Recent content by Rio Grande King

Worm eating streamer.

My first (shamefully late) days on the water this year were fishing with a friend on a local lake last week. Water temperatures are running about a month ahead of schedule. Or at least they were until it snowed on Wednesday. We did well on scuds and chironomids. One of my fish had this gift...

Met Russ Peak at an FFF Conclave in Steamboat Springs sometime in the 80s. Actually met him at the casting pond. He graciously let me cast several of the rods that he had brung. They were very smooth. Very fishable rods at a time when hyper crisp rods were all the rage. In addition to building...

The River Heroes

Seen it happen. Guy went back to Reno, got dry clothes, drove back and got back on the horse that threw him.

Already posted a picture of the boat I won at one of the Eugene shows. To your point- at one of them this guy sat down at an open table. He had borrowed a Thompson Model A vice from somebody and commenced to tie. It was Bob Quigley, I'd met him in Dunsmuir. He didn't have a name plate or a huge...

Won this boat (shown in rare pirate's regalia) in the big raffle at an early show. Had no way to pull it back to Klamath Falls. Dave Roberts (say hi to him from Tim Sullivan) towed it back to Shady Cove and dropped it into the Rogue before I ever got to sit in it.

John Merwin- “In looking at Claude Monet's classic water lily paintings, I keep asking where's the Hula Popper?”

As with the elephant's trunk, body parts can get distorted in the Limpopo. More to be revealed later.

Here's Little Rio Grande King sitting in a boat on the Limpopo. AI topped with photo manipulation. It's for a Just So story. Been spending lots of time playing with this stuff the past several weeks- mainly to try to distract from the horrid news.

Love wet black ants for the high lakes. Retrofit flies always deserve top marks.

Montana Art & Framing, a local gallery, distributed cigar boxes to a group of artists. They were challenged to make something in them. My wife with a bit of assistance from me made "Oh snap" Abstract stream is an acrylic pour. Fly in the escaped porcelain rainbow's mouth is tied on a size-28...

Getting ready for my final Smith River float. These will be shared.