"Groupie Sculpin" by Richard Strolis

Have a little down time this week, as the camera's are in for routine services, will be digging a few items out of my photo archives and some of the great items found around the web.

Groupie Sculpin-HD 720p from Richard Strolis on Vimeo.

Check out this great video by Richard Strolis tying his "Groupie Sculpin" . An excellent single hook sculpin tie. Looks to be a very simple, but very effective tie that you could substitute several color combinations. If you have never seen Richards fabulous work, check it our at 

www. catching-shadows.com

CarpSlam AfterParty Part 2

Well, since we were in town we decided and we were following a bunch of crazy fisherman trying to catch the wily carp, we might as well go and hang with them at the CarpSlam 7 Afterparty. A good time would be had with a $25 cover for all the wine and beer one could drink, throw in a great bbq chicken and pulled pork dinner, well you got a great start to a Saturday night.

Oh, did I mention that a great local band Ethyl and the Regular were the background music.. Score.

If you have been around, you have heard them play many of your favorite places in the state.

Always a sucker for great pieces of art, Floatfisher has two new piece for the home and office.

If you have not heard of Scott Wells, you need too. These are true pieces of art. Not to mention the steal of price we walked away with it for. Thanks Scott.

We also ended up with a Copi Vojta photo print, again at a steal. You can't pass these up.

Fishpond was key sponsor of the night and donated may pieces , could not pass up a deal on a new roller bag, ended up  with this and new purse and bag for the Mrs, from LilyPond. All in all, a great night for a great cause.

CarpSlam 7

Spent our Saturday attending the 7th Annual Carp Slam in downtown Denver put on by the Denver Trout Unlimited Chapter # 128.  Ms. Floatfisher and I decided to find a couple of beats and see if we could find the particpants, amatures and pros trying to catch these crazy fish. 

There would be two sessions a morning and afternoon, with 13 or so beats chosen at random

We scouted out one of the northern beats, where the pro was decked out in total "camo" as the fish were  spooky and hard to find. Lots of miles were put on by the contestants to find the fish.

Can you spot him in the bush.

At the top try trying to pick out another fly, while he is on break. The two contestants take turns fishing for 30 minutes for the first 2 hours and the last hour they both get to fish.

Each group has an official to measure fish and keep time throughout the day

Scouting carp high from the bank, often times you will spook them from this far up.

Crouching Tiger

Photo of the Day- "Little Cutty"

"Little Cutty to the Adams"