Tonto Friday 3/30/12



Snow on the Desert Peaks

It has been awhile since I have put anything up on the blog, duck hunting ended awhile back and that was the last thing. I have been very busy working on a lot of things in the mean time, mostly work, but the day dreaming has occurred from time to time. With summer and fishing on the rim country just around the corner it is time to get back to writing. So I think one of the goals for this summer is going to be to catch a carp on a fly. While I have shot a lot of these fish with the bow and arrow, I have not caught to many on a rod and reel and zero on the fly. I found this video on fly fishing for carp and thought I would share it. This video is found over on intheriffle.com and has some great footage of catching carp.

Other things that have been going on, like a lot of flyfishing fanatics, the tying bench has been busy stocking up for the summer time. Several weeks ago I was approched about tying some flies for a painting exhibt by Spokane artist Christina Deubel. She wanted some photos of flies that I, and several other tiers had tied, and then she would paint them for a art show. Below is a few of the pictures I sent her.

Arizona Small Stream Flies

The Chosen Fly & Its Painted Twin

Lastly, some of the work I have been doing is on a website that I have been creating with a friend. While it deals more with city life information, than with the great outdoors, there is still some outdoors stuff that we are including. Follow this link ( eastvalleyguide.com ) to check out one of my entries about Hawes Loop hiking and mountain biking. Thanks for stopping by and with fishing season here, look for more frequent posts again.

Tonto Friday 1/27/12

It's Friday again, another week has come and gone. Most parts of the country are seeing the 2011-2012 waterfowl season come to it's conclusion. Within the next few weeks I will post a round up of this years season for me, it was a great one. Tonight I put a couple of videos up. This one is from First Light Gear big ole goose going down. I found these guys on twitter pay them a visit.

The next one totaly unrealated to hunting but still something falling out of the air. The 2012 winter X games started last night and this crash by Colten Moore is one reason I am continuesly drawn to these extreme sports. Can you say "Fly like an Eagle!"

Have a great weekend!

Tonto Friday 1/20/12

 Another weekend has come and that leaves us with one week left in the duck hunting season. I am going to try to hit it hard here at the end of the season. I have already made it out two extra times this week and put 10 widgeons on the table. As the season draws to and end plans for the next season are being made. Fishing, followed by some turkey hunting, followed by some fishing?

Tonto Friday 1/13/12

Still not sure where I want to go with the Friday night posts? I want to let you know what caught my eye on the internet this week and then share it with you. So like last week here is another trailer for some duck hunting.

We are half way through the month of January, next Friday is the 20th. That is the last day to put in for the elk draw in AZ, and then have Fish and Game follow up if there are mistakes on your application. Final deadline for draw is February 14th. If you haven’t thought about hunting elk in AZ, check this video by Darr Colburn of a public land bull.

Tonto Friday Likes

I thought I would change up some of the things on my blog for this year so I'm bringing some of the stories and videos that I like from the Internet each week. This week I found the official trailer to Habitat Flats Fuel the Fire. Now I will have to purchase the full length DVD. Enjoy.

Purchase here: Habitat Flats Fuel the Fire