6V973DpPCn0c5GrROmT7d3rNNx7tEE/s1600/168983_10150412797175305_134809410304_16895810_932927_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK52BYKC-o0pfW3D7s0KuVUUJyP6w6PhbL2h1nTF183Q0ul-jUtt09YuCIotyDmpaDQNDEzG4l0u2EYMB8JA7mgtug18n0VhPXurweGKtt3MeV6V973DpPCn0c5GrROmT7d3rNNx7tEE/s320/168983_10150412797175305_134809410304_16895810_932927_n.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thads cell pic of the line getting bigger by the min.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjc3qAEgJ1EdKZ1LAjt42-nw4-KIGVYCVzz3dWAq-eCScQsq5NSoXXdcmoJC7OYSJ9RVBk3Oy2prXCVQjWNUn22kl2i_scDCb_ipQcBb2vTI8y-2I7OLew-cMdan2dvjKND7oi4oEieg/s1600/100_0144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjc3qAEgJ1EdKZ1LAjt42-nw4-KIGVYCVzz3dWAq-eCScQsq5NSoXXdcmoJC7OYSJ9RVBk3Oy2prXCVQjWNUn22kl2i_scDCb_ipQcBb2vTI8y-2I7OLew-cMdan2dvjKND7oi4oEieg/s320/100_0144.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great sun set in So Cal, see you in Sac on monday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="256" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53txoE2emlV7xmLlhzKgOWmFnGSRvXNFLsiX7mNX22EzvT6Ir-4VrNhG4KR0Q8PJcQwDFlASq8du0uYKP7xcloArePJccADogo-6DNyUuMwKQ4O5gxcCx8qtd14eHzGGVfiBRbg8-bJU/s760/buffalo-bills-logo.gif" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">GO BILLS!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-87438118864207120692011-02-03T16:49:00.000-08:002011-02-03T16:49:36.072-08:00This is Fly...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The new <a href="http://thisisfly.com/"><span style="color: red;">This is Fly</span> </a>went live a few days ago and showcased a pair of films that were chosen for this year’s Fly Fishing Film Tour. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both feature some seriously toothy critters that have been blowing up the fly fishing world the last few years. Muskies and Makos are two top predators that are on my list to eventually take via the fly. If you wanna see the full length previews, you’ll have to meet up with us on the road this year. Enjoy. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heron</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/lIzFLt65eHo?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Muskies..better than sex.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/cDTgMEj3UQo?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I gotta get my ass down to San Diego. </div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-26765381031495594692011-01-31T19:41:00.000-08:002011-01-31T19:47:47.112-08:002010 Fish of the Year<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well it’s pretty much taken me forever to complete all the changes to the new <a href="http://mattheronflyfishing.com/"><span style="color: red;">website</span></a>. Even though it’s been “done” since early summer…I just can’t seem to get every little tiny thing finished I want. There are a bunch of fixes left to the shout outs page, the gallery and other small things here and there. With that said, I was able to get one thing done recently. I added a new header pic to the home page. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You may not know this, but many of you have a small connection to the huge brown below. The guy holding it won the <a href="http://mountainkhakis.com/"><span style="color: red;">Mountain Khakis</span></a> Sweepstakes I did last year with the resort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To make a long story short, of the 4,000 entries (he entered via my boys over at <a href="http://moldychum.com/"><span style="color: red;">moldy chum</span></a>), Cory won a vacation at the resort, some killer gear form our friends at <a href="http://sageflyfish.com/"><span style="color: red;">Sage</span></a>, <a href="http://scientificanglers.com/"><span style="color: red;">SA</span></a>, <a href="http://bugslinger.com/"><span style="color: red;">Bug Slinger</span></a> and a half day guide trip with yours truly. The icing on the cake was, his wife surprised him with a second guide day…and day two did not disappoint. Not only where they two of my best guide days of the year, but this amazing 24” brown is my personal best client fish. It also happened to be Cory’s biggest brown ever as well. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Down the road I’ll post a report with all the pics, and all the fish, but I figured I would show off this big boy for ya’ll to see. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m gonna see Cory up in Bend in a few weeks while on the road with the film tour, and I’m sure one of the first we’ll be talking about is this kyped faced male. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heron</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vDJcsF344XX7kfLWkvb4g8TOa2UnCfKCOU_n5uo17mz6Mq74-ZAXbe1uDZZNxXhyphenhyphent5zpxtL-K9ntqTYBimFoGJbHzKfIXpT6i3vd3ncHt71bt_T3sNQN74FLPbM7EanSMfE-2AEhKCI/s1600/home_image4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vDJcsF344XX7kfLWkvb4g8TOa2UnCfKCOU_n5uo17mz6Mq74-ZAXbe1uDZZNxXhyphenhyphent5zpxtL-K9ntqTYBimFoGJbHzKfIXpT6i3vd3ncHt71bt_T3sNQN74FLPbM7EanSMfE-2AEhKCI/s400/home_image4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New Header.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RwHwVHsNqNAKIAZfzMlG75eRVnARkGh6uCRUompxMvwWYdmeisb106XvzWeQHZSB3NR9iwuhGG-lKABd2VmeoSVwySLZBoFknz9-92t0C0oo8BOM9BwMJqOm2bMFn0TT8D9c7IOCJQ0/s1600/cropped+pig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RwHwVHsNqNAKIAZfzMlG75eRVnARkGh6uCRUompxMvwWYdmeisb106XvzWeQHZSB3NR9iwuhGG-lKABd2VmeoSVwySLZBoFknz9-92t0C0oo8BOM9BwMJqOm2bMFn0TT8D9c7IOCJQ0/s320/cropped+pig.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Taped at 24!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t5qpOou1NaJL-BbTnpPPYH9nosLvD6AfxzwFYS2lAvy9BS3QXGy62EqTL9KkWXgc5jT0ZBt398NmrB5-bm6qZUK3qWBM6dufddOQ855_IQ9q0m4VseXl486vhGBv3vy3dyjBfZR6r50/s1600/PA100176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t5qpOou1NaJL-BbTnpPPYH9nosLvD6AfxzwFYS2lAvy9BS3QXGy62EqTL9KkWXgc5jT0ZBt398NmrB5-bm6qZUK3qWBM6dufddOQ855_IQ9q0m4VseXl486vhGBv3vy3dyjBfZR6r50/s320/PA100176.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Face.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEPaO9hmwpjPRkPEVQv30c03Ox-oC9yFnhuhp8Ez5O-eZbxoz-GTS4X5eGTeX77Ta7wnR6lKoQdnsEIHG62nU0J1WZN0rO95nL3uhux5Oyj1RlgbtOAAhPrIx6JShezpGBtR0xzKkZ_0/s1600/PA100181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEPaO9hmwpjPRkPEVQv30c03Ox-oC9yFnhuhp8Ez5O-eZbxoz-GTS4X5eGTeX77Ta7wnR6lKoQdnsEIHG62nU0J1WZN0rO95nL3uhux5Oyj1RlgbtOAAhPrIx6JShezpGBtR0xzKkZ_0/s320/PA100181.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aqua Shot.</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-14717261436402622202011-01-29T20:38:00.000-08:002011-01-29T20:38:13.021-08:00Fly Fishing Film Tour 2011<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well it’s the end of January and that can only mean one thing, the 2011 Fly Fishing Film Tour is about to kick off across the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been fortunate to be involved with the tour since the end of 2007, and have had some of the best fishing and job memories of my life while livin’ on the road. This year I’ll be hitting up the west coast, part of the Rockies and the southwest…so no doubt I’ll be updating the blog while on the road over the next several months. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check out this year’s schedule at </span><a href="http://www.thef3t.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.thef3t.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and hit up a show if you can. With the best films in the world, some ridiculous raffle giveaways from Sage, SA, Patagonia, Costa Del Mar… and a hand full of free goodies, you can’t go wrong. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqg-1mAG_yKSKCVhgZukJSMJNiYouUUkVihUjJY-3elXAt1qe7s-CHj0DEc8cIW2lUD583imDou2vc96ya4Bt28YVA_0g3i850D1hJoshyBAY9MQqY7IVJMBUSy64THbV7EvuH7I9Iwtg/s1600/100_0122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqg-1mAG_yKSKCVhgZukJSMJNiYouUUkVihUjJY-3elXAt1qe7s-CHj0DEc8cIW2lUD583imDou2vc96ya4Bt28YVA_0g3i850D1hJoshyBAY9MQqY7IVJMBUSy64THbV7EvuH7I9Iwtg/s320/100_0122.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few goodies from this years care package</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrBCKzQfv6sirQOX6c77OXC2DgTaCAiHbb0_OLquZ8ZgyFqSnR5UxE6vsC9ix4V3JhEFmYlMvQFpwZgMtgZYaixrT4D9uFzLanu_nzIBNmlQKdBi-rR8s-z6Aujm6ibUypAe-J6R58YA/s1600/168724_10150404070235305_134809410304_16747357_5590816_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrBCKzQfv6sirQOX6c77OXC2DgTaCAiHbb0_OLquZ8ZgyFqSnR5UxE6vsC9ix4V3JhEFmYlMvQFpwZgMtgZYaixrT4D9uFzLanu_nzIBNmlQKdBi-rR8s-z6Aujm6ibUypAe-J6R58YA/s400/168724_10150404070235305_134809410304_16747357_5590816_n.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New this year, Stonefly the Magazine</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">As I get ready for this years tour, I can help but reminisce about some of the great times on the road with some really good friends. It would be impossible to put all the pics up, but here are a few highlights from life on the road.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TBVRVrRJGKSEeFnEUeLJbrcN_LkskuV0nM0dt1oT_-3JqippuGxrRVuYOxZGs5PPO_UrBBIdNlFBQL_9IwxAdImXfOskZ5rBsq9sjVX-g3r1fg1YrVOD3EOkXOBTHEMdGAi0D5z9qls/s1600/17435_408665900304_134809410304_10267042_8340986_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TBVRVrRJGKSEeFnEUeLJbrcN_LkskuV0nM0dt1oT_-3JqippuGxrRVuYOxZGs5PPO_UrBBIdNlFBQL_9IwxAdImXfOskZ5rBsq9sjVX-g3r1fg1YrVOD3EOkXOBTHEMdGAi0D5z9qls/s320/17435_408665900304_134809410304_10267042_8340986_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dasboard Drake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgcFTIuT50-8H0DffRDnebOX1whRo0yzuK1aZrSO5_J4uOTYE0012jAEjHCBsQ2YkisMLLqzeYon6rC8MCkztmaGQBapW2lYy8Ixyv9qbnopZX2ZAtCscSd0REqCmYzRE7PwOdi_Vcns/s1600/17435_408666095304_134809410304_10267071_5087553_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgcFTIuT50-8H0DffRDnebOX1whRo0yzuK1aZrSO5_J4uOTYE0012jAEjHCBsQ2YkisMLLqzeYon6rC8MCkztmaGQBapW2lYy8Ixyv9qbnopZX2ZAtCscSd0REqCmYzRE7PwOdi_Vcns/s320/17435_408666095304_134809410304_10267071_5087553_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rowdy, how we do.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5mYDHwfQCqjCJnzPcVT5M35Hf3uycuYzx_DDkhyUYNxwRcpEYAOmm83QkF2ZZ-g-dZIzLKyQfmB6Jd83SpkRxQ9I7VV5jH9Dene1CleIiDtb_h-HKlUdMkzb6ZVX5dPVC0h4CT6wSpE/s1600/17435_408666105304_134809410304_10267073_3934127_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5mYDHwfQCqjCJnzPcVT5M35Hf3uycuYzx_DDkhyUYNxwRcpEYAOmm83QkF2ZZ-g-dZIzLKyQfmB6Jd83SpkRxQ9I7VV5jH9Dene1CleIiDtb_h-HKlUdMkzb6ZVX5dPVC0h4CT6wSpE/s320/17435_408666105304_134809410304_10267073_3934127_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Patties at the river who's name we do not speak</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqH-s1g81cWmR6lWF6hOP1PRnvGr0VZLlxebSGnWQeXRl1zn69DN8BNX5_bE8pvoo_71f6L0y55NvvvnpGzxlSRsX5dNoGpiXUxQUNPJsC1qwuA9P5JOEDvJPu2Dkbw191xlvP_QJaM6c/s1600/17435_408666110304_134809410304_10267074_17358_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqH-s1g81cWmR6lWF6hOP1PRnvGr0VZLlxebSGnWQeXRl1zn69DN8BNX5_bE8pvoo_71f6L0y55NvvvnpGzxlSRsX5dNoGpiXUxQUNPJsC1qwuA9P5JOEDvJPu2Dkbw191xlvP_QJaM6c/s320/17435_408666110304_134809410304_10267074_17358_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thad with a New Zealand'ish brownie</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYpbwmVtqv9kT08mXW7O762JXex8_izGrnxNXvjJQy6KdYpzMHwGGXV-8_hoWngRsuIq4b4MexG8vmhrv5OVasffPAmB_AeMhB347N_-X07xQVf1R5IBYO2RXMbNZ8b64LNSynvD16Ps/s1600/adf.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYpbwmVtqv9kT08mXW7O762JXex8_izGrnxNXvjJQy6KdYpzMHwGGXV-8_hoWngRsuIq4b4MexG8vmhrv5OVasffPAmB_AeMhB347N_-X07xQVf1R5IBYO2RXMbNZ8b64LNSynvD16Ps/s320/adf.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beat up Buck</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKs9mc5zgACW22RGPr1uXErLMkaWLAWa-Kl3o3qeysdHAZKx8j2-dG56ZWcNWbFaKeCXIHzsab8QNlzgrf-BxH9d8h_KSyFy0QTkq1Sui-U64MHMPvoFLFlDHFhyphenhyphencg4DPGJTbFzAiq9A/s1600/df.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKs9mc5zgACW22RGPr1uXErLMkaWLAWa-Kl3o3qeysdHAZKx8j2-dG56ZWcNWbFaKeCXIHzsab8QNlzgrf-BxH9d8h_KSyFy0QTkq1Sui-U64MHMPvoFLFlDHFhyphenhyphencg4DPGJTbFzAiq9A/s320/df.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Four wheelin' and shootin' in the deserts of Utah</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_04nGGb2j1svPbGx0s6TuzG9a4npPUAt7sd223eQOdLU6xu6ShQHhyGN8x4Sn5RGiuBa5pz_w2JYISHmRkaoISJIG2VkELY_lkThVevsm-NVDe7e-ox6-noroHefrdKCfIuVZFAs1f0s/s1600/sdfg.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_04nGGb2j1svPbGx0s6TuzG9a4npPUAt7sd223eQOdLU6xu6ShQHhyGN8x4Sn5RGiuBa5pz_w2JYISHmRkaoISJIG2VkELY_lkThVevsm-NVDe7e-ox6-noroHefrdKCfIuVZFAs1f0s/s320/sdfg.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chuckin' Loops in DT San Fran</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFPljuZCbSYhQdq_i2qIJ0vW8h8UvrGX6GWms-w_PS0_drW1of3GgDRxcTyvDWO8BA9CW_Ki4TTNsLGgGwlaJTboOuntIbkvFDqjwhDXcSYnm9EBcNm4QLUovBJnenIAfHNfYDG3ihyM/s1600/17435_408665685304_134809410304_10267013_4182685_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFPljuZCbSYhQdq_i2qIJ0vW8h8UvrGX6GWms-w_PS0_drW1of3GgDRxcTyvDWO8BA9CW_Ki4TTNsLGgGwlaJTboOuntIbkvFDqjwhDXcSYnm9EBcNm4QLUovBJnenIAfHNfYDG3ihyM/s320/17435_408665685304_134809410304_10267013_4182685_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Packed house in Bozeman, shocker. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1R3w4IxEWMBw10uendLsU0DHUp2kITMb_-98sNQpEpKAvq5PGnScNlKpLaTAv2yNqR5AMJ1ha0o9-SUlOOJlXT79ysYiiAEQLWuUPEYTFFzm2i3psGMzvJAJtAY58NVz5VojUdZqyYI/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1R3w4IxEWMBw10uendLsU0DHUp2kITMb_-98sNQpEpKAvq5PGnScNlKpLaTAv2yNqR5AMJ1ha0o9-SUlOOJlXT79ysYiiAEQLWuUPEYTFFzm2i3psGMzvJAJtAY58NVz5VojUdZqyYI/s400/untitled.bmp" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
2011 F3T Poster</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gLn_lxUYcvWUGvOwUpIV5L_m8tMGMoN7XCY2l_BydVAM9TQbYItD-zgh8Wz3gFNi99sLmj_5FKxk9k0JB5hILPGPq6wCUx49f3m9qODKkUqZrA-dD99qoEpQdbDBFEueXj3pJ0mLgTk/s1600/adfs.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gLn_lxUYcvWUGvOwUpIV5L_m8tMGMoN7XCY2l_BydVAM9TQbYItD-zgh8Wz3gFNi99sLmj_5FKxk9k0JB5hILPGPq6wCUx49f3m9qODKkUqZrA-dD99qoEpQdbDBFEueXj3pJ0mLgTk/s400/adfs.bmp" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With Brian and JJ chasin' baby schoolies in VA</div><br />
</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-10020628457246893812011-01-26T20:33:00.000-08:002011-01-26T20:48:01.764-08:00Bug Slinger Sale Room<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Good buddy and Bug Slinger creator, Rob McAbee just added a few killer threads to the sale room to make room for new lineup this Spring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check it out…it’s hard to go wrong with a $17 tee. Trout Hugger? Don’t mind if I do. <br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><a href="http://bugslinger.com/shop/sale.html"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri;">Sale Room...click it.</span></a> </div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HiG5_-uNWOkTuq_AE0CEiIThKG0bsYuh9QazqXQnkGhJAVVVh1oPfSl5OQ_B2HNpIgHJ2Y0eTTJ_JLH9oLk5g8W97DMeYB_dEu1r6UvcqxH0mwhqGMDfxUmBZIpuem2zF3qZUhsmZ8s/s1600/Vollbildaufzeichnung_11_06_2010_121931_bmp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HiG5_-uNWOkTuq_AE0CEiIThKG0bsYuh9QazqXQnkGhJAVVVh1oPfSl5OQ_B2HNpIgHJ2Y0eTTJ_JLH9oLk5g8W97DMeYB_dEu1r6UvcqxH0mwhqGMDfxUmBZIpuem2zF3qZUhsmZ8s/s320/Vollbildaufzeichnung_11_06_2010_121931_bmp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I Love Brookies.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-SlWEaoAL269SS41xrsa46GX4VIB_VuXxaxYy9Lzf2DVXrWtLYJIgn1pV9ysre_p9ubI6VlPuNzar_JivnXHawhDrdWirTFAa7mC9DryDJ_tMOIlgsyIZDhXrDpB-DzDQk9QZxCnlX4/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-SlWEaoAL269SS41xrsa46GX4VIB_VuXxaxYy9Lzf2DVXrWtLYJIgn1pV9ysre_p9ubI6VlPuNzar_JivnXHawhDrdWirTFAa7mC9DryDJ_tMOIlgsyIZDhXrDpB-DzDQk9QZxCnlX4/s320/untitled.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sea King Vapor Doin' Work on Castro's Island</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJck0lo6K-1wK9CfDxOxydlPc6Jy3ow9bACCVclKahsIWo6rafQucrRFEwaz63HQOPzxqCh4x97X9NO7xCAplzkCDRZyBNHatKzmmpVbG9giy8wZZ_WniCMC9qxip4xg_SBePWlxYgsA/s1600/IMG_9723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJck0lo6K-1wK9CfDxOxydlPc6Jy3ow9bACCVclKahsIWo6rafQucrRFEwaz63HQOPzxqCh4x97X9NO7xCAplzkCDRZyBNHatKzmmpVbG9giy8wZZ_WniCMC9qxip4xg_SBePWlxYgsA/s320/IMG_9723.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Hats and Hoodies Aren't That Bad Either</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-4110524745184514572011-01-25T20:26:00.000-08:002011-01-25T20:26:06.980-08:00Thank you Dave Stanley...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For those of you that don’t know, the Reno Fly Shop closed its doors after 30 years of providing the Reno/Tahoe area with a first class retail and guiding business. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Owner Dave Stanley has been one of the most highly respected “industry guys” I’ve ever known and all of us that work and or guide for Dave I know will say the same. The shop even won retailer of the year a while back. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All though I never actually worked for the shop, Dave was willing to give me a shot as an independent guide, and added me to one of the most well respected guide crews in the country. Even being a very part time guide, putting most of my time and energy into classes at the resort, the mutual relationship could not have worked out better for both sides (esp. me!) over the last five years. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Even with the doors of the shop being closed, Dave will continue to run the education, travel and guiding side of the biz….lucky for us all!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks Dave.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PS- On my last visit to the shop, I was able to pick up a few goodies that will look great on the wall of my Fly Fishing Center from a few of the sponsors…even a few old school goddies from Sage. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNU0J_mm0tRcS8TbgOt55us9drZHeASw3smysUXPhdu50AyaakQK77FiI4GYlV7ngK0FFEAnJwc9vCHwvOeLEKQ4navs_CBBVc1z5Juz0ou8lUo3m_kzrrr9pM0hA7Ld8hzGy9AaMYWZY/s1600/4232_86593084441_86221594441_1847869_5622035_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNU0J_mm0tRcS8TbgOt55us9drZHeASw3smysUXPhdu50AyaakQK77FiI4GYlV7ngK0FFEAnJwc9vCHwvOeLEKQ4navs_CBBVc1z5Juz0ou8lUo3m_kzrrr9pM0hA7Ld8hzGy9AaMYWZY/s1600/4232_86593084441_86221594441_1847869_5622035_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dave with a back yard Brown</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqPpAy8-gH8P1UOtRpxAX9m276tTOL4ZwMIdcMCdm0XCC1Gm2VuSBLJwKcV1b7zAfB1ky3-iyHwoxcq5YnehebDqW0QTQKSGldBVK5YAgafGJ8DvorGfFVt2ixhS6rI5-Tw58fsnPHwU/s1600/100_0120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqPpAy8-gH8P1UOtRpxAX9m276tTOL4ZwMIdcMCdm0XCC1Gm2VuSBLJwKcV1b7zAfB1ky3-iyHwoxcq5YnehebDqW0QTQKSGldBVK5YAgafGJ8DvorGfFVt2ixhS6rI5-Tw58fsnPHwU/s320/100_0120.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shop goodies, including one killer night light for the bathroom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCxFpVM91aO7cab1DUB_uzixWQm43lHqlv3X17D1AZFknNPtm88XY10gBUlS2-hMNYHAQiFQLSrJZ-1QJXXGnSmx8qShF15bvzMIYc255JUCltyG2eKXicRBLKgiwk3FOEgfHdcuUpwg/s1600/IMG_3843.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCxFpVM91aO7cab1DUB_uzixWQm43lHqlv3X17D1AZFknNPtm88XY10gBUlS2-hMNYHAQiFQLSrJZ-1QJXXGnSmx8qShF15bvzMIYc255JUCltyG2eKXicRBLKgiwk3FOEgfHdcuUpwg/s400/IMG_3843.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of the Fly Fishing Center, awaiting new wall candy</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268032945142903252.post-70469678382074141222011-01-20T09:16:00.000-08:002011-01-21T08:21:26.487-08:00I'm a blogger...After countless years of talking about having a blog, I've finally decided to jump on the blogger bandwaggon. From here on out you can expect to see all kinds of posts relating to my fly fishing life style. It may be trip reports, gear reviews, updates on my classes and clinics, industry info, pictures...really anything. I have a fun weekend coming up with some winter tailwater fishing, the ISE show in Sac, an all you can eat crab bake, and even a new movie premier, so I figured why not start now. As for my first post...short and simple. See you on the water. <br />
<br />
Heron<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ASk75x6OXilim_TYWeHfXjwEx4jk-YZxEUJ81gqUs2gyyHTl9vgmLU5u7Zo-fOxUOzVlbZIfyCjUYZFhnonZJ6b1vSOkWOmioV764_bcxbimoKWOh16BMODN7mXFIZ5jyxws20B6sbA/s1600/cropped+steel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ASk75x6OXilim_TYWeHfXjwEx4jk-YZxEUJ81gqUs2gyyHTl9vgmLU5u7Zo-fOxUOzVlbZIfyCjUYZFhnonZJ6b1vSOkWOmioV764_bcxbimoKWOh16BMODN7mXFIZ5jyxws20B6sbA/s400/cropped+steel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fall '10, Trinity River...Adipose, check.</div>Matt Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696805158367873007noreply@blogger.com2