poster design: by Al Q
Directions to the Long Beach Casting Club! Tomorrow should be a nice mellow day, hanging out with good fishing folk, all willing to share and mentor those interested in throwing flies in the surf with a fly rod. hope to see some new faces.
A giant GT glides through the crest of the wave chasing bait as a surfer gets an ocean window view…
DORA, Alabama- James R. Bramlett, 65, landed a 70 pound striped bass from the Black Warrior River near the Gorgas Steam Plant Thursday February 28, 2013. The fish was weighed on certified scales and officials and a fisheries biologist with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources were at Bramlett’s home today to make it official. The fish is 45.5 inches long and has a 37.75 inch girth. It tops the previous state record by 15 pounds that has stood since 1959. That fish was caught on the Tallapoosa River. The catch may become the new IGFA world record for a landlocked stripe bass. That record currently stands at 67pounds, 8 ounces. (Joe Songer/jsonger@al.com)
For the full account click here!
Here’s a fun piece of art to brighten your day! This is an old promotional piece that someone did for Mustad awhile ago. I think it is pretty awesome! Mustad hooks are the best selling hooks on the planet! Did you know that one out of every three fish caught in the world is on a Mustad hook? I love the new tarpon hooks for tying flies, they are strong and reliable!
fun graphic designs! all photos courtesy of daily heller and jim heimann
fun graphic designs! photo courtesy of daily heller and jim heimann
fun graphic designs! all photos courtesy of daily heller and jim heimann
fun graphic designs! all photos courtesy of daily heller and jim heimann
fun graphic designs! all photos courtesy of daily heller and jim heimann
In 1919, chewing-gum entrepenuer William Wrigley, Jr. bought all the controlling shares in the Santa Catalina Island Company and became the largest shareholder of the island. He loved Catalina and invested million of dollars into promoting the tourism to the island. Catalina was only 27 miles across the blue Pacific from San Pedro. He hired a top advertising man named Otis Shepard and in 1939, Otis created the Doublemint Twins campaign. The rest was history. Here are a few of the really neat designs and advertisements from that time period…
Congrats to OSF’s team member, Gary Bulla on his pending IGFA 16lb tippet world record. Gary landed this fine yellowtail on the fly off Mexico, it weighed in at 34.9 lbs. Way to Gary! Photo by Gary Bulla
I am very excited to see these new tee shirts designs hit the street. Abel celebrates their 25th anniversary this year. I have been the proud owner of many of Abel’s quality products over the years and like the fact that everything they do is manufactured right here in Camarillo, California. I got to tour their facility a month ago and was very impressed by the fine attention to detail in every thing Abel puts out, from nail clippers to large arbor reels. Their hand-painted series reels are amazingly done one at a time by skilled artists. Everyone as unique as a snowflake.
I designed these new shirts for Abel. My concept for these new tee shirts was to build a couple of fish completely out of Abel reel parts. The beauty is in the detail, something all Abel products never lack. Click here to order some shirts from Abel.
Here’s a really cool product out of Denmark that will make your shrimp flies look more shrimpy! Visit their website prosportfisher for more info and tips! …and take a look at the magazine these dudes put out, it’s pretty cool!
check out this epic youtube footage from the FinAddix crew of a tuna blitz while filming out of the Tropic Star
Lodge in Panama, JJ Slater of Slater Productions films the underwater footage… click here!
Whenever I walk the beach or fly fish, i try to make a point of picking up the plastic trash that people leave behind or gets washed out through our local storm drains, especially after a good rain. Even though it doesn’t seem significant, I know it helps in a small way and I feel good about it. Our oceans are exploited and are ill. Everyone can make a difference. Check out these two articles about plastic in our oceans, a very interesting artistic perspective. Photos created by Goussin and Le Calvez and Soup a photo series that documents the pollution in our oceans by Mandy Barker. More disturbing photographic images by Chris Jordan!
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