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By Anthony Naples, on June 20th, 2011
 Amago: A little photo manipulation art that I did based on one of Daniel's photos Tenkara USA founder Daniel W. Galhardo has been in Japan visiting with various Tenkara fishers there and studying tenkara, and well…fishing. He has been updating the Tenkara USA blog with dispatches from Japan, very interesting stuff. Based on his photos, there is some beautiful mountain scenery and lovely mountain streams in Japan. I wish I was there. So to take a little Japanese excursion of the mind – go check it out.
By Anthony Naples, on April 27th, 2011
Many of you may already know about this gathering but I figure it wouldn’t hurt to give it a little publicity bump again. It has been two years since Daniel W. Galhardo of Tenkara USA made tenkara equipment readily available to American anglers. In that time tenkara has grown rapidly in popularity due to it’s effectiveness and simplicity. Around tenkara and TenkaraUSA a hard-core of group of enthusiastic tenkara practitioners and proponents has coalesced.
So the time is right for first large-scale official tenkara gathering in the country – Tenkara Summit USA 2011. Tenkara USA is sponsoring this great event and according to the event webpage (www.tenkarausa.com/summit) planning is still ongoing. The plans may not be complete but it looks like they’ve already got a great group of presenters including:
It should be a great event. Sadly, I won’t be able to attend (it’s killing me) but I did have the opportunity to design the above poster for the event. If you’d like a poster, shirt, postcard or mug with the image just check out my Zazzle Store CastingAround Zazzle Store
By Anthony Naples, on April 23rd, 2011
Just doing a little messin’ around with the photo editor – thought I’d share this Peacock Sakasa Kebari.
By Anthony Naples, on February 20th, 2011
For some reason I had the urge to sketch up a Steampunk Trout Submarine, go figure…
If your’e interested in buying prints drop me a line using the “contact me” page up above.
By Anthony Naples, on November 24th, 2010
 Old Man: watercolor by Sharon Lynn Williams
Trout live in many places – western wilderness, mid-western coulee country, limestone rich valleys of central Pennsylvania, the old mountains of the east. Though different, all of these places have their own charm. The landscapes through which trout streams run evoke deep-rooted feelings in me. For many fly fishers it is simply being in the environs of trout water that holds much of the appeal. So although the landscapes of Calgary based painter, Sharon Lynn Williams, are not technically “fly-fishing art”, they can captivate the mind of the fly fisher with their inherent “troutiness”.
 Opabin's Glory: oil painting by Sharon Lynn Williams
I stumbled upon Sharon’s Art Blog a while back, and was taken with her landscapes. They just look like somewhere that I want to be – ideally with fly rod in hand and some rising trout. She was kind enough to allow me to share some images with you all – so head on over to her Almost Daily Art Blog and check out more of her work.
 Fire Sky at Ghost Lake: Oil painting by Sharon Lynn Williams
By Anthony Naples, on October 30th, 2010
I’ve come to realize that fly fishing (and fly tying) for me is largely a matter of trying to salvage some semblance of order from a chaotic world. This “order” may be an illusion, but it is a practical magic that has an effect on the real world. Art is much the same for me – I try to mine the chaotic noise of my brain and allow some type of form to emerge from the tumult. This struggle to dominate chaos may ultimately be futile, as the laws of thermodynamics tell us, but to steal a line from John Lennon: “Whatever gets you through the night ‘salright, ‘salright”. Fly fishing and artistic expression help me make it through the night and that’s alright.
By Anthony Naples, on September 27th, 2010
 Fall Stream by Anthony Naples Daily Fly Fishing Poem #25: Everything Has Its Season
Born in late winter and populated with
fingers of trees still naked and grasping for the dull tin pie plate
that passes for the sun in that cold country, the season begins.
It begins with fly boxes fattened with
speculation, cabin fever and hope,
books with folded corners,
maps torn with folding and re-folding,
the click of a reel in the basement.
And then somehow the season ends
with a last trip, a last fish.
And with fly boxes thin and gaunt and
in need of filling.
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