Fly Magazine

I met Han Gil couple of years ago for the first time and then only a few in between.  He is possibly the most hard core dry fly fisherman I have met in Korea, chasing almost exclusively cherry trout and rainbows.  He unofficially guides people he knows and he's known to have a good pulse on the movement of fish along the rivers and creeks throughout the seasons.  He knows so because he is there a lot, often camping out for days.  Oh yes, he is also a die hard camper, and I've seen his tent up in the deep creeks more than once.  He has a site called Fly Magazine (http://flymagazine.co.kr/) and it's mainly a sharing site.  A few weeks back we went out fishing together and I told him I would help him create a logo that was missing for his site.  I created some and shared them with him and he's in the process of choosing one (to be made into stickers and patches).  I ripped off pieces of graphic here and there to create these but they are not going commercial or nothing so hopefully I will be given a pass.  Here are 4 that I likes, let me know if one (or non) of these look alright to you.  The site is in Korean but check it out sometime.  Thanks.

Progress Report

Finally, the fiberglass sheet is wrapped on and three coats of epoxy brushed on...  I think two more weeks, I should have a kayak.

Giving in to temptation... giant lures.

It's the fall season here in the Midwest and many species big and powerful are lurking in the waters. I should be chasing steelheads, but so far I'm having difficulty finding quality time to go out. So instead, I am hitting closer waters and in closer waters, the prize fish is the northern pike and if lucky, the good old mr. Muskellunge. I recently visited the local lake near my house and threw out the biggest lures I had (big for bass standards), and hooked a few small bass and a northern. Then on one particular cast, I saw it... a big dark shadow chasing the lure right up to my feet, then dropping and fading into the deeper water.... I've heard that I am supposed to do that figure 8 with the lure, since they often strike at the last moment, but the sight of the big fish had me too excited to do anything. I was able to repeat this (chase but no take) a few more times during the next couple of hours and that was exciting in itself.

As I was about to leave, I ran into a fellow fisherman with one of them giant lures... the kind that I pass by at BassPro Shop and think, "is that for decoration?". He cast the giant lure, splash, slow/ medium retrieve...then the 2nd splash... he had a big fish on. The 2nd splash turned out to be a 39" muskie... a very angry one. The guy is one of the board members at Muskies Inc in Chicago, the same group my friend PeteK is active in. He was friendly to give me some pointers on lure fishing for muskie and we spoke about Robert Tomes (Muskie on the Fly), who gave a talk at Muskies Inc. Fast forward ... I find myself looking at these big lures & steel leaders next to my coffee cup and thinking... wow, that just happened.

I love a little lure fishing action once in a while...