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Hey Tim. Nice work! That’s a pretty thick hatch. Are you putting this essay in to FFI? We’re going to be like a tag team! I’ve done the same topic 😀

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…(yawn)…yeah…I suppose I might tag along next time. (Just so you’ve got a back up camera option, should it all turn to custard)

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Oh man, that sucks. You should have taken me as backup. Next time maybe. I gotta go some time!

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Love that top shot of yours Jeremy! Great perspective and colour. Looks like you spent some time down here in NZ too 🙂

[Stu Hastie]

Thanks Zach. I won the 2012 Gink and Gas photo comp with that one 🙂

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Just testing the water. Can I remember how to post?

Probably my all time favourite moment in flyfishing. My 9 year old son lands his first fish on fly.

How about a little mono?

[Stu Hastie]

Thanks guys. That was probably the best day ever on the water for me. Fun times ahead.
Because we were only there for a short time, and the open nature of the river, I took the 70-200 2.8 out for a walk. Glad I did.

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Check out that smile!

That’s a very proud father’s son right there

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Awesome. Thanks Mike. I’ll have to look into that Pocket Wizzard option. Might be the most reliable option anyhow.
Have fun shooting that thing! Keep us posted 🙂

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That’s pushing my buttons Mike! I think that’s the path that I want to travel too. I’ve just bought myself a 7D, with the ultimate goal of getting inside one of those housings.
How do you find it for ease of operation? Can you access everything you need to? One thing I really want to do is also squeeze a remote inside there as well. Is that an option at all? I know it looks fairly tight inside there, but you can fit the camrea strap inside? Just wondering if you could use that space to modify a cheap aftermarket remote to fit in there.
Id love to see some of your work!
Bummer you had to go through the chemo! Hope the prognosis is good for you. Makes me think that this (housing) is the right option for me. Seize the day!

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Hi Clay, I’ve been “teaching” my kids to fly cast over the last year. All I’ve done is threaded up a bit of old flyline through an old 5’6″ hollow glass spin rod that I bought myself about 35 years ago, gave them the fundamentals, and then just left them to pick it up at their own pace. The rod has been propped up by the back door over the last year, and the end result is my 10 year old nearly has the double haul down pat!
Since this little vid, I’ve re-built the rod and made it into a fly rod, re-using the old reel seat (turning it round to a downlocker), old tip top (couldn’t get the old one off), new cork, and snake guides. We haven’t fished the rod yet, but you can bet there’s going to be an arguement about who gets to fish it first!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvz8XN3xFHY

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Dang! I wish I was there to see that Greig. You done lurking now? 😉

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A couple of thoughts from me..

Join a club and have your work critiqued, and learn fom that. If you can learn to impartially self-critique, you are well on the way to improving. Take some shots, review them, figure out what you like or dislike about them, and then go out and re-shoot them till you get it right.

Shoot a ton of photos. Learn one technique at a time from your manual, and work on that technique till you’ve mastered it. Plenty of tutorials on youtube. It doesn’t cost anything to keep pressing that shutter button. I recently shot over 500 frames just to get the one shot.

Try and visualise the photo before you shoot it. With experience you’ll figure out how to manipulate your camera to achieve the shot you’re after.

I’m just about to complete my second “365 Challenge”, taking a photo a day for a whole year. It’s a great way to improve your photography skills, but be warned, don’t take the challenge lightly. It’s a huge time investment, but the rewards it terms of self improvement, and your portfolio are equally huge.

This shot 500 frames in the making…

Day 344 by Secret-Creek, on Flickr

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Um, shouldn’t you now have more time to fish? More need to fish perhaps?

Good luck anyhow, Brandon. I’m going to have to get myself one of those Galvans one of these days.

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Is it a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wirehaired_Pointer

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Awesome Zach! Love your podcasts, and really appreciate the effort you put in to them. Kudos.

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Wow, what an awesome experience. Thanks for sharing Joel.

Dang, I wish we had some of them Brookies down this way.

I like you hat too Joel  😉

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Thanks 🙂

Tim, the majority of that is 17-55 2.8 and also a lot of 100mm macro. I just about always have those two lenses with me on the river as well as 10-22.

Good spotting Colin 😉

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Ha ha, glad you all enjoyed. Most of those Abels on the coffee table were Mr Chu’s. Quite a sight to behold.  🙂
Joe, my own beat up old SA System2 didn’t make the editors cut, so just for you..

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Dang. I had a lend of one of them Sage TXL-F’s, fell in love with it, and then lost it at the river

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