Quick Sips: Blog Posts of Note

As I sat drinking coffee this morning I had the pleasure to read a few blog posts below that I thought were quite excellent. I hope you enjoy then a much as I did  

From The View from Fish in a Barrel Pond, an action-adventure tale.

From River Mud, a tale of a journey home. 

Brandon hates losing fish.

 

Blogger, Ugh!

This blog is hosted on the Blogger platform. Blogger has been okay as far as a tool to work with but I'm getting ready to jump ship to Wordpress. There are two reasons:

1. Try to comment on a Blogger blog using any sort of iDevice (esp. the iPad) or some of the Android tablets and you'll find that it's buggy as hell. I'm sure I lose comments on this blog due to that crap.
2. The new Blogger Captcha is unreadable to humans. The whole point of the Captcha is to be readable by humans!

I'm turning off the Captcha for now. Hopefully the spam will stay at bay.

Anyone have experience or similar problems with Wordpress?

Impressions

New Impressions

During the past month or so, Georg Miciu seems to be everywhere. In a couple of recent fly fishing magazines, Gray's fly fishing issue and American Angler, for example, you've seen his work illustrating several pieces. 

An Austrian who has lived most of his life in Argentina, Georg studies the landscapes that are familiar to his region. Family, ranching and, of course, angling feature prominently in his work. Stylistically it's impressionistic and the technique of using a knife or spatula when painting is a stunning effect. The canvases are thick with the image.

Georg Miciu, Pilo Lil

Georg Miciu, Boris

Equally impressive (perhaps more so, just don't tell his father) is his son's work. Emaus Miciu has followed in his father's footsteps. They seem cut from the same cloth both stylistically as well as subject matter. I understand there's another son who is a photographer. Quite the artistic clan.

Emaus Miciu, Got One

New Literature

Along the journey of researching this article,  I also stumbled across a new (to me) online magazine, The Contemporary Sportsman. Worth a read though for your iDevice users it seems it's flash based so you'll have to go dig up your computers.

Steelhead in the State of Jefferson

I haven't been fully bitten by the Steelhead thing but had my path turned down this road a quarter century ago I could clearly envision how my life would have been consumed by standing in swift water swing flies on long rods waiting for the tug that seldom came.

A stunning video about one man's experience (via Gary W.)



One in Winter from ryan peterson on Vimeo.


For those of you unfamiliar with the State of Jefferson, you can find out more about this crackpot We the People interesting idea on the Jefferson State website.

A New Fly Shop

I went to the pharmacy on the way home from work yesterday to fill a scrip. While wandering the aisles waiting I noticed that I could also stock up on Wooley Bugger and soft hackle supplies. Of course, the convenience of a nearby source comes with a high price, but when you're in a bind one doesn't always have a choice. 

They even have classic Salmon fly colors