Tag: flourish

Childhood

My name is Annarose Yvon and I live in the Highlands region of Maine. My family and I moved to Maine, just before I was two years old, from Connecticut. We moved because my parents wanted our family to live in an area where we could enjoy the outdoors.  I live on a small tree farm with my Mom, Dad and my younger sister, Amanda.  I am truly blessed because it is the perfect place to live when you are a person who loves the outdoors. I have had the pleasure of fishing and hunting in Maine since I

4/5/2017•Annarose Yvon

La Peche au Féminin

I started fly fishing 12 years ago because of my work at a youth center in Montreal: more exactly in Verdun, which is an underprivileged area of the city. We do all kinds of activities to help the children become more responsible, active and to help them develop a more critical mind. All activities are designed to make them think, and to give us, (the counselors) a chance to talk with them and to bolster their self-esteem. One of the activities consists of fly fishing, which my colleague Mario

4/5/2017•Joannie De Lasablonniere

Happy Camper

It is strange how big changes often present themselves in modest ways, like the first ripples on the  water before the storm or the small blue marks on a stick that indicates a major change is in the makings. Up until the encounter with the blue stripes, my biggest angst as a fly angler had been whether wind conditions and water flow would mess up the next fishing trip. Being a simple-minded fly angler, I never planned longer than the next weekend.  But, half way to work the morning of the blue

4/5/2017•Knut And Solvor Ruud Sandal

Tippet Rings

It’s been an overlooked helper for years. These tiny rings enable you to switch out tippet quickly and productively without burning through dozens of leaders in a season, because tippet rings give you a well-defined break off point.  I recommend installing them in the comfort of your favorite reading or fly tying spot where lighting is good and you can see the little buggers.   Tippet rings usually come packaged on a snap swivel for on-stream or off-stream ease. I suggest you tie onto the close

4/5/2017•Nome Buckman

My Baem'bu

For over a decade, I observed as my husband crafted the bamboo fly rods I so much love to fish. This winter I embarked on a pursuit to craft my own bamboo fly rod. Oh my goodness! I had no idea how much fun it would be and how much intricacy there was to building a bamboo fly rod. Beginning on this page and for the next few pages you will be taken on a photo essay of my bamboo rod building pursuit. And, of course, my first fishing pursuit with my new rod in hand.  I can only hope that my words

4/5/2017•Mary Ann Dozer

Zense

What The Company Says * The ground-breaking and innovative Free-Flex handle is designed on the basis of the logical   principle that a rod’s power potential is situated in the butt section of the blank. *ArcticSilver ZENSE rods use the full power potential in the rod’s lower section by letting the blank load inside a hollow handle. The Free-Flex handle allows the butt section of the blank to load with less energy – it’s simple and it works! *ArcticSilver’s Free-Flex rods represent a new catego

4/5/2017•Katka Svagrova

Hair Clips

I feel I have some explaining to do when checking out with three dozen hair clips at a time when the longest hair on my head is under an inch long.  I pipe up and explain it’s for fly tying in an attempt to relieve the perplexed and judgmental look I get.  You would think I just told the checkout clerk I’m going to commit murder with these hair clips as the perplexed face turns to shock.  It definitely makes for good entertainment. When on the road tying at shows or venues, I get numerous comme

4/5/2017•Nome Buckman

Freshette

 It’s unassumingly liberating to finally have a pee aid that allows women to pee standing up flawlessly.  This product describes itself as a 'female urinary director,’ and it does just that.  I’ve tried several different brands and have concluded that Freshette is the best all-around product of this type.   There are numerous designs on the market with many racking up only mediocre reviews.  The Freshette takes high honors with an intelligent combination of soft and stiff materials in the corre

4/5/2017•Nome Buckman

Ice Jams

This has nothing to do with that delicious freezer jam or favorite winter tune.  Ice Jams are an annual occurrence where rivers freeze over and break up during spring runoff. Large “bergs” clog bends or narrowings of rivers and can be backed up in a river for miles. With consistent water pressure flowing into these natural ice dams, eventually the power of water causes the river to elevate along with the ice chunks and push itself out of its banks if the ice jam does not break free of its own ac

4/5/2017•Nome Buckman

The Real Reel

We all want to be part of something new, something big, something important.  But when we get there, these are the things that elude us.  The big always passes us by.  The small always takes prevalence. For me, life has been filled with almost too many ups and downs.  It took me my entire lifetime to find my happy.  However, I saw it, knew it and felt it years ago.  It was the first time I went fishing as an adult. And when that fly rod was handed to me, I knew I was home.  For it wasn’t just th

4/5/2017•Allison Helen Keeble