Wednesday, June 30, 2010

South Holston Fly Fishing Festival

I was a tier at the South Holston Fly Fishing Festival this past weekend. My son and wife were along to enjoy a long weekend on the river. We rented a place right below Webb Bridge on the South Holston. It was nice in the early mornings and late evenings.
I was outside in a tent tying Sat. and Sun in 90 plus degrees.



Here is a pic of my table at the festival



I sold this fly display at the end of the show to a local fly fishing lodge.






Monday was for relaxing and getting a little fishing time in.



It was a great vacation. I'm looking forward to the PFF in October. It will definitely be cooler by then. :D

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

TrashFlies.com

As school and workshop have ended I am now putting together the framework for TrashFlies.com. Been a while in thought and it's now time to start fleshing it out. I think it's gonna be fun.

Carp aka Golden Bonefish on a fly

Thursday, March 11, 2010

March fish





Finally got a day in March. DH streams were fishing really well. Swinging a streamer was the ticket. This guy was a little shy of 20". Lots of average sized fish.

LOS-TU and Rocky River TU Camping Trip

We have a great opportunity to spend some time together on the stream while meeting some of our counterparts from the Rocky River Chapter in Charlotte. They have graciously invited us to join them on their annual fishing weekend. Each year, they spend a weekend camping at Appletree Campground near the Nantahala River. Since they have been doing this for years, they have it down to a science. So much so that all we have to do is given them some $, show up and help out when needed. Here are the details.

When: April 9th - 11th

Where: Appletree Campground

http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/appletree.pdf

Cost: $40 per person.

The $40 includes dinner Friday and Saturday night, breakfast Saturday and Sunday, camping, firewood, etc. (they even bring utensils, plates, etc) Lunch is not provided. All ages are welcome and generally run from 15-55.

If you are interesting in attending, or for more details, contact Peter Perretti @ peterp67@bellsouth.net.