Posted on January 04 2014
With a day to kill before the Fly Fishing Show started this weekend, I was able to meet up with Ivan Orsic and Russell Schnitzer of The Fly Collective and hiked into Cheesman Canyon for a day of fly fishing together. We had a really excellent time even if the trout were turned off on our midge patterns. Russell caught one and Ivan and I both pricked a few. All and all a good day and a decent hike to go with it. Let's just say that 6,500 feet feels a lot different than home.
I had a chance to work out the Swift Fly Fishing Epic 480 and I am completely impressed with the taper of this fly rod. Both Ivan and Russell, who I may be slowly winning over on glass, both couldn't believe what a smooth casting and accurate fly rod this was. The 480 is a contender as my favorite Epic blank along with the 686.
To see more of Ivan and Russell's work apart and together check out the following websites...
YUKON GOES FISHING
SCHNITZERPHOTO
THE FLY COLLECTIVE
It's kind of cool to go fly fishing with a legit photographer since at the end of the day it's his camera that you want images from and certainly not my own. Thanks Russell for letting me share your work in this post.
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I had a chance to work out the Swift Fly Fishing Epic 480 and I am completely impressed with the taper of this fly rod. Both Ivan and Russell, who I may be slowly winning over on glass, both couldn't believe what a smooth casting and accurate fly rod this was. The 480 is a contender as my favorite Epic blank along with the 686.
To see more of Ivan and Russell's work apart and together check out the following websites...
YUKON GOES FISHING
SCHNITZERPHOTO
THE FLY COLLECTIVE
It's kind of cool to go fly fishing with a legit photographer since at the end of the day it's his camera that you want images from and certainly not my own. Thanks Russell for letting me share your work in this post.
