Life hasn’t been all work and no play these past few weeks, but there sure hasn’t been time on and in the water.
Moving isn’t fun, and moving during the high season in Montana is even less fun.
That said, the team is now more or less settled in Austin and San Antonio, and busy integrating into daily routines of working our various day jobs and exploring the neighborhood.
Jake met up yesterday with Jess from Fire Girl Photography and managed to spend a bit of time on the Blanco River just below its confluence with the San Marcos River. While it’s true that many of the ‘rivers’ in Texas are more like muddy creeks that don’t cover the tops of your wading shoes, there are a few gems down here that deserve some attention. Jess snapped a few nice pics of the outing.
The Firehole they’re not, but on those days when the run to the coast is just a bit too far to manage, sometimes going out and playing tag with the bluegills is simply a great way to spend the day.
We’ve been back and forth to Montana twice in the past two months; given that the summer doldrums have more or less captured the north country, we’re working on several projects down south. Tarpon are back along the south Texas coast (in good numbers as far north as the Port Aransas jetties) and we’re trying to get our arms around a fly fisherman’s perspective of the GOM oil disaster.
We’ll be back shooting a fly fishing feature in Montana in September that should be ready for the winter film tour circuit.
Back to the coast this coming weekend for another try at the Tarpon and whatever else the coast might offer…..
