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Tenkara on the Fly blogger now a video star

Anthony Naples — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:51:57 +0000

Tenkara on the Fly blogger Karel Lansky is now a star of the small screen. A cool video has surfaced featured Karel tenkara fishing with Steve Schweitzer (author of Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park – see my review here and check out Steve’s informative website).

The Simple Mysis: A Mysis Shrimp Pattern

Anthony Naples — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:28:30 +0000

I’ve posted this pattern before as part of a fishing report – but I just happened to think of it and thought I’d re-post as a stand alone fly-pattern post. Let me get this out of the way – I do not claim to be an expert in the art of catching those huge [...]

Colorado Grayling

Anthony Naples — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:48:03 +0000

If you find yourself in the Cache la Poudre canyon area and you want to do something a little different, check out Joe Wright Creek and Joe Wright Reservoir for some grayling fishing. This past August I was fortunate enough to be in the area and I did just that. It was actually a big [...]

Tenkara on the Elk River, CO

Anthony Naples — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:10:05 +0000

Elk River

This past August on a trip to Colorado I fished the Elk River, a tributary to the Yampa. I was impressed with the river. Colorado just seems to be a place where the trout fishing is endless. Sure, you hear about the big name rivers, but they can get crowded, [...]

Daily Fly Fishing Poem #8: Fishing with Raven on the Taylor River

Anthony Naples — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:07:05 +0000

Raven by Anthony Naples

I was a little worried as I sat at the computer today. What would I write? Was I already running out of ideas? Then I remembered fishing the Taylor River in Colorado when a raven joined me for a while. Now you folks out west probably don’t take [...]

Rocky Mountain National Park

Anthony Naples — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:57:04 +0000

Fall River

Fall River Brown

Colorado River

Roaring River

Roaring River Cutthroat

Roaring River

bahia aster

harebell

Dream Stream: A Brautigan Inspired Piece

Anthony Naples — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:42:20 +0000

Well – reading Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan has inspired me (see review in previous post Here). The hard thing about any creative pursuit is the idea that you must press forward, onward into new territory. If you want to be taken seriously then you need to come up with something [...]