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Monday, January 30, 2012

CCG EYES

GET YOUR CCG EYES...

now carried at www.rusuperfly.com






Bronze Logo

As many of you who follow me through my random, sometimes nonsensical ramblings...I am an artist by trade. I make my living applying art to skin, creating bold logos and illustrations...When I went to college, my main focus was sculpture...I studied the human figure, through both life drawing and sculpture. We were fortunate enough to have a bronze foundry in our sculpture studio. I studied at Binghamton University for two years, a majority of that time was spent in the foundry learning to sculpt for and cast bronze statues. What a process...hot, steamy, dirty, sweaty and slightly dangerous. When molten metal pours from the crucible into your hydro cal molds, it's an amazing experience...At that point you lose all control of the artwork inside...The wax has already been burned out through the use of a kiln, leaving a hollow mold inside with tubes, canals and vents. This infrastructure insures proper flow of the molten bronze...If there is any carbon deposits left or moisture left in the mold, it shoots a spray of molten metal into the air resembling Old Faithful. If the metal touches cement in any way, watch out again...The moisture in the cement is quickly turned into steam and shoots into the air...Dangerous...fun....but the end result if all goes well is a magnificent piece of precious metal that took the shape of your creation....




This is my new bronze tying vice embellishment made by an extremely talented foundry owner...Benjamin Jose...
Benjamin Bronze Studios...518-653-9192....benjaminbronzestudios@fastmail.fm

This man and his sculpting partner have talents like you have never seen...Amazing metal smiths to say the least. They took my logo from a flat print, a jpg image and sculpted a magnificent piece of art from it. Give these guys a shout...let them know that you heard about it from me...get your personalized bronze made today...

Monday, January 16, 2012

CLEAR CURE GOO

I am happy to announce that www.rusuperfly.com is now a proud carrier of Clear Cure Goo products....The Goo is the Poo....get yours....


and don't forget....the new Clear Cure Goo Eyes are available for order as well...
www.clearcureeyes.com.....it doesn't get any better

Sulking Sculpin

Here's 4 dozen Sculpins heading out to Michigan for use by fly guide Kelly Neuman...


Included in this batch is a new color that I am offering....a yellow version...sure to be a killer...

Friday, January 13, 2012

Shaggin' Dragon

This is a fly that I have been playing around with...dragon fly imitations in general have been a part of my carp fly arsenal...I have caught fish on all kinds of variations of this fly. This is the end result of all my playing and testing. It is a custom blended wool dubbing on the lower body section, olive wire ribbing, an olive mallard tail and a flashback....the upper section includes Hareline's Wiggle Dub, a blend of olives and browns, bead chain eyes, turkey flat wing casing and an orange thread head. The wing case is coated with thin CCG and then the thread wraps and case are finished off with Hydro...This fly will catch you fish...trout, bass, pan fish or carp...you name it...now available on the store....

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Tradition

As per request....deer hair poppers are now available on my site...1/0, 2/0....they all have a red face....black, yellow, chartreuse, olive, brown and white are the body colors. They all have rubber legs, double weed guards and Clear Cure Eyes. The bellies are all coated with Clear Cure Goo for durability and the face is coated for that extra POP every time...They are tied on Mustad Stinger Deer Hair hooks...Get some...


Monday, January 2, 2012

1-1-12....First of the New Year

The first fishing trip of the new year...chasing steel...hooking suckers....



Northern Hog Nosed Suckers to be exact..not exactly what I was looking for as the first fish of 2012 but a fish none the less...

We got to explore some new water...runs that I have never fished before...It was a mild day, a good day for river walking. Remnants of the salmon spawn and rot still remain...



The troops held strong and determined...This season's steelhead catch ratio has been very poor to say the least.....To date...quite a few fish hooked up, nothing to hand...My Dad got to feel that all mighty head shake yesterday for about a second before breaking off...The very last cast of the day put me on a fish for a second before the great snap off...Keep on keeping on...The troops...getting ready for Schoolhouse....



Steelhead get me through the winter months...I do enjoy it, but not anywhere like the enjoyment I get from my warm water species. As I swing a streamer or drift a nymph for the 200th roll cast of the day..I find myself daydreaming of stalking carp and chucking hair bugs for buckets, stripping streamers for pickerel and bouncing crayfish for smallies...Spring can't come soon enough....