Sometimes, on rare, special occasions, the photographer gets to fish. And it’s a wonderful thing.
Last week in Belize I got to sneak out from behind the camera.
Image: courtesy of Robert Wells.
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Talking Photography, Fishing, and Travel With South Africa’s “The Mission” Magazine
I had a great deal of fun chatting with Tudor Caradoc-Davies, the editor of South Africa’s “The Mission” Magazine, a few months ago. It was a cold, snowy morning in Missoula and I’d just gotten back in from swimming early morning laps. Tudor, on a warm South African evening, was preparing to go do the same after our conversation… outside, in the sun.
One of the most interesting ironies of the fly-fishing realm is that fishing, really, is a thread that connects people who otherwise would likely never have met. Tudor and I first met in a hotel bar at the IFTD Show, and now have reconnected several years later. It’s always a great pleasure to chat with another writer, and we had fun chatting thanks to the world wide web.
The article was just published, and huge thanks to Tudor and his team for making my mishmash of a life seem like an interesting tale. Give it a read here, starting on page 68, and enjoy a few pictures from around the globe to go along with the tale.
In other news, I’m currently sitting on the deck of the Delta Sky Club in the Salt Lake City Airport, on my way back to Belize to work as a fill-in Fishing Director at El Pescador Lodge for a few weeks. I’ll hopefully be sneaking in some photography and fishing time, so stay tuned on social media for updates!
Orvis Hunt Catalog Cover
I’ve always had a love / hate relationship with making images in the dark. Nighttime shooting requires full concentration and not a little bit of creativity, usually while navigating some random outdoor setting. In this case, shooting winter waterfowl hunting in Pennsylvania, it involved hiking through marshy swamps in the cold pre-dawn hours to set out decoys and wait for the dawn to break and—hopefully—bring in the ducks.
This image was shot as b-roll during an assignment for onX Hunt photographing / writing about goose hunting in the Northeast, and I’m really pleased to see it make the cover of an Orvis catalog. Just goes to show that frozen fingers are usually worth the trouble!
Talking Women’s Waders on Gear Junkie
Had fun writing up this short review feature for Gear Junkie on the latest and greatest in women’s waders. I’ve been writing about ladies’ fly-fishing gear for more than a decade now, and have watched the scene grow and evolve… excited to see what the next ten years of gear advancement will bring!
Thanks to the team at Gear Junkie, as always, for letting me sneak in a few words and images.