'Mt Hood Country' - guide to fishing around Mt. Hood

We often get out-of-towners wanting to fish but not knowing what is around and what to go for. 'Fishing Mount Hood Country' is invariably the first thing we bring out from behind and open up on the counter. Almost 95% of customers purchase this book without any hesitation. We have sold every batch we have gotten from the publisher even though this is a newly published book for 2015.

Now here is the more interesting part. We are starting to see customers from the local Portland area also keying on this book as a way to broaden their fishing horizons. There are 40 fisheries covered here, a mix of lakes and rivers.

Fishing Mount Hood Country by Gary Lewis and Robert H. Campbell, Gary Lewis Outdoors, copyright 2015, $24.95, 128 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9761244-6-7. Available on the web at http://www.flyfishinginsidernewsletter.com/020915/

Trillium Lake- a nearby gem

I was having lunch with a friend, a native to Portland, and he shared with me the Trillium flower is the Lotus flower of the State of Oregon. It starts out White when first bloomed, turning into Purple later.

Trillium is a majestic lake, as evidenced in the picture above. In the words of a yelp reviewer, 'Trillium Lake feeds the fish and your humanity'.

Huh.

Perhaps we cast -so as to hook- not only for fish but for our humanity as well. And there is no better place to ponder what our offering would bring than in the environs such as above. A Sonar Echo of ourselves with Nature becoming our reflection. And perhaps that is why a tight line is an animated stirring of a fish on one end, and on the other end, a stirring of our vitality pushing through the defensive layers we need to negotiate the trappings of living.

Get out there, for Nature has a soul calling that shakes us up in a lasting, and always good way. Here is another pic from the yelp website to help this pondering:

Chillin with the Big Easy

This promo video from Sage has a nice, easy, and luxuriant tempo; featuring Jerry Siem who did some of the casting and consulting on the fabled movie 'A River Runs Through'. It captures some of nostalgia of our past and of our pursuit. Better still, it also settles us within.

For more information about Sage Circa rods used in this video, click here: Sage Circa

Advance Casting: Shadow Casting

If you photo copy an original many generations (photo copy the previous copy), eventually the data becomes ineligible and is often left to artistic interpretation.



What generation do you think this video's 'copy' is based on from what you see?


For more about Casting Classes so we don't end up casting the above 500th generation casting style, click here: Casting Classes

'Fly fishing is a joke' video

Check out this video that puts a unique spin -and not a rub- on fly fishing.


For more on having a little break from the hectic of life, and on feeling present to the moment, click here on our Newsletter page: Newsletter. It will take you to the river when you are unable to do so.

Come Join the Fly Fishing Shop at the Expo

Come join us at the Albany Fly Tyer Expo. That weekend is always fun. Watch some of the worlds best tyers and fly casters in action. Our booth will be stack and packed say hi and don't be afraid to ask any of us questions. Fishing has been OK, so you all need to get out and go. Enjoy