Recent content by Matt B

And the water is down there, and they would like to be back in the water, to stay alive.

That there is a face only a mother could love! 🤓

Ooh, what’s that? Oh it’s an osprey coming toward us. Oh yeah it’s an osprey, and it’s got something. Wait, no, that’s an eagle! Uncropped iPhone 13 shots…

Both teams lolligagged for the first 22 minutes and have to play an extra 30.

Omar is 14, and I started to write out all that he’s persisting through but deleted it. Let’s just say he’s a tough SOB. We couldn’t find a house/dog sitter so that’s what I improvised, linking three of those wire panel pens together and it worked well. It seemed like there were little kids in...

‘Merican Food

^this^ DO NOT HOIST TUNA TO THE GAFF USING AN AFTERMARKET FOREGRIP. Ask me how I know. I think they’re okay if you need a little rest in the middle of trying to land a fish, but go easy with that thing.

I’ve had some time outdoors with friends and family lately and in between other activities, some small trout have been harassed. Last week we did a big group camp out for the Fourth. I don’t think I had ever actually fished this river before, only the one it flows into, but I had fished the...

I like it, reminds me of the 90s. Oh 1990s if only we knew at the time that we were at the peak of culture...

After that trip and y'all's report, we all tied flies to copy that fly and the pattern is a good one, but it's not always what they want.

Gorgeous!

What do you all use for stinger material for your tuna flies? And what hooks and how do you attach them? I think when I tied some spawn head stinger flies, I used 30 lb fluoro looped through some kind of larger Gami Octopus style hook because that's what I had on hand with an upturned hook eye...

Mmm. That's nice. :LOL: I know what I've seen out there! And I can't forget it. I seen some shit, man. I seen some shit.

I hate a spinning or rolling fly on the tuna grounds. If it doesn't swim right to my eye, and I get even one refusal or short strike or something, I am cutting that f*cker off, because I can't stand wondering if that's the reason I'm not hooking up. Maybe @SilverFly will post up some of his...

We have arrived at a similar approach. I have simplified down to a thread bodied fly with a wing that’s a loop of cdc and 2 strands of krystal flash. The body sits below the surface, the wing just on top...