a new hope

Unless you've been living in a cave in the middle of Afghanistan, you know who April Vokey is. April is the founder of Fly Gal Ventures and the West Coast Field Editor of The Canadian Fly Fisher Magazine. Aside from her busy schedule, she still manages to find time to swing to chrome with the two hander. She recently embarked on starting a blog on her redesigned site. Check out her first post; she's off to a great start.

Here's another reminder to join the cause and donate some flies to April's group, Flies for Fins. Native steelhead need our help.


I also want to throw a shoutout to k8, who's been kicking some serious chromed-ass as of late. Nice going Angel.


Finally, an endeavor has been in the works this past winter that has the roughfisher quite excited; this promising new venture is nearly underway.

Stay tuned for details.

roughfisher's vault 2009.03.04

Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters at the Philharmonie, November 3, 1974. Berlin Jazz Festival, Berlin, Germany


The man, the myth, the legend. No explanation should be necessary on why this show is da bomb.

Funkalicious.

wurm hole

Having just finished tying up 4 dozen San Juan Worms, armored car version, I was left with a few tag ends of ultra chenille. Not wanting to waste the trim, I took upon the inspiration of David Hise's wicked Medusa pattern, and ventured out on my own. While not utilizing silicone strips or vinyl ribbing as on the original, I opted for the roughfisher version of adding steel. Well, copper to be precise.


I don't have any red or pink silicone strips, though it may be worth acquiring some to play with. I think David has hit upon a killer idea. There's no mistake why Orvis added this pattern to its fly selection. I think I need to tweak with my variation a little bit before signing off on it, but it's a start.

Looks like a field trial is in order.

Snack Attack

A mini-crawfish pattern to snack on. Size 8 salt hook, olive glimmer flash chenille body (short fiber), partridge soft hackle legs, brown glimmer flash chenille thorax (long fiber), and bead chain eyes. 0.030" Pb wire strip tied on the top to ride heavy, hook side up.

Munch.