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You can only get them through us at FFO so contact me if you’re interested.

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We’re excited to be featured in an online publication coming out VERY SOON!  Check back to see where!

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NBD to the rescue!  We are proud to have Karl Kirbus on board to meet your needs.  I’ve worked with Karl for years and he is one of the best tiers around.  From spinning killer bass bugs, traditional steelie flies, or just some wacked out Zebra Midges let Karl dial you in!

• Email us a photo or description of the pattern
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* Custom Tied mouse pattern for John Jenkin’s Kamchatka trip

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We’re now producing lanyards as well as custom rod tubes for all your fishing adventures!  Check em out on www.natureboydesigns.com!

We’re also taking pre-orders for our new “California Native” short sleeve shirts!

Started to day about an hour away from the coast.  We set up our chum slick and immediately started our hunt for Mako Sharks.  Within an hour, we had our first little guy next to the boat.   Lou let me go first and within a few shots, I had my first shark on the line.  The fish was only about 40 lbs, but he had my rod bent and my body was getting a nice little warm up.  He took a couple long runs and we got a nice little aerial show before I got the fish back to the boat.

Lou ended up hooking into two nice sharks as well before we ended the day with the fattest of them all.  I got to fish a giant beast of a fish and probably had one of the most incredible fights I have ever had on a fly rod.

Hope you enjoy some of the pics from the trip.  We only got a couple pics with the shark, but you get the idea from my bent rod.

I didn’t really know too much about the snakehead fish before my trip…besides the fact that they’re terrorizing some fisheries back in the States after being introduces illegally several years ago.  If you don’t know about this fish…you should cause they are freaky!

I also knew the fish eat almost every living thing that shares the water with them…so I figured some topwater action was in store.  Got my Diesel 8WT ready with my sick Galvan T-8, and put on my trustworthy frog pattern.  Oh yeah.  Within minutes I was getting strikes on the fly, but the fish were SUPER quick and there was absolutely no chance to set the hook!  Considering that bass fishing is one of my absolute favorite methods of fly fishing…I was really shocked at the speed and viciousness these fish would try to take the fly.  I quickly learned though that these things are aggresive and will usually just bump the fly the first time around…but with an accurate cast right back into the zone, the fish will take the fly the second or third time it’s presented.

After 4 or 5 strikes, I landed my first snakehead on a crease fly pattern that my boy George Revel tied…when he was like 16.  I had three of these flies and seemed like the fish were only really interested in this pattern.  Frogs, shads, pole dancers….all of them received attention from the fish, but the crease fly is what really made them feisty.

It was an absolute trip fly fishing for snakehead in Southeast Asia with gorgeous scenery and surroundings all day.

Here are a few pics of my day…please enjoy!