Monthly Archives: April 2009
Fishing Report _ 4-29-09
THE White River has yielded some big browns to streamers over the last week and some good rainbows in the Upper River. But the Norfork is the best option if your wading. Check out the belly on the fish above, caught last week.
One Bad Brown Trout
Alastair Gibson’s Racing Brown Alastair Gibson brown trout has to be the fastest salmo trutta in existance. The racing brown is built from F1 racing technology a business which delivered Gibson a 22-year career including stints at BAR Honda and Benetton teams. Now the South African born artist is using the hightech materials for his [...]
Video Of The Week _ “You Better Belize It”
Back earlier this decade it looked pretty good that I’d be living, at least half the year in Belize. After watching this video I’m wondering what a life of bonefish and Belikan, instead of brown and Bud, would have been like.
Broken Rod, Busted Head and Brown Trout
MY good mate, Cary Marcus, may have acquired a new nickname this week after a deft surgical procedure for which I shall remain eternally grateful. A laspe in concentration had embedded a 2/0 Tiemco up to the bend in the top of my head. For a while I thought I may never again be parted [...]
High Water Streamer’s Trophy Brown
BIG Water can often mean big browns, if you work at it. Trout Unlimited president Bill Thorne has been hard at it with Chad Johnson, the Journal and a few others tossing big hunks of protein for big fish on the heavy water. Yes its been some work bBut there are rewards and this picture [...]
Outstanding Osprey Photos
I really wish I could show you direct but trust the Journal for once. Foreget about work click the link and check out some of the most amazing fishing images you have ever seen. Miguel Lasa’s images of an osprey feeding on trout are amazing. I’ds found it goodness knows how many weeks ago and [...]
River Monsters
THIS program on Animal Planet has become one of the most common topics of conversation around the shop in recent weeks. Any time anyone says “did you see ….” we pretty much know what is coming _ River Monsters. I mean if you are a southern fisherman how can you not watch an episode where [...]
Loop Magazine _ Its free
IF you want some nice reading and some very very cool photography sign up for your FREE copies of the Loop Magazine. We should also have it available in the shop for you to pickup by the end of next week. If you want it direct click the link and have it land in your [...]
Sharkskin – The New Tapers
AS we reported last year Scientific Anglers added more tapers to the Sharkskin family of flylines and courtesy of our man from SA Eric Kraimer we have been fishing the GPX and Magnum tapers for a while now, both ourselves and in the hands of some of our fishers, mostly out of the boat. Over [...]
Warmwater Lighting Up
Warming weather this week should see Ozark lakes and tributary streams light up. Last weekend Dennis Gammon and friends made the trip onto the North Fork of the White and nailed a bunch of nice white bass and hybrids. This came with another mate Chris Davis flashing around photos on Friday of a big [...]
More Stuff Faster -We Get Twitter
You will notice a change to our front page _ over there on the top right hand corner. That is our new Twitter feed, for stuff going on right now, things we want to get online fast, or something humorous. If you are a serious Twitter addict you can find us http://twitter.com/MtnRiverJournal. We are thinking updates [...]
