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FLY FISHING FOR CARP

TIF — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:21:02 +0000

While some dismiss carp as a “trash fish,” these enlightened anglers cast to tailing carp on the flats on an unnamed Wyoming reservoir.

AUGUST 14TH – 3RD ANNUAL 2010 CARP RODEO ON THE MISSOURI

TIF — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:21:34 +0000

•download the entry form here•

SUITCASE STICKERS

TIF — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:11:43 +0000

Want to add a little excitement to your next fly fishing trip? Try adding one of these stickers to your luggage.

•price: $25 for all 4 stickers•

THE WATERY RAVE

TIF — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:13:42 +0000

Check out Costa’s new blog, The Watery Rave. Costa’s going to use this site as a way to spark more conservation discussions and raise awareness about epic fishing and outdoors adventures happening around the globe.

• www.thewateryrave.com •

ABACO BONEFISH ROUNDUP OCTOBER 17th-23rd

TIF — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:37:04 +0000

Bonefish & Tarpon Trust will be hosting a groundbreaking bonefish conservation experience called the Abaco Bonefish Roundup. Space is limited to a certain number of anglers who will have the opportunity to catch and tag bonefish alongside BTT scientists.

The Abaco Bonefish Roundup, to be held during the week of October 17th through the 23rd provides just that. Anglers who want to spend from 3 to 6 days fishing and participating in this special research event will be rewarded with great memories and the knowledge that they have made a difference.

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TIF VOLUME 2 ISSUE 1

TIF — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:16:19 +0000

This is the first issue of This is Fly on our new platform. You can now download the issue in PDF and take it with you on the road. We are also bringing you larger video in a more cinematic setting. Volume 2 Issue 1 is better than ever. Join Ryan Hammond on an adventure down the Zambezi river, get snowed in with Peter Jannotti, bang your head with AEG, cruise to Los Roques with Paris Fleezanis and enjoy a Buffalo lay-over with Tim Miller. Did we mention a trip far North? You can jam your way up there to some Skynyrd while rocking the new This is Fly shirt designed by our featured artist Mcbess.

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GIN AND JUICE

TIF — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:16:23 +0000

Welcome to the blogroll! Gin CLear Media

DEVIL’S GOLD

TIF — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:03:52 +0000

Castaway Films and some Bolivian golden dorado.

ISSUE 22 IS LIVE!

TIF — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:11:04 +0000

In this issue of This is Fly we rip through the backcountry of the Rockies with Chris Andlein and go deep in the frozen land of Austria with Christof Menz. Too cold for you? Why not catch some big waves and bones with Coach Duff in Hawaii. Have you ever seen a freight train with graffiti on it while wading a stream? The Blue Ridge Angler is obsessed with capturing these rolling canvases and shares with us some of the history behind these marked cars. Vampires on the prowl? Take to the flats with Paris and challenge your fears. If you want to sink your fangs into some fresh tuna, Charles Clover of The End of The Line will make you think twice. Don’t forget to take in the art of Collin Von Der Sluijs and plan your next trip to land 24-lb Peacock bass all while jamming to Kashmir by Led Zeppelin.
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SPOTLIGHT:BRENDAN McCARTHY

TIF — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:33:11 +0000

I grew up in New England and, ironically, I didn’t fish much as a kid, other than throwing plugs off the beach to Bluefish in Truro while on family camping trips. After college in Boston, I spent some time ski bumming in Utah, and decided to move to NYC to try my hand as an actor. I always loved imagery as a way to communicate a story or feeling and thought that film work might be my niche. Coupled with a complete lack of talent and no desire to sit around a craft service table (the film-set food table) for 16 hours a day, I realized that acting was not gonna be it. After a camping trip to Yellowstone Park in the early 90s with my wife-to-be, I was first exposed to Fly-Fishing during a hike-in overnight on Grebe Lake one August. I only wish I brought a good camera with me on that trip, as I will never forget the sight of a fly-man in a belly boat, on a glassy lake, with snow falling, fog rising and hundreds of trout (and Grayling) gulping at Callibaetis as the sun started to rise. I was transfixed as if I had just seen my first naked lady.

To me, imagery and fishing are one in the same. As much as I want to catch any given fish (and believe me I do), I just as strongly want to capture the moment of the scene, the take and the struggle on film. To me, I want to get all the variables correctly; either with the light and the camera, or with the flyrod and fly. This is where the satisfaction comes from. Not for any goal-reaching or desire to control things around me, but just to feel things come together. I am generally terrible at this in real life. The effort to balance my love for my children, the challenge of living in NYC, the struggle of earning enough dough is often overwhelming to me. But with photography and fishing, every once in a blue moon, I get it right, and it teaches me about life and gives me a glimpse of the satisfaction of a life in balance. A deep, shit-eating grin that comes all the way up from my shin bones.

Luckily, I live in NYC and only 12 miles away from my boat. I have been really really lucky to fish in Panama quite a bit, most of the Bahamas, Alaska, Belize, Seychelles, a lot of the West, Mexico a bunch, Florida, Louisiana, etc. I am fortunate to run the Redbone Tournament (a cystic fibrosis charity event) every fall in Montauk. And I would really like to fish and shoot Tarpon as they have been mostly elusive to me up until now.

So that’s about it. I fish what was once 170 days a year as a guide (kids and the economy are cutting a few dozen days off that the last few years), I shoot actors portraits, some magazine stuff, sell some real estate, tend bar, whatever can pay the bills. I try to keep up the fight to protect the resource, especially the Striped Bass (go to www.joinFCA.org if you want to help). Most importantly, I feel fortunate to have met and know a lot great people that happen to be fisherman.

In the back of my mind I always have two things. My kids, first and foremost, and second, the sight of some fish (most likely Bluefin Tuna though) busting all over the surface of the water. Somehow I don’t think that that will ever change….

Check out Urbanflyguides.com to learn about Captain Brendan McCarthy’s guide service.