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Steve, I didn't have much fun just trying to buy an online, non-resident NY fishing license the other day. Guess I'll hit up the White Creek town clerk's office for my non-resident hunting license....my blood pressure likely would not tolerate an online episode. Of course, in past years, when...

NDR, except for bronze mallard wings! This is the largest framing I've done to date, using a new -to - me method of mounting flies:

Did up some shadow boxes for a Miramichi Salmon Assoc. online auction: Even did one for our camp (if the border ever opens again) of the "poster" that the Atlantic Salmon Fly International folks did for each tyer for that even a couple years ago: I really enjoy taking rough...

these were my kennels up on the Tug Hill Plateau. I had 3 setters at the time. Each run had an inside run, with heated water buckets and insulated houses that were good (snuck in and checked on the dogs one night) to at least 30 below. those were the days. Bird numbers never to be seen...

I fish for Atlantic salmon in New Brunswick, CA. I'm supposed to be building our new camp on the river there right now. Pretty non-essential to anyone but me, but I totally understand and buy into social distance/border closure. Gary

Thanks to the generosity of friends like Steve Sanford and Jamie Woods, an old fly tyer like myself rarely runs out of duck feathers. Staying home these days means I have the time to organize feathers and tie flies. A guy can go through thousands of feathers to find the right candidates for...

I love my 12" Milwaukee compound slider, but i do wish it had a laser beam. I've had nothing but Milwaukee battery drills since the 12v days, and they've never failed me. My portable table saw is Bosch, and it's great. Routers are all Porter Cable, and all good. Jig saw is Bosch, Sanders...

Some of you might enjoy and/or have experienced this kind of work/fun...my latest blog post: https://theriverscourse.blogspot.com/2018/11/late-fall-fun-in-new-brunswick.html Gary

I wouldn't be without a cap on my F-150. I am on my 8th or 9th F-150, and they've all had caps. I had one with a 6' bed; I got rid of it within a couple months. I haul way too much 8' stuff to deal with the open tailgate. Also, I make a lot of 1200 mile roundtrips to Canada - wouldn't like...

Not totally waterfowl hunting related, but if you fly fish, or have an interest in the uses of feathers, you might enjoy my latest blog post: http://theriverscourse.blogspot.com/2018/08/flies-of-featherflocked-together.html Gary

Many moons ago I moved to SC in a promotion with the Nat. Wild Turkey Fed. We found a lovely 20 acre parcel with 3 acres of pond below the house site. Cut forward a few years...house is built, nice sloping lawn in between house and down to the pond...and almost daily visits by what I began...

You are right, George, I can find anything I need quickly! My tying bench is kind of like my office desk back in my working days (I was executive director of the American Museum of Fly Fishing when I quit the rat race); people would just shake their heads when they saw it, but if they asked for...

I feel of a bit of kinship with George, bench status-wise, even though mine is a fly tyer's bench: Gary

So you think you've got a big scarf joint? Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKm460QWupM I've started watching the whole series...talk about a shop to die for!! Gary

Got the message, Paul, many thanks! Gary

Kevin...well, the more the merrier! Thanks, Gary

Macallan looks (and obviously acts) like a swell guy...you're lucky to have each other! Gary

Jeff - no, that feather is actually a black crest feather from a silver pheasant, tied in to sweep across the wing. Gary

I will have to look into superflukes! There is an out-of-control (in everyone's opinion except the Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans) striper population literally exploding on the Northwest Miramichi River in New Brunswick. Most folks are using deceiver-style flies there. It is not uncommon at...

LOL, don't know what a zoom superfluke is, but I do know the flies in the photo do work real good! Gary