Neal Osborn
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Michael – I call this tendency to organize flies, “January Madness”. It is a deeply rooted quirk inherent to fly fishers, and is particularly acute in the winter months when the fishing is slow, LOL.
I have the same organization as you, that is a blend of river/lake/hatch specific fly boxes and also “fly type” specific boxes. I am constantly organizing and moving flies around. Sometimes I miss the early days when I only had a few flies and could fit them all in one box. Once a guy starts tying and designing flies, all bets are off with organization. Furthermore, Murphy’s Law comes in to play because I always fail to include the one crucial fly in a box and of course that is the one the “would have worked” if I had it on the river.
My basic organization now includes 1)stock boxes – flies that I tie in quantity and use in quantity – these are just parking garages for my go-to flies, and 2)working boxes – which include a)nymph box, b)dry fly box, c)streamer box, d)midge box, and e)river/lake/hatch specific boxes (e.g. a large box for Caddis and Mayfly, each of which contain pupa/larva, emergers, cripples, duns, parachutes, and spinners).
Great shots Mike!
I am not a wildlife photographer so I will tread lightly (like Crouching Tiger) on the comments. However, I believe you are now using LR3 for post production and that is where I’ll place the discussion. IMHO (at least on my calibrated monitor) your images are a bit over saturated and “contrasty”, especially in midtones. Your metadata suggests that you pumped up the saturation/vibrance/contrast at least 50% – the end result on a calibrated monitor is a bit rich. This is probably a necessary step if you are using the 400mm f5.6 lens with a 1.4 teleconverter – the light at that distance from the subject is being sucked into a black hole. I really do love the images but I feel that an investment in a faster lens is a necessary next step 😉 But that being said, strong work and lovely photographs.
Do you want to put them all into one fly?
How about a pheasant tail nymph with rabbit/dog blend/dubbing, dove fine feather tips as gills, and goose as a top shuck.
I think it probably has more to do with the hole I was fishing and the fact that I know it is always “loaded” with fish.
Thanks Zach. It is hard to keep a secret on this board, hahaha. The Dyna-King project is a very large endeavor, which includes photographing and archiving all their inventory for both print and internet media. They are doing a great job updating their web site and I believe it will be the premier example of modern marketing for the fly fishing/tying industry. It has been a pleasure working with them. The web page will go live very soon.
Here are some examples of their products.
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