Mike McKeown
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I got the 790… bn LOV’IN it… just clip it on my belt and go, dont worry about falling, swimming, etc… but it take great pics, and the best thing is just whipping it out and shooting…
I must say that the author has an excellent ability to convey elaborate detail in very few words, he paint picture in a “3 word” phrase. I love the way it flows and quickly gets to the point, leaving you, as the reader, to think about what has just transpired.
I love the way he jumps into the piece, feet first, expecting you catch up, which you do, quickly.
The factual bits are cover with superb flow, and without the reader being bogged down by their “factualness”.
But what really intrigues me, is his use of short sentences, colons and semi-colons: Getting the reader to think, picture, place and then assume, he then elaborates on the bit that left you hanging, just enough to fill the gaps…
Really good writing…
Well found Zach
Great interview Zach, that is one hell of a passionate man…
Here are my 2 Zimbabwean Cents (you can look that up if you want) at least the Rand is a little stronger…
Anyone who is that good at what he does, loves “it” more than anything else…and would take pictures over anything…
Anyone who is that free-a-spirit, is going to be awesome at what ever he puts his hand to…
I would love to take pictures like that, but I would prefer to be the guide he is photographing…
Who do you want to be????
This is a sorry state… I love spending time at my local shop, and try and buy as much as I can there, where I get my advice…
Mike
… that it will catch more me more and bigger fish then the redsox hat I bought at fenway park…
Ha Ha…
I can see the rod, it’s ummm, lying diagonaly just under the anglers right hand… it is a dead give away that the picture has been PS’ed, look how bent it is… teehee
“whats my prize????”NOooo – that is just not fair, what a great fish… WELL DONE, that thing must have made your hart stopp when it ate… then stopp again when it started tearing line off you reel…
WOW
Mike
On the plus side, carrying a lens like that would assure you of all the finest attention at any airport you visited. “Please step this way, sir, and talk to these nice men in suits…”
🙂
Zach
that and a couple of rod tubes and your trip is toast…
Ha Ha
Mike
Let me start off by saying “I am not a tosser” (nic for Chuck Nymphers) Chuck, yes, my spelling is very poor something to do with Dyslexia, but Chuck is the style of the fishing…
It is used extensively in SA fishing for Small Mouth Yellow Fish, there is a huge amount of skill in it, the guys get completely taken away with the flies, the leaders, the rods, hell everything… there are web site devoted to it…
But I don’t like it… because you are just chucking the leader… fly fishing is about more than that…
Mike
Ha ha… 32deg Celcius here today, sitting in shorts and a t-shirt…
Winter is not too bad, day temps will be between 15 and 25deg Celcius, but evenings will get to 0 to 5 C…
Still fish in winter, that when the beasts come out to play, Largemouth Yellowfish…
Mike
Here is a small one… taken in summer…
Zach – Check the other pics, it is very similar to the fish those crazy guys were talking about in Mongolia. Eyes on top of their head, get up 60lbs (25kg’s x 2.2lbs)… attack anything on the surface… and I havent landed a dog yet
http://www.theflyfisher.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=1Another bit of info…
http://www.outdoorpages.co.za/Fishing/FlyFishing/Articles.asp?ID=107I would comment on all the pod casts, I just got an Ipod this year, didn’t think it was necessary, till I bought my wife one, down-loaded one of your shows, and bought my own the next day… she only wanted a nano, I got the 80gig… hehe… she is in advertising, and keeps asking if I have heard her new radio add, but the only thing I listen to is your freaking shows…
Any way, back on thread…
Could you add a tag to the bottom of your web post, were you post the casts, with the web addresses mentioned in the cast, I know there are other links there, but not the ones mentioned… I can’t write them down in the car, so I have to pause, stop, go back on the ipod, write it down, then carry on… I am arriving late for work, meetings, etc…
Thanks Zach
PS. I have a few South African guys who would love to be on your show… Either about the Striped Water Dog, just north of SA, or about the salt water flats, they have just taken, Mr. Spanish Fly on a little trip, you might want to talk to them about that… anywhoo, you got my mail address, I can point you at their site, the books they have published, etc…
I am Scott man, and that is a rare find, but unlike the rest of the crowed trying to swine you out of a couple of bucks, I think you need to bring it to my place for a proper evaluation and a little fish… then I shall have to take you to some really great spots to fish it… then…
From the look of where the writing is, and its style, it seems to be from around the mid, to late 90’s and if I remember it was a rod that fitted between the Alpha (SaS) and the STS, the Alpha (SaS) being an entry level rod, with a medium action, I have a jem of a 5w, 8’6”, and the STS was a supper fast premium rod, the look of your stick put it into the premium range, and my thoughts are you got a medium fast beauty… great find, if you ever need to part with it, please may I be first on the list???
I will check with my local importer, he keeps all the catalogs, I am sure I will find in his office…
PS, and may be this should be under the web development section, but…
What equipment are you using, for all of it, hardware for the stream side essays, hardware for the PC recordings, software for editing… etc…
I think they are great, and we have lined up some South African “icons” to do something similar for our site, I will let you know when our first is done, if we ever get it right… I don’t want to compromise on quality…
If you don’t want to give away the trade secrete, that cool too…
Mike
