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What a year for steelhead! After the low and clear stuff this fall, things really came on strong in November and stayed that way right up until the freeze. Get the flies tied and gear cleaned because it won’t be long now!
As my grandmother used to say a lot, Bob, “Lord, have mercy.”
I will certainly be remembering you in prayer this week. Please keep us informed as you are able.
Scott
Part of a day photo shooting ducks at the fish hatchery ponds. Just some throw away photos that make for a collage memento.
Neal. Several good points have already been mentioned.
As far as resources, most of the techniques will apply across the board to whatever your subject matter is. A good starting point is John Shaw’s Closeups in Nature. I’ve also picked up info from short chapters in several books, seminars and forum discussions. I see there are several new books out on digital macro photography now.
Most lenses will not let you focus close enough, BUT many of these can be used for close-up and even macro photography with the addition of extension tubes or even tele-converters. I’ve seen some stunning close-ups made with a 50mm lens and an extension tube or two.
Lightening is important as labrati mentioned and you will need to work out some kind of bracket and ball head to get your flash out over the end of the lens and close to the work. TTL metering makes it easier. Try manual exposure mode at 1/250 with a smaller aperture and the flash on high sync mode. The flash will calculate the exposure then for you.
Depth of field issues in close up work are a constant learning experience for me.
Have fun exploring!
Hey guys. The blog posts Zach refers to are still up. Go to my new blog
http://www.flyflinger.com/wpblogClick on “Scott’s Old Fly-Fishing Blog” link in the blog roll, and go the archives starting in November of 2005 to pick up the thread from the beginning.
David, the square-ender floats higher than any other Mac design since it has a great amount of flat bottom on the square end. I can walk it through a few inches of water and slide it over gravels a short distance. You could use a trolling motor on it but I never have.
Larry Dabblemount in Missouri has also written a book about building wooden jonboats you might check out.
Hope this helps,
ScottCould not find the direct You Tube link the video, but here it is on Google.
Can’t speak to the Rio lines Chris, but the SA’s Wet Tip Express is around 25′ sinking tip and the Streamer Express is 30′ if I remember correctly. I think the running line colors may also be a bit different between the two series of lines. The Wet Tip Express also comes in a 150 grain line but not the Streamer Express.
Both use floating running line so it should not be sinking around your feet Rick unless its dirty or old line.
Tim’s caution about the grain weight on a 6 weight is wise. Some 6 weights would handle a 250 while others seem to labor under a 200 grain. Overloading the rod may result in rod breakage on a hard hookset with a big fish or rock. I collapsed the tip on my 10-weight with a 350 grain line hooking up a rock ledge in the lake and I didn’t think I was pulling that hard, but it was winter and I was fishing deep and with 16-pound test tippet.
Mike, I hadn’t noticed before that the core was different on the two lines, but that’s a good point if you are big game fishing.
I fish the Wet Tip Express a lot in 200-350 grain lines and have always been happy with them. They are pretty much identical to the original teeny lines–except now with the AST coatings. Great lines.
… to create amazing image expression with various types of photography such as … PORTRAITS
From a quarter mile
Brett:
Take a look at the timely March 2008 issue of Fly Fisherman. Jim Mclennan has a helpful article on the Creep and Jab.
Good video explanation here:
http://flyfisherman.com/videos/creepandjab/Scott
I’ll give another nod to Dave Ames’ and his books.
I’m about 1/4 way through his most recent release, “Dances with Sharks”. So far it is excellent.
Dave’s first two books (“True love and the woolly bugger” and “A good life wasted”) were also very great works if you like fly fishing. If your a guide, have ever guided, would ever like to try guiding……his books will hit many familiar notes.
His tales from the rivers, bays, and inlets will tickle your funny bone and then tug on your heart strings. Great reads.
That’s a great job, Matt. Nice effect. It’s fun to create isn’t it?
I think John P. had a note earlier in a recent post that talked about copyright issues with the music. You need to use canned buy out music, so you stay away from the infringement issue, or go to the trouble of getting the use permissions which is both a pain in the butt and expensive. There are several good sources out there now for “royalty-free” music. I buy just the piece I want rather than the cds. More expensive that way but you build a unique collection of reusable stuff.
I use Pro Show Gold, but it is a windows only platform. Very nice transitions and easy to use, but I’m not sure the outputs work across all platforms and hardware. Still, it work fine for my presentations on my laptop and desktop.
Scott
The problem for point and shoot is that I have to physically hold the camera and take pictures. What I want to do is have a wireless remote set up so I can leave the camera submerged… I would be on the bank snapping shots away, allowing the fish to swim freely and undisturbed.
Partially submersed aquarium box
Daniel. I can tell you how I decide.
When embedded dirt affects its performance. Sooner than you think. On mastery series lines, I can usually tell visually and by the sound it makes going though the guides. My heaviest used lines, I replace every 6 months. Depends on the water you fish, the type of line it is, how its cared for, quality of the line, etc., etc.
Lines are consumables. Treat ’em as such.
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