Drinking to warmer weather

Just like a hand-sized panfish on a 3wt glass rod can cap off a great time on the water, a good beer can make all the difference on a blustery day. The brewing co. by the house has great brown ale (among others) and food trucks on premises with diverse options most open days.

Making the best

Sometimes all you can do is make the best of a bad situation. Given work is slow the grind can be worse than usual, with the days seeming to drift together under the monotone gray skies. The urge to get out takes on a new sort of desperation that is tough to describe in print but is palpable to those who seek fellowship with the water. Winter fishing is slow for me most of the time. Flows were up on this indiana stream and only a few scant stocker holdover bows were managed. Drive/fishing time about an even split. Another dose of awesome pizza with bacon, cheddar and ricotta + beer from the local joint to further heal...

Golden stone- tung head

Here is a simplistic stone with a brown tung bead, rubber legs, plastic shellback to match shaded with a prismacolor marker. Ribbed with vinyl D shape rib in brown. Gets down fast and makes a great anchor in a high stick rig. Comp scud hook size 8.

Restless

Under the harsh glow of fluorescent the mind can grow restless in the dead of winter. It takes fortitude to conjure images of brighter days on rivers seething with life as opposed to ice flows. More brown ale required.

Foam body dry with natural

Have been working to document more flies and naturals from local water. Foam Orange var. Cahill and mayfly it was tied to resemble. Thanks for looking, more to come as I sort photos from this past season. Stroke

Spinning

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Dubbing and feathers for warmer weather...

On the go.

Happy New Year! Stroke lives and will be in action with new content and more infrequent updates in 2013.

More warmwater shizzle and a continued focus on trout + drinking.