Today's Featured Forum Photo

[Mike Barrio]

.............. and in case you didn't visit Mike's website yesterday, here is a taster from Mike Kirkpatrick - Latitude Guiding.

[Mike Barrio]

'Catman' Alex with a nice Haddo Brownie.

[Mike Barrio]

A nice photo from Markus Hoffman fishing his Barrio fly line in Sweden.

It's great to have folk sharing photos like this with me ..... Thanks Markus

[Mike Barrio]

I'm a big fan of David Miller's work ....... check out his website at David Miller Angling and Wildlife Art http://www.davidmillerart.co.uk/

[Marc Fauvet]

that's lovely !  (so's the sweater  )

[Mike Barrio]

Kev with a nice Haddo Brownie

[Mike Barrio]

Forum outing to Lintrathen in 2008

[Mike Barrio]

I remember catching Brownies along the far shore that day ..... nice

[Mike Barrio]

Haddo Rainbows

[Mike Barrio]

River Dee 2010

[Mike Barrio]

Rich ..... doing his thing in The States

[Marc Fauvet]

woop-woop ! 

[Mike Barrio]

Spiderman Sandy pontoon boat fishing at Haddo a few years ago

[Mike Barrio]

Blast from the past ...... The Tweed 1955

Shared on YouTube by British Pathé

Another interesting one ...... Fishing Rods Aka Angling (1939)

New Loch Gets Stock Of Fish (1951)

[Rob Brownfield]

It may be my imagination, but there appears to be a woman in the Kelso video that is wearing stocking foot waders.

Love the fly tying bit to, no vice. My ex wife's grandmother used to tie flies, well, specifically build the wings for salmon flies for a tackle shop in Aberdeen. I believe it was Belmont Street and upstairs above a tackle shop. Playfairs?

[Mike Thornton]

It would either be Sharpes or Browns.   Somers made rods for Playfair.

[Mike Barrio]

Cocks of Leon, Spain ....... you will probably know them as "Coq de Leon", or in Spanish "Gallos de Leon".

The handsome bird in this photo is from the farm of Tomas Gil in La Candana De Curueño.

Tomas has an excellent reputation for fly tying feathers, he is also well known as a fly fishing guide and offers quality flies, fishing accommodation and tuition.

Check out his new website http://tomasgil.com/ the website is in Spanish, but there is lots to explore and you'll get the idea.

[Simon]

that is a handsome bird

[Marc Fauvet]

and proud ! 
apart from the special quality of these feathers the best part is the feathers are harvested by careful selective plucking and not killing the bird. in the same frame of mind that you don't chop down a tree to get an apple. 

[Will Shaw]

I like your thinking Marc. I was going to ask Edinburgh Zoo if they'd let me selectively pluck their Vulturine Guinea Fowl. 

[Marc Fauvet]

good luck with that.... 

on the other hand, I've had some nice feathers from them by asking for dropped feathers, notably a few big vulture feathers that are otherwise impossible to get legally 

[Will Shaw]

Yeah last time I was there (long time ago - not keen on Zoos) I was scrutinising the cage for droppped feathers, but no joy... 

W.

[Marc Fauvet]

yup, not keen on zoos either. its just something that happens when you're handed a kid and you don't know what else to do with it... 
anyhow, the keepers tend to store dropped feathers in the back workspace (or whatever its called)

[Mike Barrio]

Olive Barrio SLX fly line ..... I like this shot

[Mike Barrio]

Hmmm, tomorrow's photo? .... decisions, decisions

I'll have a look through some of the ones that folk have sent me recently