MOLDY CHUM

Mikey Wier Searches for Steelhead in the Oregon Wilderness

Photo by Justin Baillie

Take a break and head into the Oregon Wilderness with Mikey Weir.

Via: The Cleanest Line LINK

Thunder from Down Under

We just got a few pics of a future Reel Purist and had to share with the Chum nation.  Australia's Allistair McBurnie's shots are pretty ill to say the least.

Ridin Bull Trout

One of the Western Wild Women series by Montana artist Jennifer Bardsley.

 

One of the unique mediums Bardsley works with is the cattle marker. LINK

Daily Dose of Chum

Go Green with your Old Waders

With the Recycled Waders PR carpet-bomb set to launch in a week or two, we were beat to the punch by our brothers in blog.  Further proof that you can't stop a good idea.  You can only hope to contain it.  Since the cat is now out of the bag, let the repurposed wader movement begin.

A few years back, Pat Jenkins (long time Chum friend and Reel Purist) had a vision.  And now, with the help of the Gooch, other potential manufactures, and bug-throwers across the globe, we all have a tangible opportunity to make a difference.  And this difference delivers a pretty nice reward:

After nearly a dozen years of chasing king salmon in Alaska with a vest full of whatever I could pack in it I finally had an epiphany…I only used a few patterns in a few colors, 20lb. mono, bug spray, and nippers, so why the hell am I carrying all this #%*! gear on my back for 12 hours a day! About the same time I had this glorious realization I had just gouged an enormous hole in my first pair of breathable waders while retrieving a fly from a tree behind me. There wasn’t enough patch material and aqua seal in King Camp to fix this blemish, so I finished the week with soggy socks and plenty of fish to hand.

I couldn't bear the thought of throwing away my very first pair of breathable waders - especially since they were pretty pricey to begin with! After a long drive back to Fairbanks, I sat down and sketched out a pack I could wear that would simplify my king salmon fishing. Then I enlisted my mom's sewing skills. A few weeks later, I had the prototype - and it was perfect! It held 2 large fly boxes, nippers, leader, fishing license, bug spray, hook file, and pliers. To this day I use the prototype on every salmon and steelhead adventure I make.

Since the creation of the original prototype pack, I have blown through several pairs of waders. But I've repurposed them to design other prototype bags and packs along the way. Recycled Waders brings my vision to life. We're giving back to the fishing community, but also to the environment by creating practical re-usable solutions for old, leaky and damaged waders.

Messenger Creel Big Fanny 'Nook Sack Greenback Wallet

Kings and Corn

Ski velvety corn in the morning, fish for kings in the afternoon all via heli with Chugach Powder Guides.

LINK

Mixing Executive Strategy with Fly Fishing Has Never Been More Engaging.....

.....or disturbing. LINK

Russian River Blues

Daily Dose of Nostalgia

Abrstract Brown and Not So Abstract Brown

I stopped in to visit our friends at The Bozeman Angler today and walked out with a Derek DeYoung print called Abstract Brown Bugger. The Bennett homestead does not have room for another fish print but this one is #1 of 500 so I couldn't  resist. 

The artist with a Big Stone 28" version of real thing. LINK

We're in Montana to meet up with Straq to work on some Patagonia product development for spring 2010.

We'll be fishing the Big Stone tomorrow.

Heavy Metal

Jason Tonelli, owner of Pacific Angler in Vancouver, flashing some Squamish River steel. Bonus points for the full Gooch ensemble.

Natalie Fobes Photography

Natalie Fobes is known as the salmon lady because of her thousands of salmon photographs.  LINK

Her work documenting the Exxon Valdez oil spill was used as evidence against Exxon in the recent Supreme Court proceedings.  LINK

Renault Fishing

Sunday Funnies - K9 Bonus Edition

           You can't be serious

Sunday Funnies

Jolly Fish

Whitefish Oy!

Daily Dose of Chum

Scientific Anglers' lines reel in fly-fishers

A recent profile of Scientific Anglers.

The company was founded in 1945 by Midland fly-fishing enthusiasts Leon Martuch, Clare Harris and Paul Rottiers. They are credited with developing the first modern fly lines in the 1950s.

In 1973, the company was purchased by corporate giant 3M Co.

Via: mlive LINK

Tasteless Tee of the Week

Dogs and Salmon Poisoning Disease

                               I'll have the steak please.

Don't let your pooch eat raw fish.

Salmon Poisoning Disease isn’t exclusively caused by the ingestion of raw salmon as the name might suggest. The condition can be caused by a dog consuming raw salmon, trout, steelhead, and other freshwater fish.

Cases of this disease are caused by the ingestion of fish caught in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon and California).

Salmon Poisoning Disease is VERY serious and can be fatal! If left untreated 90% of dogs who show symptoms will not survive.

Via: Dog Reflections  LINK

El Rio Savegre - Las Montañas de Talamanca

Our friend Dave Skok sent a report from Costa Rica out over the Patagonia broadcast network. As you can see by some of these shots, he and Patagonia celebrity spokesmodel Tom Rapone, caught some beautiful wild rainbows and some larger fare of the salt water variety. We'll post a link to the full gallery when Dave gets it up on his site. In the meantime enjoy these highlights.

The new Patagonia waterproof Stormfront pack got put to the test.

Sailfish candy!

All photos courtesy of Dave Skok.

Generation Fly

Reel Escape Films

Nick Clement, who penned an article in the latest issue of This is Fly, has been working on some film projects.

A River Runs Against It - America's Evolving View of Dams

Former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt writes about creating a balance between the needs of a river and those who use it.

During the New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt and his Interior Secretary, Harold Ickes, toured the West dedicating dams before large, enthusiastic crowds. Now, at the end of the century, I am out touring the country with a different message - it is time to un-dedicate some of those dams by removing them and letting the rivers run free. For we now have too many of these dams, some 75,000, the equivalent of one every day since Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Along the way I am asking questions: Is this dam still serving its purpose? Do the benefits justify the destruction of fish runs and drying up of rivers? Can't we find a better balance between our needs and the needs of the river?

Via: Open Spaces Magazine LINK

The Monte Dolack Resurrection print was commissioned by Idaho Rivers United to show what a free flowing Snake River would look like after breaching the federal dams.

Cutthroat in the Crosshairs

The Quiet Pool has put out a call to action based on news that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is proposing a coastal cutthroat harvest starting in 2009.

LINK

Fly Currents 3D Flys

Run your cursor over the pictures after the jump for some 3D fly goodness from Fly Currents.

LINK

Chum Flounder goes Hollywood