04/20/2012 Follow Friday @RodrickHawgBrown
This week we have a special Follow Friday for you fish fans from the AirborneAngler HQ. Sun Tzu, master of warfare teaches us that, “if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War.
Well, fly angling man this week you need to open up your scope and bring Roderick Hawg-Brown in your crosshairs. He has a great blog and a neat series of posts called: Letters to the Predator. So take aim and shoot him a question. Just don’t come crying to me if he happens to crush your soul- and or fly rod for that matter, just for the sake of humoring us all.
The best thing about Roderick is that is that he ‘speaks the truth’ (signature closing line and true statement). So, if you’re bashful, sensitive, don’t think your rod can handle the bend, then this Follow Friday may not be for you. For the rest of my troopers brave enough to take a peek and see the elephant- or hawg in this case, march to the sound of the guns and give a follow.
You can follow Roderick on Twitter at @RodrickHawgBrown, and check out his site at roderickhawgbrown.com
See you on the high ground,
AirborneAngler
Previous AirborneAngler Follow Fridays
Shady Brown
Hey there fish fans. Here is some new fish art for you straight from… from, well, uh. The drawing is from me. However, because I cannot recall or site where I obtained the photo I saved on my iPad camera roll- I’ve had to take a snapshot/screen shot to use it here on the blog. So below, is a photo of my camera roll.
If you can identify where the photo is from let me know so I can give credit where credit is due. It’s truly an amazing photo and provided some motivation to get to the sketch pad. On a side note, it was an awkward two handed movement to open, shrink, rotate and press the lock screen and main buttons to get the snapshot. Pretty much all at the same time. I am kind of proud of that. So without further ado, here is Shady Brown.
So, there you have it fish heads. I hope you like it as much as I do. If not, and you think you can do better- you should. Do it. Doooooooo it.
Until then- see you on the high ground,
AirborneAngler
Brown Trout Fish Art
Originally posted on 02 March 2012 at Lines In The Dirt.
I am always impressed with the FlyArt fellow Austinite Shawn cranks out here on Lines in the Dirt. In fact, I even told him I didn’t like his talent ‘in a good way’. I get jealous, inspired, and awed all at the same time. So being inspired I’ve attempted to play with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro as he does and tried to see what I could do. But I cheated some as you can see and added a water drop overlay from my iPhone PhotoStudio app.
What I’ve come up with is my best attempt (and new phone background) at the sexy brown trout I’ve been seeing in all the Vimeo clips and pics online. Do the math on that and you’ve got it- I have yet to catch one. I’ve caught 1 Brookie and plenty of Rainbows but the Brown Trout is still on my MIA list. I am, however, only a first year angler. Accordingly, this consumes my thoughts and has manifested itself here. I hope to find myself in a chance contact fight with one for a quick catch, pic, and release someday.
Until then, I’ll see you on the high ground.
-AirborneAngler
About the AirborneAngler: You can follow this career infantryman and fly thrower on Twitter at @AirborneAngler, or read his fly fishing folly reports/freelance blogging at TexasRiverBum.com.
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