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Im excited to bring todays show to you. I had a lot of fun talking to him and he brings a lot of humor to a traditionaly dry sport. Todays guest was referred to us by you, one of our listeners. We have Ian Colin James.

Ian caught his first fish on a fly when he was 6 years old on the River
Clyde in Scotland. In 1990 he was certified as an instructor by Peter
Anderson - former World Fly Casting Champion - on the River Spey in
Scotland. In 1995, Ian joined the Canadian Fly Fishing Team at the 15th
World Fly Fishing Championships in Galway, Ireland. That same year at
the Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships on Loch Leven, Scotland, a
fly he created, called the Dunkeld Dabbler, took the largest fish of
the event for his team mate Tom Murray.

Across North America, he is also known as "The Carpfather" - the man
who made fly fishing for carp popular on this side of the Atlantic. He
has written about his piscatorial pursuits in the best-selling book
Fumbling with a Flyrod (Harpercollins, 2000).

Visit Ian at: www.ianjames.info and make sure you read the "Ask Ian"
pages and the "Conservation Corner."

Fly of the Week
The Klinkhammer. As Ian mentions in the interview, tie them big. Size 8.

Recipe:
Hook: 8-16 Curved scud/nymph hook
Tying thread: Black
Abdomen: Dubbing to match the natural.
Wing: Poly yarn white
Thorax: Peacock hearl
Hackle: grizzly or brown Parachute hackle


Also, for those who are interested in the Muncher Nymph. Check out his site here and help yourself to a dozen munchers. Click on the "The Official Muncher Nymph Page." about half way down the page.

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We're back from the holiday break. Thanks for waiting. A lot of you have been asking about having some bamboo rod builders on the show and today we have probably the most well known bamboo rod builder. Glenn Bracket is with us today.

Glenn Talks about the recent changes with his position as master rod builder with R.L. Winston. He also talks about bamboo vs. graphite and if you're interest in learning how to build a rod Glenn gives us some good info on where to go to get started. Including his email. He is open and willing to hear from our listeners. You can reach him at glencris@bresnan.net.


I had a great time talking to Glenn. I am certainly interested in getting my hands on a bamboo rod. I love the idea that it will last through generations of fly fisherman in my family.

In interest of time we skipped the fly of the week this week, but look for next weeks episode. We have Ian Colin James from Ontario Canada.