Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas To All!


Happy Holidays To Our FFA Fans

What a great Year it's been and we hope everyone has a very Merry Chrostmas and stay safe during the Holiday Season! Please keep us updated as to any fishing reports for those that have been out fishing.




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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Christmas Holidays..Help The Less Fortunate Homeless Pets!!


Holidays With Some Four Legged Friends
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Since the holidays are a traditional time of giving, think about doing something this year to help the homeless pets in your local community. Click here to read my first article about helping homeless pets during the holidays.

Foster a lonely pet from a rescue organization over the holidays. This simple act will help free up some time for the shelter workers and make the holidays happier for that pet. Additionally, the time you spend with a shelter pet will make them more adoptable in the future. And who knows, you may find a new furry friend for your own family.



Find out if there are any thrift stores in your community that support animal rescue organizations and do some of your Holiday shopping in those stores. You will get some great bargains and support homeless animals at the same time. After the holidays, consider making donations of your unwanted gifts and excess holiday decorations (and other items) to these types of stores.

Feel free to check out ASPCA
MaxFund Shelter

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

“A Place I Would Rather Be” Mike Savlen Artwork




Savlen sold his first painting at age 16 to the wife of world renowned artist/author Rudy De Reyna. While he has always been involved in art in some way he has also been and done many other things which has helped form his art. Savlen’s professions have run from ditch digger to art director, Victorian restoration painter to nightclub owner, sign carver to commercial fisherman and many more in between.


He has also served in his country in two branches of the military, jumped from a perfectly good plane and bungeed from a bridge. He has been known to run barefoot through the snow at times because he like the way it feels, and has climbed mountains in the dark to watch the sunrise. However Savlen says the one constant in all the things he does do or has done, is that he can never stop creating. Like a magnet he is always drawn back to art.


Mike Savlen Website



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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Dead Tarpon at PTTS Professional Tarpon Tournament


Restrictions????

Capt. T.J. Stewart of Team Castaway Charters and Edgewater Boats is a proud Professional Tarpon Tournament Series competitor. In fact, Stewart brought home first place in this year’s June 17 PTTS “Tarpon Cup,” the tournament’s Must See TV season-ending championship event. For his efforts, Skeeter boats forked over the keys to a brand new ZX-22 “Bay” with a Yamaha SHO strapped to the stern.
Stewart’s equally proud of his contributions to the ongoing Mote Marine/FWC DNA study. In fact, Stewart was recently recognized as one of Florida’s “top 10″ DNA samplers. It’s a pretty straight-forward business. Anglers “swab” their tarpon, including those caught during PTTS events, and send the samples off to St. Petersburg where scientists do their science thing.

This 124-pound tarpon, found gutted and floating in the Gulf of Mexico on June 4. It was cut open in a failed attempt to send the fish to the bottom so it couldn’t be DNA tested and traced back to the PTTS. This fish, with belly intact, had been sampled the previous day at the PTTS scales.
Just as Stewart did two weeks earlier when he boated, gaffed, dragged, hoisted and weighed a 124-pounder. “You just gotta try and take care of this fish, that’s why we’re here and … there’s nothing better.” Stewart’s tarpon was DNA sampled, of course, by the Florida Wildlife Research Institute. The next morning, Stewart’s fish was sampled again. But this time, Stewart’s fish was dead.

Very dead, in fact. Stewart’s 124-pounder was found floating near Boca Grande Pass in the Gulf of Mexico, a few hundred yards from shore. Last seen being hauled away from the scales behind the Sea Hunt-sponsored, “Tires Plus Release Team” boat, the “revived” fish had been gutted from tip to tail in an obvious attempt to send it to the bottom. A second DNA sample was taken. This, too, was sent to St. Pete.

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Saturday, December 1, 2012

SEC Championship Georgia Bulldogs vs Alabama Crimson Tide..Go Dawgs!!!



SEC Championship Gameday UGA vs BAMA

The winner goes on to face Notre Dame in the Big Dance and is an 8 pt favorite against Notre Dame regardless who win the SECC. UGA is looking for that 1980 rematch again with Notre Dame and to bring home another National Championship once again!

GATA














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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Holiday Fly Fishing Colorado Style!



Another Great Winter Fishing Day Out!

It's Thanksgiving week and the weather is superb, what to do? Head to the Hills, skip the ski slopes and get some fishing in.

Nothing like a nice 60' weather day to make things much more enjoyable and brown trout fishing still in full swing. Grab some streamers and enjoy some late season fishing if you can make it out.
















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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving from Fly Fish Addiction!



Happy Thanksgiving to all our FFA Fans!

I took a break from our annual Thanksgiving trip to Florida to see my family and we decided to stay in Colorado. No Saltwater fishing for me and family time but we spent time with my Wife's family instead.

All was not lost and I was able to get out for some fishing with friends and enjoy some incredible weather up in the Hills!

Happy Holidays to all of our FFA Friends









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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Fall Brook Trout Fishing Colors




Fall Brooky Colors

This is my favorite time of the year to get out to fish and for good reason. Brook trout watching can be as much if not more fun than fishing. I enjoy taking pictures some days more than yep, fly fishing.

Something to be said about capturing all aspects of a gorgeous fish at it's peak. Spawning colors bring out some amazing light as well as colors on these fish. The next time you feel the need (we all do at times) to grab a few to eat...think about how many more days this fish may have to showcase these colors for others to see.




























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Friday, November 2, 2012

Don’t Overlook Conservation’s Role in the Economy



By Gaspar Perricone, Co-Director of Bull Moose Sportsmen’s Alliance & John Land Le Coq, Founder of Fishpond, Inc.
Article 

Denver’s recent Presidential debate offered discussion on an array of issues intended to answer the question of who is best suited to serve as the leader of our nation. For many of us who live in the West, one topic was mysteriously absent: the candidates’ positions on conservation and public lands. This omission did not go unnoticed.

Neither President Obama nor Governor Romney (nor the moderator) recognized the sportsmen, farmers and ranchers, or environmentalists that have looked after America’s great outdoors for generations. And most germane, they appear to have overlooked the connection between the conservation of our outdoors resources and the economy and jobs.

Throughout the West, jobs and the economy are synonymous with outdoor recreation and conservation. And it’s not just those who spend their weekends in the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains that benefit; it is also a boon for retail trade, manufacturing, and tourism, to name a few. According to the Outdoor Industry Association, outdoor recreation supports 6.1 million jobs while generating $646 billion in spending, $39.9 billion in federal tax revenue, and $39.7 billion in state/local tax revenue, with a total economic impact of $1.06 trillion annually. As we continue to fight our way out of the recession, ignoring those kinds of economic numbers doesn’t make sense for either candidate running for President.



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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Fall Fishing on The South Platte River Chasing Big Brown Trout



Reporter: Trout's Staff
Big brown caught by Jake Forsline
Flow Conditions: 62.3 cfs
Water Clarity: Clear
Current Fishing Conditions: Link

Fall is upon us and the Browns have moved into the Dream creating a fisherman frenzy in the South Park Valley. The Browns are in and actively chasing streamers and eating egg patterns. You will see a lot of people up there so be prepared to do some serious walking and move around other anglers.

Nymphs: Eggs, Scuds, Morrishs Anato-May 16-20 , Bead Wing Midge 20-24, Black Beauty 18-22, RS2 18-22, Winter Baetis 18-22

Dries: Idyl's Challenged Pheastant Tail 16-20, Adult Midge 18-22, Griffiths Gnat 20-22, Para Extended Body BWO 16-24

Streamers: Sex Dungeons, Sasquatchs, Mohair Leaches, Thin Mints, Circus Peanuts

Gear: 6-7 Wt rods for nymphing, 5-6wt Switch Rods or 7-9 wt single handed rods for streamers, sink tips, 0x-5x tippet, indicators, heavy split shot, and dress in layers!









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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Geofish is Back and Available Now on DVD!






Join four fish bums with two first names as they cover 8,000 miles of Mexican dirt in a diesel pick-up converted to run on cooking oil while soaking flies at every opportunity. Trying their best to avoid break-ins, break-downs, break-ups and broken rods, the angling quartet cuts their own path through some of Mexico's most rugged terrain in hopes of finding out-of-the-way locations—with fish, and escaping with captured memories.

For the next seven years, Costa’s GeoFish project will be about one thing: exploration. GeoFish follows a vegetable oil powered adventure fly fishing quest around the world, with the team in search of the most epic spots never fished, the ones anglers hear about but chalk up to urban legend. The first full-length feature film installment capturing this journey, GeoFish: Mexico, Vol. 1, is available now Here










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Friday, October 12, 2012

Fall Colors From Colorado














This is why Fall in Colorado is one of my favorite times of the year! Whether you get out for some fishing, get out for a short walk or just to simply take some pictures, makes this the perfect Season to do just about everything outdoors in Colorado!



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