Very Cool! Jeff Kennedy T-Shirt

Readers of Zen Trout (all three of you) know that Jeff Kennedy is a favorite of the Trout Buddha. Cool projects, great art work, and very thoughtful guy who has been very generous making his work accessible to he average fan. Just saw Jeff's new T-shirt design currently available from Patagonia. Jeff's Drawing Flies blog mentioned that this is his "first shirt" - I hope that means there are many more to come. Organic cotton, recycled fibers, environmentally friendly - sounds about right.

Very cool. Sitting back just waiting to see what Jeff will do next.

Watch your back cast,

Trout Buddha

5 Things...

Five things I love about fishing in the fall...

1. A river full of salmon. I know their days are numbered but there is a whole “circle of life” Lion King feel to the process.
   
2. The drive to the Sheboygan. Quality time in the car, good CDs, often company for conversation, and most of all the anticipation of a day of fishing.
   
3. Battling the elements. Deep down, steelhead and salmon fishermen love the fact that they sometimes have to shake the ice off the guides, fight some rain, and freeze their ass in the pursuit of their “biggest fish of the year”. I mean really, anyone can go out on a nice summer day - this takes some "want to".
   
4. Steelhead hopes. Swinging a streamer through a good looking hole or run - nuff said.
   
5. Playing hooky from work. Well heck, who wants to battle a weekend crowd?

Speaking of steelhead fishing, check out the nice video from livingstondaily.com on late season fishing on the Pere Marquette. Naturally the hard working Marshall Cutchin at MidCurrent beat me to the punch. In keeping with the theme, the video below is from Patagonia (2007); the Great Lakes Steelhead Chronicles. Jerry Darkes provides an overview of the developing fishery for this great fish through the eyes of local (Michigan) fly fishing guides and outfitters.

Final thought: show your colors and support a cause!

Support wild steelhead with a T-shirt purchase from Patagonia. $5.00 from every purchase goes to support wild steelhead populations as part of Patagonia's World Trout® program.