Friday, November 18, 2011

Blog shout out and wohoo 200+ followers also what is in the works

First off YEAH!!  I reached 200 followers yesterday and yes it is only a number but cool to see that many people are interested in my blog.


As many of you know I have been missing in action for the last little while and have not done a blog shout out for awhile. I have found some great blogs recently and wanted to share them with you.  Again in no real order.

Driftless Creations Fly Tying --  This is trout magees fly tying blog.  If you have not seen any of his blogs you have been missing out. He is a great tier and an amazing person!  He is an inspiration for any father as well.  Here are is other 2 blog if you are interested.

Catching Shadows Blog -- Rich is a great blogger!  He just announced he will no longer be guiding but still blogging. I was very interested in his kitchen remodel and his flies are amazing!  He does do videos as well which are very informative.  Give him a look over.

Fly Tying Team -- This blog is in German but very informative. He posts videos of other tiers and his pictures of flies are AMAZING! 

I know I have blog shouted Erin's blog before but I have a lot of new followers that might have never seen it. 
Mysteries Internal blog is from a aspiring tier and an AMAZING writer.  Every fly fisherman should be following her blog.

Another side note is I finally ordered a new Scott rod the other day and I am stocked to get it in.  http://cofisher.blogspot.com/ at Windknots & Tangled Lines blog gave me an Orvis rod last spring and told me if I ever get another rod to donate it to another fisherman. I meet this 13 year old kid at a fly tying class and has tied for almost a year but never been fly fishing. His parents lost their job and their house about 4 months ago and his birthday is next week.  His family is down and out and because of this he has missed out on a lot of stuff. I have given him materials and such to keep his head up and tying to keep his mind off of life. I am going to give him that rod that Howard gave me and also my Orvis Rocky Mountain reel with a sinking line and take him fishing next weekend.  I wanted to thank Howard for helping me out and giving me the chance to do the same!

Finally -- What is coming up?  I have a Cicada pattern that I am working on and should post a step by step tomorrow and a pretty sweet hopper pattern but I need to wait for my material to come in so hopefully I can do a step by step on Monday or Tuesday on that one.

Again Thanks everyone for following and I promise to be more active than I have been lately

21 comments:

  1. Cool deal about passing the rod on.

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  2. Glad you are back in action. I am working on tying some ice flies and your blog came up on the search. Nice flies. What Scott did you get?

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  3. Thanks clif!

    Savage - Give some of those a try! You will be surprised. I got a 8' 6" 5 wt A4 rod. Thanks for the comment

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  4. Dustin, Thanks for passing the rod on. Your 13 year old friend sounds like a good kid that needs a boost up. Good for you!

    I also wanted to say that you really were missed. I enjoy your tying immensely and look forward to the next one.

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  5. Thanks Howard! Without your help I would have never been able to help another. Also I really missed blogging as well and glad to see people take interest in the blog. Thanks again

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  6. Hey! Thanks for the shout out....and good on you for passing on your rod. Made my night.

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  7. Thanks a lot for the shout out Dustin. I am glad you are back in the blogger nation once again. I look forward to seeing that cicada post. Some great blogs mentioned here. Thanks for the links. That kid is one lucky fellow :) Tight LInes.

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  8. Oh yeah and congrats on the 200 mark man. Nicely done. TightLines

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  9. no prob man, I saw you lurking the blog for a little an waiting for you to comment :)

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  10. Congratulations on 200 and from the looks of it this morning, they'll keep on coming.

    Mark

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  11. All good stuff.

    I think the little guy in the photo needs a shout out.

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  12. Congrats on the milestone, you're doing a great thing with that rod.

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  13. Congrats on the 200 followers and awesome job on the shout-outs!

    That was a great thing you did by helping the young fisherman. A great thing to do and a great way of keeping the spirit of fly fishing going strong!

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  14. Congrats on the achievement. Those are all great blogs you mentioned!

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  15. Sucsess whit another 200 follower's
    greatings from Holland

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  16. David Romanillos - Thanks glad to see you stop by.

    dave lindsay -- Gracias buddy

    Brk Trt -- That what a funny pic I found so if I knew that little guy I would give him a shout out

    troutrageous1 - Thanks! His birthday is Tuesday so I am excited

    Auglaize Fly Shop - I talked with his dad today so everything is scheduled and just helping out the new generation!

    G Lech- I really enjoyed all their blogs and it was nice to shout out Trout Magees and also Erin's blog again

    Age- Woohoo

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  17. Giving that kid a rod man... Awesome

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  18. I remember wanting nothing more than a fly rod when I was a kid. My uncle gave me his for the summer. He passed away and left me the rod. He'll remember you always.

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