Mike Savlen Digital Art

We’ve featured some Mike Savlen’s traditional paintings here in the past, and now we’ll feature his digital illustrations. I’d love to see a few of the prints on my wall!

more via Savlen Studios

This is Fly Magazine Volume 2 Issue 2

Another awesome issue of This Is Fly is hot of the virtual press. This issue is absolutely packed with some awesome material. Enjoy!

Volume One Issue One: Sleeping In the Dirt

If you’re a fan of This is Fly and Catch Magazine, then you’ll love this. The good folks at Sleeping In The Dirt have released an awesome fishing zine featuring some incredible photos and stories. Did I mention there are zero ads?

“No Advertisement, No Sponsors, No Limits…No shit.”

Enjoy!

via Le Mouching

Catch Magazine Issue 7

Its been a good week if you looking for your fix of high quality fishing photos. The latest Catch Magazine is out and it has some of the most incredible tarpon photography you will ever see!

Reel Baja Is For Real

We’ve spent some time in the Baja, and we know just how good the fishing is, but we never tried fly fishing there. These guys definitely have…

via Moldychum

More Baja Fly Fishing at The Reel Baja.

World Record Roosterfish

I remember the first time I ever saw a roosterfish, it was just a few years ago. When you’ve seen a roosterfish, you never forget it. The defining characteristic of a rooster is their unusual dorsal fin, composed of 7 very long spines. While they feed near the surface, often all that can be seen are these spines.

The roosterfish can be found from southern California to Peru and is known for mostly as a sport fish rather than an eating fish. The current all tackle world record roosterfish is 114 pounds and was caught in La Paz, Mexico.

I think it’s pretty safe to see that the Baja offers the best chances of a new world record and it wouldn’t surprise me if the next world record was caught by a client of Fishermen’s Fleet (They already hold the record for snapper). Word on the street is, a new record has already caught, by a man named Bill Mathias (no relation to me, I think) but it was released to swim another day. Bill has been a longtime client of David’s Fishermen’s Fleet and is said to be one of the best rooster-fishermen in the world.

“It crossed my mind that maybe I ought to keep it,” Mathias said of his 124-pound all-tackle breaker. “It was an obvious world record. But, then I decided I just couldn’t. I have a fixation on those stupid fish. They have such a nice surface strike.” – Bill Mathias

A massive roosterfish, just 4 pounds shy of a world record.