Salford Friendly Anglers Society

Some days are special, and today certainly is. It's not every day you get a note from the oldest angling society in the world! We received a photo from Mr. Duddy of The Salford Friendly Anglers Society (instituted on the 2nd of April 1817). They are the protectors of the River Irwell, which flows through the Irwell Valley in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, in North West England. I don't know how long our club will exist, but when I read through the history of The Salford Friendly Anglers Society, it makes me think about what kind of club we want to be. 

Check out more at:
http://www.salfordfriendlyanglers.co.uk/

 

Perfection

Yesterday trip can be described as "it doesn't get any better than this" kind of trip. The beautiful spring weather mixed in with all kinds of hatching made this trip perfect. Got to my favorite creek early in the morning and noticed I am the only one who was about the wet my line...

Sweat from hiking was wick away by nice cool breeze.

Big boys are out!  I don't think I've ever caught so many big wild trouts like this before. If you can consider 11 inches as a big trout...

If you ever run into an injured owl, just let it be.  My good intention was met with alot of wing flapping and a pair of claws.

Seriously, this is nature at its best. It's like a beatiful painting.

This seems like a yearling, yet fully developed but has a great foundation to be a beatiful trout later on.

art with smoke

Fancy Tree House for Kids Who Love Fishing:

I thought to share this fancy kids' tree house concept with the fishing. It had very nice details.

Father & Son...

I received some great photos from Dan, a friend of mrlee, from his recent trip to Colorado with his son Evan. The photo of his son touching the trout is classic, very cool moment in time. Thanks again Dan, stay in touch!

hey! I know this guy!

I was browsing down at Chicago Fly Fishing Outfitters (www.chicagoflyfishingoutfitters.com) yesterday and I saw a familiar face on the Korkers wading shoes packaging. It’s our friend Capt. Kent from Reel Job Fishing (http://kent-klewein.com/). It was great to see Kent becoming even more famous, it’s only a matter of time. Check out Kent’s homepage & blog for some really awesome smallies & trout.

My western movie hero:

Recently gone fishing was posting some of famous actors who were into fishing, and a few days ago while I was talking about movie music of Ennio Morricone, I remembered one of my long time favorite western movie actor named “Lee Van Cleef.” I just thought to pose one of famous image of his from the movie “The good the Bad and the Ugly.”

porcelain

There is something very interesting about the contrast of materials & character of the object(s). I never understood why people crafted these porcelain guns, but they are something I'd like to own...

I discovered that these are the work of artist: Yvonne Lee Schultz. Very nice indeed.

http://www.yvonneleeschultz.com/

Ice shanty and the Northern culture.

Until I got to the Mid West, I had a pretty simplistic view of ice fishing. The ice fishing I knew were what I knew from Korea, people catching “bing-uh” which translates into ice-fish. A small minnow sized fish which is valued for its taste, but nothing of a fight. Occasionally I would hear of people catching larger trout but it was rare. Since I’ve move to the Mid West, the excellent fly fishing in Wisconsin & bass fishing in Illinois had me fully occupied, until recently I had an opportunity to go out ice fishing. As I look into the unique culture here in the North, I am fascinated by all the gear & set ups that is related with this seasonal sport. The concept of what seems like entire towns that appear on top of the ice for a few months, then disappear again till the next ice season is pretty cool. I have heard that it is even more elaborate up further north in Canada. I was at the Bass Pro Shop today and to my surprise found myself spending a lot of time in the ice fishing section. I almost bought the propane powered ice auger but decided to give it another try before I start committing to a whole new set of equipment. I’d love to build an ice shanty, even just for the fun of it. It’s like a tree house you can tote around on the ice. There is something definitely cool about this whole culture and the people that create it. Here are some fun, elaborate, and different ice shanties I found on the internet.

Something I now like to hear .... “FLAAAGGGG!!!”

미국에 얼음 낚시 문화, 정말 화려 합니다. 얼마전 저도 다녀 왔는데, 왜 그렇게 사람들이 좋아하는지, 대충 이해가 가더군요.

I bet you can't guess who...

it's David Bowie!

Big George

One of the greatest fighters of all time...fishing.

“Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot.” George Foreman.

Liam Neeson the fly fisherman

I didn’t know that the Jedi master was also a fly fisherman. Good to know so we don't freak out if we see him on some creek someday.

“Bild: What makes you happy?
Liam Neeson: Fly fishing. I can watch a river in absolute silence for four hours. The water becomes the world. The fish become my friends. That is my meditation."