Amanda on cover of "Fly Fisherman" magazine [Archive]

venture

02-08-2008, 09:32 AM

Flyvice,

I stand then corrected. I'm not disappointed in fact the contrary. I don't follow the exploits of either women, yet respect them both for their passions. Seemed like the one of the pictures on "Capt" Amanda's noreast post looked like the other Amanda as well as the post being written in the spirited passion that I have seen from Amanda, the fly fishing guide on the Montauk Guide TV show . So now I know. Their are two women with even the same name loving our sport. That even makes me happier.

PhilDKreal

02-08-2008, 08:16 PM

What a beauty!

Amanda looks pretty good too! --125-3

Seriously Jimbo: Great job.

Think spring!

Flyfoto

02-12-2008, 11:37 PM

Thanks for the nice comments guys. I wish I had a few more subjects like Amanda to work with. For those of you who don't know she got married and had a baby this past year so you will not be feasting your eyes on her as much as you did in the past.

Jim Levison
PS I redid my website last year. If you need a fix before the season begins take a look at http://jimlevisonphoto.com

venture

02-13-2008, 02:50 PM

Nice fix! Great Site. Great work! Thanks!

I see that one of your clients is Roxton Bailey Robinson. I was wondering if you ever got the chance to be hired for a location shoot by this outfit? I know them very well, and have fished several top Russian Rivers through them. On one occasion on the Pana and Varzuga Rivers, which is also one of their destinations held exclusively, they hired a professional photographer/fisherman from the states to do some shooting of their camp and river system. He got two weeks there for free and fished and shot pictures along with the rest of the clients. I shared my beat with him. Very nice guy and good salmon fisherman. Wonder if they still do that kind of thing and hire photographers to shoot their destinations. Their publications are truly top shelf. They lost the famed Kharlovka to Peter Powers from Denmark but they still have great turf world wide.

Flyfoto

02-13-2008, 03:33 PM

Yes, I was sent to Russia by them but the guy you met was not me. I was only there a week. I did not fish much, I can not throw a spey rod very well. Did use a 9 foot rod on the Indela (tributary of the Pana) and that was great. I went back to England and did some photo work for them on the chalkstreams and wound up have a photo essay published in Grey's Sporting Journal on the chalkstreams.

AndyF

02-13-2008, 04:06 PM

I should point out that I got a HUGE blowup of Jim's awesome closeup bass shot and have it hanging in my living room. It is unreal. Jim did a fantastic job getting it printed and mounted. If anyone wants to see it shoot me a PM with your email (although the picture of it doesn't do it justice). Or better yet, maybe I'll host another R-T get-together at some point and we can all have a few cocktails under a seven-foot blowup bass blitz.

Flyfoto

02-14-2008, 07:41 PM

Andy, you should be my agent! Party sounds good

jrzfly

03-03-2008, 03:03 PM

This has nothing to do with the subject, but does Amanda have a boyfriend? Would you want a girlfriend or wife that fishes full time or do you like your fishing time to get u away from relationships?

Is it warm yet (#$119)

Perch

03-04-2008, 11:59 AM

Amanda is happily married with a baby boy. She’ll still guide a little, but obviously not as much. I’m gonna miss seeing her out there. Dixon, her mentor, told her that she would never be taken seriously by her clients if she wasn’t a better angler than any of them. Well, she took that good advice seriously and quickly surpassed them all. As for putting her clients on fish, she’s at least as good as any male guide, and I esp. appreciate her advocacy of sea life.

venture

03-04-2008, 01:23 PM

Nice to get off the topic a bit JRZFLY! Good questions to ask. I take it that you are a young man....that is not as old as I. You asked two questions. I would like to answer them coming from an experienced perspective. I have found through experience that the best relationships are when two people have much in common, especially their interests. This creates an even better relationship.

Yup, many men and women will tell you that they take separate vacations and that it is healthy. Well there is a point where they actually use that as an excuse to get away from each other and be with people who they have much in common with....so they can relate and have fun. I used to think that way too. So did my accountant, and my lawyer. We all got divorced eventually....some sooner than others. So much for separate vacations.

And now I can say I am married to someone who enjoys much of what I enjoy. I also make it a point to try to enjoy some of the things she likes. It keeps us very close. We talk all the time. She does not like fishing that much but loves the outdoors and comes with me almost everywhere I go. If I fish, she does something else, but is right there when I return. And we share the experiences of the day.

So dont kid yourself. Those separate vacations, and "wanting to get away from a relationship" as you say almost always leads to bad things.... Take it from one who knows all too well.......

Howie

jrzfly

03-06-2008, 01:05 PM

Howie,

I'm 31 and going thru a divorce. Me and the ex were completely opposite. She never stepped on my boat once. We eventually grew appart, opposites attract short term I guess.

Congradulations to Amanda and her family for the new born!

MarkZ

03-06-2008, 07:22 PM

The wifey and I are pretty much complete opposites and we get along great. She has been out on the boat w/ my daughter on rare occasion and that's fine by me as I enjoy fishing alone. My therapeutic solitude probably won't last much longer as my daughter takes after dad and has a keen interest in the outdoors which I'm really looking forward to sharing with her.
You can't always generalize about relationships, as they often have their own nuances.

filmfly

03-08-2008, 02:38 PM

To open the discussion about relationships and fishing is really going to light a fuse! That's OK though.

For my 50th birthday my wife (at the time) gave me a three day fly fishing lesson at Orvis in Cape Cod. We had been going there for our annual summer vacation for a few years. It was a gift that changed my life.

After that summer my Mom died and then came 9/11. I came to rely on fishing as a therapeutic and retrospective activity. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed watching the sunrise at Breezy Point. I found it comforting. It also helped me focus and come to terms with a lot of things, my business, my age... you all know what I am talking about.

Now it had nothing to do with fishing, at least I don't think so, but I lost track of my relationship with my wife. I needed to include her. So in the end she was left wondering why I would much prefer to tie flys than watch a movie.

It's been over six months since our divorce and things are fine. I'm pretty lonely, but that will change with the spring run!. Also I have a ten year old son who both my ex and I adore. (and yes he loves fishing!)

If you are into reading pick up "Fly Fishing Through a Midlife Crisis" by Howell Raines"

Wayne

venture

03-14-2008, 07:49 AM

Hi Wayne,

Sorry to hear about your divorce Wayne. I too went through a divorce after being married for 25 years. My love for fishing never helped matters, although I cannot blame it on fishing although it never helped. Looking back on it now, I can say that many of us get married too young to really understand the purpose for being together with one person. That purpose should be to be together and grow and learn together.

Now things are much better. I met a great woman and re-married for all the right reasons. Of coarse age and experience helps define "the right reasons". We do almost everything together, whether its fishing, skiing, etc. She even takes extended Asian business trips with me and has been "the first lady" at my side during many important meetings. We both share our experiences together.

Now when it comes to fishing, I own a property and log cabin on the banks of the Matane River on the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec where I fly fish for Atlantic Salmon. Although my new wife is not interested in the fishing, she is interested in our land and our camp, and busies herself the entire summer with projects, dinners, entertaining, writing, and just enjoying the beautiful surroundings. She is often more busy that I when we are there. We spend the entire summers there.....together. This kind of kinship did not exist with my prior wife. I just went up there alone, or went to Montauk alone, etc.

I wish you luck in your new life. Remember, you may meet the woman of your dreams one day.....as I have, when you least expect it. And when you do, hopefully you both will feel comfortable to include each other in your passions...

titleguy

03-14-2008, 12:58 PM

Interesting perambulations fellows. When my now ex-wife and I got together, my fishing, hunting (which I no longer do) and skiing, were "cool". Then they became a source of constant struggle, me for me time ( self employed, only bread winner, kids, credit cards, the usual) and her for control and "her" time.

No doubt, some portion of my fishing drove her to someone else, but that was more sympton than the actual disease. Nearly three years later, I am much happier, have a tremendous relationship with my 3 kids ( which was not the case before) and I get to fish and ski plenty as well as devote more time to my kids.

When the separation began, I decided some "couch time" would be in order. Having spent many years representing people with varying degrees of mental issues, I was somewhat shocked to hear a Doctor tell me that my symptons/behaviors were very accurately described in DSM IV. As the separation became a somewhat nasty divorce, I had my therapist go to a local fishing website and look at a picture a friend had posted of me there. The picture was taken less than 24 hours before I would leave my married home, forever, and yet, I was smiling. I told the therapist- "Your job is to help me feel like that all the time." I showed the same picture to my future ex-wife and she commented, "so the only time your happy is when your holding a F&*(^%$ fish." (#$119) And there I had my answer.

"The River Why" and Jim Harrison's scribblings are likewise helpful.

And this, in moderation, :-%

Fight on boys.--126-3-

filmfly

03-14-2008, 11:57 PM

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This is the best definition of fishing I have ever heard!

I am not sure if many of you know this, but I almost drowned after being washed off the rocks at Breezy Point. It was a near death experience that I would not like to go through again. What you do not know is that when I came home that day and told my wife, the first words out of her mouth were "I want a divorce".

I went to a therapist and really it was helpful, but I stopped going after spilling my guts a few times and asking him "What do you think?" and his answer was always well. "What do YOU think?"

OK... I am thinking at $150.00 an hour I think this is bull-----.

So I said I think I can do this alone. His best advise, (probably because he knew he would not be seeing me every week for the next 50 years) was "Don't think that everything is your fault"

A word to the wise guys it's not.

Time to close this thread I think......

Wayne

titleguy

03-18-2008, 12:42 PM

Good words, Gents, very good. My mom ( also divorced for 37 years) made an interesting remark to me a couple of years back- " bird and a fish may love each other, but where would they live" ( she reads a lot of self-help books) But it is an accurate statement.

Aside from the clear cases of cruelty, abuse, infidelity, etc., irreconciable differences means it's nobody's fault and everybody's fault.

The good news is- THE FISH WILL BE HERE SOON AND WE CAN CHASE THEM IN LIEU OF THAT OTHER THING . (with full credit to Mel Brooks).

See you gents OTW.:-%

Albiemanmike

04-09-2008, 12:35 AM

Howie,
Your new wife sounds awesome and I must say congrats on finding the"Right One" finally. What is better than going away to the north woods, fishing and having the better half with you as well? Life is good in Howie Town two thumbs up to you and the wifey. My wife and I are very similar and although she rarely comes along fishing with me anymore she is still my bud and I truly miss her presence on the boat. My most enjoyable trips were when she and I were together on the boat fishing, there is nothing more rewarding in my opinion than sharing those experiences with the one you are in love with. Enough of the mushy stuff though and Congratulations to Capt. Amanda I always was in serious lust with her now some lucky dude can call her his.

venture

04-10-2008, 08:50 AM

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the nice words. Yes, life is good now that my married life is great and she helped me get back to my roots.....fly fishing for the mighty Atlantic Salmon. We are so looking forward to spending another summer on the Gaspe Pennisula in Maritime Quebec. We in fact are starting to prepare right now. We still have close to 7 feet of snow up there. As soon as our road (logging trail) can be cleared, my wife and I are going to go up and do a pre-season check.

Our camp is located 12 miles up river from the sea. The town by the sea is something out of a Europian story book......with French Bistros right on the shores. My wife speaks fluent French, while I can just get by. We have moose, bear, beaver and eagles. It is heaven on earth.

And those Atlantic Salmon are one of the best game fish I have ever hunted. They are one of the toughest quarries. You must be an accomplished caster, but more so you must with deliver the fly and handle your "swing" with great accuracy. And when you hook up....its like hooking a tarpon in a trout stream. They run like the dickens and leap like a marlin and crash back into the river with a sound like someone through a desk into the water.

I enclosed a picture of me back in 1974 with a 28 pound fish taken on dry fly. I also enclosed a pic of a 30 pound fish that I recently took on a wet during my reunion with this sport. Many fly anglers never get the chance to fish this quarry, but let me tell you. Once you fish them, you are hooked for life.

Howie

Sedotti

04-10-2008, 02:58 PM

Hey Wayne,

Look into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and (or) perhaps someone who uses that. Perhaps it will be good for what you went through. Maybe yes, maybe no. I'm not sure, but have a gander.

Also pick up a book on Silva Mind Control by Jose Silva. There are a few related books out on this nowadays. It will help your fishing too. Years ago, after reading this, I started to psychiclly locate fish (I'm not kidding) and it's probably the primary reason why I can cast so far.

Mark

venture

04-10-2008, 03:55 PM

Wayne,

Another book you may want to get your hands on is called Iron John by Robert Blye. The book turned my life around. It is a great read, and will explain that we as men were never mentored ever since the agrarian society changed to an industrial society.

The book parallels the Grim Brothers mid evil fairy tail of Iron John. There is one chapter on love and will clearly show how we never really understood what love is nor what it takes to have a great union between man and woman. To this day I remember the exact quote that he poetically stated.

He said that the King and the Queen of the Heavens are bound together by Honor. Honor, he goes on to explain consists of Admiration, Respect, and thus Trust.

If any of those components are missing you are doomed to have a failing relationship. And what did we know back when we were young. We were after sex, companionship and a good time. Like a new car, these things fade. But Admiration never fades, and it is the only thing that binds our respect and then trust. You can never trust anyone whom you do not admire nor dully respect... And when I read that...... I knew what exactly was wrong with my marrage..... Iron John....... Get the Book! It will put you back on the path to yourself......

filmfly

04-10-2008, 07:59 PM

I am really not much of a reader, sad to say. but the books you guys have suggested sound great. I will definitely buy them! Thanks.

So anyone going out this weekend? I mean fishing of course!

I now live in Irvington, NY and they are catching 15-20 pounders off the shore with blood-worms.

Wayne

brushfly

04-11-2008, 10:14 AM

Wayne,

Thanks for bringing this one back to FISHING! I've edited it failing to remember it started off with a fairly hot picture of Amanda.

All that mushiness, as nice as it is to hear, got me thinking Dr.Phil might take over as moderator. :(

Sat. looks wet, most likely will scrape and paint her down on Sunday. Prep work on an old boat keeps my line dry until May sorry to say......

Tight lines boys...go git 'em, bring back the better half some flowers upon your return home.

Bob

venture

04-11-2008, 11:50 AM

Bob,

Did not know you were such a purist :)) Hey, when sitting around the fire on a cold and dreary day, pre-season, what else is there to talk about besides bragging about yesteryears fish. I assume nothing is happening in the Bay or the Harbor yet. Have you been out?

brushfly

04-11-2008, 02:35 PM

LOL.

Don't mind the yesteryear photos, have any from your early MV days? It was all that relationship stuff that was putting me to sleep as nothing else was on the boards. Only kidding glad to see you are happy and found one to share the joys in life.

Speaking of MV, booked a week starting 7/10 with a house a short walk to Katama Bay. It's in the Clevelandtown section of Edg. in a beach association with there own dock. (Hopefully lit at night + moving water :)
It will be the earliest I've ever been, last time I was there mid-July did good on bass in the ponds and drains.

Haven't wet a line yet, heard of Schoolies on worms in N'port harbor. Hoping to splash down first week in May. Until then it's boat prep.

Here's one of me fishing the surf along Culloden Shores around '75. Mostly for fluke, flatties and snappers. The house under the arrow was my Dad's friend who tried to talk him into buying a plot on Soundview. He passed on the deal and the rest is history. Horror to think what it would be worth now.

venture

04-11-2008, 09:29 PM

You are a lucky man Bob in relation to relationships. For some of us who have been through or going through some tough stuff, it is paramount to our well being. I am glad to offer help to any who are suffering from these types of situations as I know how gut wrenching radical mid life changes can be. All I can say after my experience is that there can be a very bright light in their futures if they take the time to explore true reality. Enough said....but again, you are a lucky man as if it bores you, then you are unscathed.

Regarding Martha's Vineyard, July 10 is a great time to be on the Vineyard. Lobsterville and Dogfish Bar should still be good for taking bass at night on fly as the spring run doesn't die down until later on in July. Also Cape Poque which is nearer to where you are staying should also be good but you must have 4 wheel drive and a beach permit. That whole beach starting with Wasque rip all the way out to the end should be good both inside and outside. I've clobbered some big blues in the past on the inside....that is in the pond. In the mornings you can often see them finning just below the surface. So you should be in good shape.

As far as old pics of the Vineyard....I have tons of them including some old articles written about me by Jack Koontz of the Vineyard Gazette. All those pics are in old photo albums. I also used to fish Squibnocket all the way through Zacks Cliffs with both fly and Plugs. I will try to dig some up including a pic of me on the cover of Saltwater Sportsman (Sept "86). I was tied into a nice bass in the high south shore surf. Pic was taken by Kib Bramhall an old friend of mine who was a member of the Squibnocket Association which gave us private vehicle access on the sand beaches between Squibby and Zacks cliffs. If I have time over the weekend I'll root some up and post them...

MarkZ

04-11-2008, 10:32 PM

Please god, bring the bass. I can't take it anymore.(#$119)

venture

04-12-2008, 08:20 AM

Hi Bob,

You requested it...Just Sharin.....not Braggin. Here are some oldies but goodies from my photo album. Many are from when I lived on Marthas Vineyard back in the 70s and 80s. Its a good time of the year to share some nice pics to wet our appetites for the comin season...

#1 Pic - 1977 - A stringer of Bones caught of Menemsha beach on the Vineyard . It was the last time we kept them......as in those days we sold the fish to Pooles Market. He only gave us 10 cents a pound......so that killed it for us. Notice the old fiberglass fly rods and Plueger reels.......not to mention the tie die shirt I am wearing...what a hoot.

#2 Pic - 1977 - My friend Paul Sharp with a pair of Forty's caught on fly at night off Squibnocket Association water (high south shore surf)

#3 Pic - 1977 - Same Striper Blitz - Friend Kenny Vanderlaske with a 45 pound bass on fly.... The fish were brutal that night.

#4 Pic - 2007 - MY NEW WIFE - Salmon fishing with me last year. Had to throw this one as she is the reason I participated in this post.

#5 Pic - 1993 - Fishing the North Coast of the Kola Peninsula in Russia on an exploratory trip funded by the Russian Government to access their resource.

#6 Pic - 1980 - Striper Blitz at Squibnocket Beach...Marthas Vineyard. All fish were caught on Big White Atom Plugs.

#7 - 1980 - Pic - 18 pound Blue on fly off the beach at Lobsterville during a famous blitz that lasted 2 weeks. Several world records were taken that year. Fish up to 25 pounds were taken regularly from that beach. Salt Water Sportsman also published this picture......taken by Kib Bramhall.

#8 - 1997 Collaring a few Giants off the Venture ...... We caught 21 giants that year off Nantucket and then headed for North Carolina for more.

#9 - 1998 Nice yellow comin over the side.

Have many more if you'd like to see.....
Can't fit the Salt Water Sportsman covers as they do not conform with the size format......

Hope others will share their old pics...... Nice thing to do as the season quickly approaches.......

Howie

venture

04-12-2008, 08:51 AM

OK....Figured out how to reformat to fit....

#1 Pic - circa 1986 - Salt Water Sportman Cover..... I'm hooked into a 35 pound bass from the beach off Squibnocket Associate water.....south side of the Vineyard...Pic taken by my friend Kib Bramhall who was one of the editors of the Mag back in those days.

#2 Pic - circa 1980 - Salt Water Sportsman Article about the Big Blue Fish Blitz of the 1980 where many records were taken. You would hook up every ten casts.....for two weeks straight. Fish were feeding on wounded sand eels that were being crushed by smaller blues on outgoing tide off the Menemsha Jetties. The wounded ones then drifted west down Lobsterville beach where giant blues took up "feeding lanes" as trout often do. Slow retrieves would raise the big ones and they would gently sip them and BANG...... Hold on man, because between the size and the current, you were well into your backing immediately. The pic here is of my friend Ron Hall.....as I am casting in the background.

#3 - 1980 - Article written in the Vineyard Gazette. At that time, no one had heard of catching albies on fly rod. The fish were taken near Cape Pogue on the Vineyard.

#4 - 1997 - My Friend Ben fishing with me on the Venture....hooked up to a nice Blue Fin Tuna on fly rod. We chummed up many fish into our slick that day and through deceivers. Great action that day as I recall we landed at least a half dozen fish all around the 60 - 70 pound mark.

#5 - 1997 - A really nice Bull Mahi taken on fly by friend Ron Hall on the Venture. Fish made spectacular leaps.....and pound for pound is one of the best fighting fish off Montauk.

Hope we can add some new pics this year......as the season is right around the bend.....

Howie

MarkZ

04-12-2008, 05:47 PM

Despite the mostly nauseum inducing pontifications those are some wonderful vintage photos. Very large Stripers and gorgeous Atlantic Salmon on the fly! Cheers.:-%

filmfly

04-14-2008, 12:11 AM

Women? Who cares about women when there are FISH!

Went to Turtle Cove off City Island and caught the first two hours of the outgoing tide. As the tide drops there is a large rock that you can wade to. Tossed a three inch white deceiver. I lost count at ten. Most were small 15 to 20 inches, the largest was 23.

It's an interesting place to fish, really trashy but interesting. Kind of like the old Times Square.

In the backside, by what used to be Pelham Bay, is the "lagoon" I tried there Sunday with no luck, but there were reports of bunker in that area.

Wayne

brushfly

04-14-2008, 01:05 PM

Howie,

Thank you, thank you.

Those are some awesome pictures and I'm glad you shared them. I've only read about the great blitz of 1980. Truly appreciated. I also appreciate your insight to relationships and hope my jest was not taken the wrong way.

I won't have an oversand but usually hit the gut on the Chappy side and then check out the East Beach/ Wasque area as well.

venture

04-14-2008, 01:23 PM

Hey Bob,

DONT FORGET ABOUT LOBSTERVILLE ON THE NIGHT TIME TIDE! IT SHOULD STILL BE PRODUCTIVE THERE ALL THE WAY FROM DOGFISH BAR (WEST) TO THE MENEMSHA JETTIES (EAST).

P.S. - Kenny Vanderlaske's. a friend from Long Island with his 60 pound 5 oz bass caught at Squibnocket Circa the fall of 1979. Notice the big white atom swimmer. That plug was the big ticket back then in the surf. The fish is mounted and presently hangs in the den at #9 Lobsterville road......in Lobsterville.

Perch

04-14-2008, 02:15 PM

Beautiful fish, Venture. But a hen mahi, no?

jrzfly

04-14-2008, 03:13 PM

Howie,

Great pictures, amazing!!! I was a year old in pic #1 to #3

Sorry I started the mooshy talk on relationships, but its good to let feelings out amongst our people here. Specially when there's no stress outlet during the off season. Hope is around the corner, Bunker is stacked up in the Raritan bay here and just waiting for the first wave up blues to come in then stripers.--127-3- Then Divorce will be just another thing to put away on the shelf.

venture

04-14-2008, 04:18 PM

JRZFLY, I am glad you enjoyed the "pics of the past". Sometimes you younger guys think you invented things.....just as when I was young.....I thought I invented things. But there was usually someone way before us doing the same things.

And no need to apologize for speaking about your marital hardships. Those hardships also have been lived by many an ancestor. One thing that you should know is that ending a bad marriage is not a loss but truly a gain. I'll give you 2 more tips.

#1 - When it comes down to splitting hairs or the last dollars during the divorce, give it to her. It will save you "millions" worth of grief.

#2 - During most divorces we always think of what we are going to loose, rather than thinking of what we will gain. Take it from me, you will gain much happiness in your next life because you will not make the same mistakes and you are a better man for what you have learned.

By the way, these two tips are not original. I was told this by several guys who went to the slaughter house before me. Now I am a believer.

Good luck with the new season...... I think the fishing for you this year will be awesome.

Howie

fmw

04-14-2008, 05:58 PM

Great pictures of a lifetime of fishing. If I get a few like that I'll be happy.

Its also nice to see that back in the 70s and 80s people didn't see the need to stick the fly rod in their mouth.

MarkZ

04-14-2008, 06:04 PM

Its also nice to see that back in the 70s and 80s people didn't see the need to stick the fly rod in their mouth.

Agreed!! --125-3

venture

04-15-2008, 06:56 AM

Very interesting observation and humorous observation. Things have truly changed over the years.

Another change is that when we first started to hit the bonitos and albies off the beaches of the Vineyard, they would take any fly you tossed at them. I remember days when I would work my box down to the last few flies and wind up tying a big muddler on and getting fish. Now, if you don't match the hatch with epoxy flies etc, you don't even get a look.

This is the truth! Big white deceivers, big blonds and even the 4 inch muddlers worked well. Maybe the bait changed. I always chalked it up to the fact that so much pressure is on those fish.....but I really doubt the latter reason made any sense.

SteepBank

04-15-2008, 01:31 PM

Venture, thanks for those pics and perspective...I dont normally post on this board (NY/New Jersey) ... but this one of the best threads I have seen on a fishing board for awhile..cant imagine having 'best of' days like the ones I've seen you post here...thanks for that

PhilDKreal

04-15-2008, 05:10 PM

Venture:

Thanks for sharing brother!!

Really enjoyed those and would not mind seeing more.

Could you have the makings of a book?

brushfly

04-16-2008, 12:10 PM

Venture:

Thanks for sharing brother!!

Really enjoyed those and would not mind seeing more.

Could you have the makings of a book?

And I know just who can do the art for a wonderful cover...hint hint...

venture

04-16-2008, 02:04 PM

WOW Bob,

Didn't know you painted that! Truly a work of art. If I ever write a book, it may include some fishing. Perhaps the fishing stories may be included in the chapter titled "Test of a True Partnership" or the "Path to Divorce" (#$119)

venture

04-20-2008, 10:54 AM

A complete surprise. The latest posts of some oldies but goodies re-united me with a few of my old buddies from the past who took part in many of those photographs. One was Kenny Vanderlaske, who was pictured carrying that 60# bass, and the other was Kib Bramhall, who took the many shots that either wound up as articles or covers on SWS mag.

The internet is a great tool. I just received an email from a Kib who I have not spoken with in years. He just sent me a copy of a cover pic that was published in an issue that contained an article about his historic fishing days on the Vineyard. It a recent publication yet the picture was taken in the mid 80s. I never saw this picture until yesterday. The best part was to touch base with an old friend.

Kib Bramhall is one of Martha's Vineyards best fly fisherman. One of his famous catches was a 42# bass on fly wading solo on the bars and flats of the Cape Poque during the MV Derby back in the early 80s. Needless to say, he took first prise. Besides being an accomplished and very collected artist, he pioneered the golden age of surf casting (post war) on the Cape and the Islands fishing with Frank Woolner, Hal Lyman, and Stan Gibbs. This was when the beach buggies were converted Woodies or Willis Jeeps. Tackle consisted of calcuta cane rods, dacron lines, conventional penn squidders, tin squids and huge wooden swimming plugs....slightly before my time. Kib moved to the Vineyard a long time ago and went on to pioneer Salt Water Fly fishing in the north east. He can still be seen in the thick of the action on the Vineyard if you are lucky enough to be in the right spot.

Northfork

04-30-2008, 11:17 PM

Howie,
Nice pictures and nice history to go with them. I, for one, would be interested in hearing more of them.

jrzfly

08-21-2011, 12:47 AM

wow, hey guys. Just looking back on some old posts. Hope everyone is in good health and is ready for hardtails and bones. I'm remarried with 2 boys, funny how things work out (u will understand if you look at the old posts on this original thread). Sold the boat when the new wife was pregnant with the first 2 1/2 yrs ago. She misses fishing as much as I do. Can't wait to get my boys on the water.

Just retrurned from a nice 7 days trip in Stonington, CT. Our first getaway after Irish twins. Got out on the Kayak every morning. Lots of small blues and one schoolie striper

Man, those old pics will never get old. Timeless, Just how I pictured it back then.