MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Rob Johnson Walkin the Dog across the Border!!

You know I don't personally know Rob but he popped up on the "This is Fly" daily blog this week. He submitted a great story about his first trip to British Columbia to throw some flys and had some great pictures of the infamous Chum "DOG" Salmon. They are big nasty and ugly but when hooked pull like a monster truck in a mud bog at a weight pulling competition! Pure adrenaline! Over fished and under appreciated!!It sounded like a great father son trip more than anything! I just love his dad's ol' skool look of " YEAH NICE!! I AIN'T TOUCHIN THAT NASTY THANG!" Seeing a smile like that for a CHUM reminds me of why we even go out there. Marinate.....

SURF ROCKET FISHING!!!

Thanks to the boys over at "The Chum" for throwing this one out here!! You guys fishing stripers on the east coast can now blast that peeler past the breaking surf down at Assateague Island! There is always someone thinking! Marinate!

STUPID SLAB OF STEEL!!

So fellow Washington Fly Fishing bro STEELIE MIKE posted this Stupid Slab of Steel his buddy Sam caught on his blog. Steelie Mike's blog is full of good stuff and the dude is really fishy! That just makes me want to rebel against the world...MARINATE!!

Raising the Ghost! Chrome Slabs rising to Dry Flies??

Steelheading is definitely an obsession. We spend countless hours looking for that moment in time that is just that, a moment. This is some of the sickest footage I have seen in a while. Steelhead rising to dead drifted Green Drakes? It is not suppose to happen like this...Marinate..

The Watermaster!!

As a huge fan of the Watermaster I can only express to you how great these things are. Unless you have either seen someone or used one you will never know how great these things are. Easy to use, Fish friendly and finctional. I love my WATRERMASTER MAN!!!

Cooking Revival from Joan Madison!!

Prov 16:3

Today is "National First Black President Day"

TFO Switch is in my scope!

Bob Meiser and my man 50 grand Mike Kinney are at it again! Introducing the TFO Deer Creek Switch Rod. Bob Meiser has been in the forefront of popularizing and refining blank designs for the Switch Rod concept of fly rods since the mid 1990s. His expertise with this unique family of rods is well established within the two handed rod community. Bob’s original concept has been universally accepted over the past decade and teaming with Mike Kinney in design and application for these rods has now taken the concept to the next higher level. We have used our proprietary Axiom material lay-up process for these blanks. These are extremely light weight, durable, thoughtfully designed fly rods with superb performance … Best defined simply as: “Totally efficient delivery tools.”
“Switch Rods” are multi-task fly rods specifically designed to allow a variety of both single and two handed caster options. The primary goal of the Switch Rod is to allow the caster the ability to achieve maximum targeted forward distance with the least amount of expended energy!

At less than $350 this is a great rod for a great price and I got to have me one for sure! Shoot it's Christmas Time! Don't Hate! Marinate! Find them here at www.irishangler.com

Catch Magazine is back up and at it again!

If you missed the first release of Catch then you will be shocked at what is capable these days for an online magazine. By continuing to press the technology envelope, this online magazine really does raise the bar for everyone playing in online angling entertainment. In other words, you better be thinking real hard today about why your site was the latest and greatest yesterday because you are going to need a plan for tomorrow. Marinate!

Black Outdoorsman Magazine is Back!

BlackOutdoorsman Magazine returns with some killer articles on all things outdoors. My favorite article in this issue is about teasing up sailfish on the fly. Sol Watson and his friend Ed Anarel travel out to the infamous Crocodile Bay in Costa Rica to rip lips on anything that semed interested in biting but sailfish was in the eye.

Jones vs. Calzaghe

In my opinion, Roy Jones Jr. is the best fighter other than Ali himself and a pretty good dang fisherman. He has taken his bumps and bruises lately and I only hope that during the fight we get to see just a glimpse of what this film displays. there was a time where he was Untouchable!

The happy anachronism: a fishing blog

Found a really sweet Blog thanks to Brook Smith. Brook's site "The happy anachronism: a fishing blog" covers all kinds of topics and features some really sweet photos. Be sure to check him out.

Who's Da Man? Runnin Down the Man!

If you have never seen the film "Running Down the Man" it is worth finding and checking it out. This film sent a lot of people down south to run up and down a beach throwing flies to shadows in the water. Sometimes I think if we saw someone catch a fish Butt-Naked in some knee high church socks and the right person said it was cool that we would do it. I know I wouldn't but you might! Now Marinate!

Rivers of a Lost Coast!!

Trailer - October 9th, 2008


Rivers of a lost Coast documents the demise of the Califfornia Coastal Salmon! These films just keep getting better and better...

Surf fishing for Great Whites?

So my my man Jim dug up this really cool video. Shark fishing from the beach. Not just any sharks.....Great Whites! Think Jawz! At first i thought WTF! and then I watched it and now I want in....

Bunyun Eating Fish?

So I was reading the Seattle Times morning and read an article and news clip about fish that eat the "fuhmundah" cheese from your feet. Corns & Bunyan ? Not a problem! Its like the Ol' Country Buffet when you drop them feet in the tank. The great thing is that after about 1 year of chewing the crud off your feet you can then fillet and deep fry them. What a wonderful nutty flavor!! YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!

AEG Media with another one....

You know I posted this the other day rushing out to get somewhere but there is some FILTHTY footage in this clip... Nice work again boys...

Tibor Spey?

Straight Ballin! this is the Escalade of Reels. THE ESV. The big boy of the big boys. Tibor has built a sick Spey reel with quick change spools and options for a speed handle. As always US built to last. If we all had a thousand dollars to purchase a Tibor! Marinate...

Yeah it's time......

Free Emory Jones!

Many of you will never understand what the world was like at a time when the only option you understood was the option at your fingertips. It can be so easy to take the judgement of a man and stand above him in a glass house peering through with scrutiny. You see sometimes the profit you seek does not wear white linens and speak in parables. His path may not be straight and narrow. He travels blind and can only see what has been shown to him yet it does not mean he can't learn to see.

Emory Jones is a brother to me. I understood him growing up and saw the true "E" for who he was, not what he was supposed to be. We all have one. A family member or friend that had all the tools but never learned how to show the world that they could use them. So they used them the best way they knew how. I have no need to defend or justify his actions or decisions because it is not my role. I just believe he should be free.

This is to riding to school and listening to my mixtapes in the Sundance

This is to bringing the Nike AirForce 1 years before the world heard it in a song

This is to seeing you in Waugh Church

This is to growing up in Hip Hop together

This is to kicking it when you didn't have to

This is for always shouting me out as "REV" before there was a "Rev"

This is to Mr. Sydnor's math class

This is for not getting mad when I ruined a pair of your jeans with my artistic designs

This is for always keeping me clear of trouble when you knew I didn't belong

This is to trashing the Elite 250 scooter on the trail over by St. Clair

This is to being one of filthiest FullBacks that never really focused on it

This is for always believing in me

This is for you

You are already free....They just need to open the door and let you out..

Motor City BASS Anglers

Motor city BASS Anglers

Detroit is doing it big with the Motor City BASS Anglers. They are promoting youth and making a positive impact in the community while wining some nice tournaments. Of you are in the Motor they are certainly worth firing it up and hollering at them. Marinate!

Luke 5:4 RIP Ivan Neymour

I often talk of those on the back of the boat not getting the credit they deserve from those on the front of the boat. Recently the angling world lost one of it's finest makers of magical moment in Ivan Neymour. Many man and women have graced a magazine cover with him on the pole. Many a women and man have touched a Bonefish for the first time because of him too. Peace and love to all his family and friends.

Big Killah! My boy Dee is back on the scene!

So I been dragging my feet on getting this pic out there of my boy Dee and this monster smallie he caught on our last day of fishing. You had to be there to appreciate the hook set and the scream of "GOT EM!'" A classic moment for a Virginia citation. He is sending me some pics and I think we'll feature the entire week. BTW we talked the other night and out of the same hole he has continued snatch big faces including a 7 pounder last week!! Like Hot Cakes and Cornflakes its all day everyday with this cat! Marinate

DQ is back in back and claiming 2008!!

So DQ is once again laying his mark oon 2008 with this trip back east to chase Stripers and Blues! Let's check this now...Tarpon, Snook, Smallies, Bluefish, Stripers, Trout, Salmon and Steelhead...Sickening..Marinate!

Labor Day with my Boy Ron from the Shop!

So my main man fifty grand Ron from All About the Fly and I hooked up for some fishing on the Skykomish River on Monday to chase Sea-Run CuttThroats from the drift boat. It as an amazing morning with Ron snatching this lovely 18+ inch fish. You should have seen the hook set and proper handle and release. What we didn't see was the Bald Eagle that watched the whole situation from a tree and came down 3 seconds after we released the fish to take him home for lunch! Man nature can be brutal! Marinate!

This is Fly is Back!!

Things are reaching a whole new level!!

A new magazine from Brian O'Keefe and friends. If you don't know O'Keefe, he is the guy that basically made a camera a part of fishing equipment. This magazine not only changes fishing mags but I think a lot of other magazines will take notice as well. This is damn near art!

The East Coast Angler is Doing it Large!

My main man Paul over at East Coast Angler has a blog that is downright sweet. Full of spectacular gear reviews, fishing tips and flat out hot fishing topics. Its guys like this that make me raise my game..Nice work Paul..Now go check out his site!!

Its Been a long time! I shouldn't have left you!

Grady White Canyon 336

Well I been busy with life and unfortunately that has taken me away for a second. Well ladies and gents I have returned and don't plan on venturing away anytime soon. Unless I can get my CFO aka Wife to agree to let me buy this beast from the east! You want that center console but need the amenities for a family? this may be an option to examine. If it gets you on the water and makes you a family man I am about it! Marinate...

I aint afraid of you M*&^!(%^(!#R Rest in peace Bernie...

An Icon for Modern African Americans comedian, actor and humanitarian Bernie Mac passed away at the age of 50 from Sarcoidosis. Though comedy opened the door, once he was in the room he commanded that attention of all ears to educate, and change the world as he saw it. So often the talented, intelligent, ambitious and dedicated people of this planet are snatched away only to be appreciated and understood later in life when we can only read the purpose of their life on a piece of granite. In heaven there will be laughter because Bernie has walked through the gates and open arms await him...

In every person's life there is a moment that marks that day when you had to make it happen. This is that performance for Bernie Mac....BE CAREFUL EXPLICIT..but fun none the less..

Laurence Fishbourne slaying this with James "Docky" Smith

James "Docky" Smith fishes with the best of them including Laurence Fishbourne. Docky's site has been revamped and he is part of a huge billboard campaign promoting travel in the outlying Bahamian islands. Bonafide fish lip ripper, James "Docky" Smith. I gotta get down and hoola at my man..

Hip-Hop Fishing!

Malik Wilder is starting a great group down in Duluth, GA. The fishing for Hip-Hop group is getting a direction towards being a community impact group that promotes fishing to improve the hip-hop lifestyle. Who would have ever thought we would be here back in 1988? I just wanted to wear my shoes with no shoe-strings! Marinate

One of the most completely informative fishing sites on the East Coast!

Just added. No explanation needed. Check them out. I got to get them on the OBS..

It's 90 Degrees 90% Humidity and The Whelps from the Skeeters are only gettin larger! What do you do?

Ask and you Shall Receive!! So last week I introduced you to one of the hottest up and coming companys in the fishing business! Yeah they are reppin the Eastern Shore of Maryland A.K.A. "Da Crib" so that's more reason for me to support them. BAck to the issue at hand though. Just recently, I threw out a request to Brandon White, owner and CEO of LateralLine, for a special shirt and he has supplied..." THE CRISFIELD"

If you fish the east coast in the summer you know what comes with it. 95 degree days with 90% humidity. If you come where I come from you also have to consider the raptors that someone has genealogically labelled "Mosquito's". By the end of the day, a T-shirt sticks to you and believing you will go long sleeved in that heat will leave you in the ER dehydrated or hooked on Gatorade. So the guys designed this shirt made, for the most humid of days, out of Star Trek uniform space age materials to handle the job. You might have seen one that looks like it. Well that's because the design works. Who doesn't need a pocket on their chest that can hold a fly box, your license or a digital camera? Just remember, Capt. J. T. Kirk probably would have been arrived Butt Naked after a "Beaming" if not for the special molecular design of his garments. Dammit Jim a just a Fisherman! Now Marinate!

We are featured and I have been dragging my feet!

So the Outdoor Bloggers Summit is a group of Bloggers who's focus is Outdoor Activity. There are a lot. No! I didn't count them cause it was tooo many! Anyway, they featured "Yeah" recently and did a quick interview with us as well. Check it out if nothing less than it gives you one more place to surf while you are getting paid to really work! Is that your Boss behind you? Marinate..





The Outdoor Bloggers Summit will do the following:

• Support conservation efforts and positively portray the value of outdoor pursuits
• Encourage and support the efforts of existing outdoor bloggers
• Offer incentive and support for new bloggers who might wish to blog about the outdoors
• Unite the voices of bloggers so we can speak as one about critical issues that affect outdoor pursuits.
• Provide a clearinghouse for information about outdoor pursuits

The Carp King has returned.....

Back for anothe run.. The Carp King has returned with another toad! You know how you get a fishing nickname like "BackYard" By catching many fish in many people's ..Marinate!

The Place where fishing goes down for the east coast...

Brandon White and team have put together a great site in Tidal Fish. I had a chance to meet Brandon when we ran into each other at the Salisbury Fly Shop on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Not only is Brandon reppin the crib but his new line of gear really keeps the sticky humidity of the Mid-Atlantic Coast from sticking to you. Lateral Line's gear is cutting edge with more to come. Hey Brandon I need a short to keep the Mosquito's off! I was killed down at Raccoon Point in Somerset County chasing Croakers! Marinate!

In honor of Dee's Uncle

Today I was down at Bissell Park in Radford and met Dee and his cousin. Dee's uncle had just passed and the two of them had spent time with him throughout his life chasing big Smallies with him when on the New River. So today they decided, in memory and honor of him, they would go where he most likely would want to be, On the New River with them chasing Smallies.
It's so easy sometimes to forget that this passion we have has been very instrumental in the lessons of life and the tribal knowledge that is passed is only surpassed by the quality of time we spend together. Watching these two have a lights out day really reminded me that it's really not about the fishing but about the memories and the people we become between the tugs. Today is today live it like there is no tommorrow. Flavor to the bone...Marinate in honor of..

Shoot we missed the high tide!

So we planned to fish one of my favorite saltwater spots on the eastern shore of Maryland, unfortunately we where just a little late on the high tide. So though we didn't have a great shot at catching monster Atlantic Croakers, Seatrout and Stripers my boys failed to allow a low tide stop them. Its amazing to watch my boys throw line. Watching them study for a tug really brings the core of this passion to the surface..Marinate.

Black Outdoorsman Magazine

After several years of working together CK West, the editor in Chief of Black Outdoorsman Magazine, and myself finally hook up while I was visiting the east coast. CK had just finished a Tuna Trip off the coast of Ocean City and I was on my way to Raccoon Point in Somerset County, Maryland. So we decided to meet in between. BOM is an online magazine working the "Black Granola Movement". Check out the online edition now cause word is print is on the way...Marinate..