Alaska Steel by Austin Trayser

http://vimeo.com/m/100264335

A Tight Loop Summer issue is live!

http://atightloop.com/Summer2014.html

Logan Paul Hansen

Friday was a little crazy.  Went to see a specialist with my pregnant wife Friday morning.  And at 8:14 pm my son was born.   Yep Logan was born on the only Friday the 13th this year and on a full honey moon to boot.  He'll be in the NICU for a while but he is doing good.

The Hopper Blog

How have I not come across this place before???!!!

Best step by step for tying foam hoppers out there.....PERIOD!

The Hopper Blog

Rushing Waters on Instagram

You can now find Rushing Waters on Instagram at

Austin Trayser

I met this guy a few years back in Missoula.  My good buddy, Hunter, worked with him on the RA Beattie film Off the the Grid.  He is now working with Montana Fly Fishing Magazine  and making his own short films which I must say are bad ass.  Check out his stuff on vimeo at https://vimeo.com/traysermedia.  Happy to call this guy a friend.

I particularly like  Solo Mission


 
Solo Mission from Austin Trayser on Vimeo.

And Blackfoot Fall


Blackfoot Fall from Austin Trayser on Vimeo.

Damn it's cold out

So I've been tying a lot.  Stocking up on some standards and coming up with some new stuff.

  I've decided to challenge myself and in the next year or two to only fish flies of my own design.  In hoping this will give the creative juices a little extra incentive.  To start off with I have always thought the good ol copper john was never buggy enough; plus I hate biots and peacock herl due to their brittleness.  So now it is all synthetic with something extra in the body.  

Going to fish it side by side with the regular CJ this season and see if there is a difference. 

To break up the monotony of tiny bugs I had to whip up a little musky fly.  Pink over white.

BTW I am working on making a little sales page for my flies.  If you are interested in purchasing a few to help with the funding of said web page please feel free to ask.