Featured in Southern Culture on the Fly Magazine. I waited patiently by the phone for the call to go, I hate to wish harm on a friend but all I wanted was a temporary illness or injury.
Murphy
Tags: Bow to the king, Holy Shit Balls it's a Silver Back....no that's just Dave with his shirt off
Last weekend Ryan, Chris and I teamed up for the 2nd time to redeem ourselves at the 4th annual Greenbrier River Float and Fly Smallmouth Tournament. Redeem ourselves we did. TEAM SCOF ended up winning the whole dam thing, and by a big margin. Our team scored around 175 inches (12 inches or bigger scores), second place was around 75. I ended up taking top spot for overall individual inches at around 90 (lost about 35 inches with 2 spit hooks) and Ryan came in a close second with 80-ish, but Ryan gets the team prize for figuring out which fly was gonna WORK. Chris, well Chris lost his MOJO. The day before the tournament we fished the New River due to clarity issues on the Green and Chris was a big fish landing son of a bitch. He hung in there though, didn’t complain and quit on us to early. Weather wasn’t the best, very little sun and some occasional hard rain. Perfect fishing weather. I would venture to say that over 3 days of fishing we caught probably 300 smallmouth and 150 rock bass with a few other species mixed in there. Dam RIGHT IT WAS A GOOD WEEKEND!!!!
Charlie Murphy
Tags: LOOK at What Daddy Caught, Mouth-Hug My Fly, Pepperoni Rolls cheese wiz and Sweet Peppers are mans best friend, Ryan stop Drinking all the Mojitos, Serenity Now Outfitters, smallmouth bass, Team S.C.O.F.
One can’t exist without the other, and this past weekend pretty much proved it. While Steve and I were down in the Low Country playing with his new Towee Boat (sweet job Todd, everybody should check these out…really slick little boat), and not catching red fish, A couple of other fellars here at SCOF were busy kicking some serious bass ass and taking names.
Traveling is always fun, espeically when there is fishing to be done. The best part about this past weekends travels was that is took me on a South Easternly journey. Stright through the heart of one the best, if not the best Wild and Wonderful trout streams on the East coast. Which happens to lie in the epicenter of Mountain Top Removal. But believe me there is probably no other stream like it on the planet. The water was a little to high and the clarity sucked. But I’ve fished it during poorer conditions by far, and by poorer conditions I mean that it will actually take years off your life.
Tags: Fly Fishing for things Fishy, Let me See your fly, My Casts are so Beautiful, Super Troopers, Trout? I see No Trout
After a much needed 14 hour sleep, life has started to once again flow though my veins. After 18 hours of driving time to and from, 2 days of targeting a River Raptor, and a loooooong night of after show debauchery I was drained. That is to much to compact down into just 2 1/2 days of travel. Lesson learned I guess. I can’t say much other than the above so I don’t ruin S.C.O.F.’s future article on the whole shebang…….despite not landing a Musky WE HAD A BLAST!!! C U in SCON-Son 2013……..
Tags: 3 river Fly Shop, Musky Country Outfitters, Musky Fly Fishing World Championships, Primo Tails, TWRA
Today’s post we honor a simple request from a Father to shed light on the one year anniversary of losing his son, and favorite fishing partner. Anthony Greer’s life ended far too early from a firearms accident, and we pay respect to this young articulate man and former guide, who was well on his way to becoming a fly fishing legend. Anthony spent many days guiding clients to trophy trout on the flaming gorge section of the Green River. His home water was the Provo River in Northern Utah. Anthony, we hope you’re spending your time in heaven casting dry flies to big beautiful trout on the prettiest water you’ve ever laid your eyes on.
Below is a powerful and moving short essay Anthony Greer wrote. Please take the time to read and pay your respects to one of our fallen fly fishing comrades.
