Drinking Guinness
First he gets himself a trip to Ireland on taxpayers money and then he visits a pub and orders a fresh and delicious Guinness. Again I say, well played sir, well played!
I guess he can’t be that bad, he also went fly fishing on the Gallatin in 2009.
Fly Fishing the Gallatin
Beer Win
Have you ever wanted to ride a bike while drinking a pint? Here is you chance. Amstel has created a beer bike. You can now peddle while drinking and cruising the streets. For those of you that worry about calories but love beer the beer bike could be the ultimate solution – burn calories, drink beer, burn calories, drink beer… Awesome!
PS – I would really like to see this take on some back country roads. Put some knobby tires on that bad larry, grab your sippy cups and let ‘er rip!
Here is a great video! It is beautifully put together, with stunning scenery and fish bigger than their float tubes. This film won “Best Fishing” in the 2010 Drake Video Awards. Enjoy.
Fishing Hold Fail
So it took about 5 tries until I actually got a good photo of this Arctic Grayling. It was a pretty pathetic Fail. We want to see your Fishing Fail and we are willing to hand out a dozen and a half flies (or a couple of lures if you don’t fly fish) to the best Fishing Fail that is sent to us starting today (5/21) and ending June 30th. If you are interested in entering email your Fishing Fail and a quick story to Chris@Tasty-Takes.com. We will post your Fail and at the end of June have a poll for the best/worst Fishing Fail (we need a minimum of 5 entries). Please email Chris with any questions. Can’t wait to see some Fails.
50 Back: The Brew of The Brave
Have you ever wanted to buy and drink beer for a great cause? Well here is your chance. 50 Back is an American Lager that donates 50% of its proceeds to charities, mainly for our brave military service members who have sacrificed so much for our country. The beer is the brain child of Kimberly Rodgers and Paige Haley who wanted to do something to give back to those who have protected us. And what better way to do it then brew a traditional American Lager and use profits for charities. Some of the charities they have already donated to are: USO, Homes for Our Troops, America’s VetDogs , and some others. The beer is currently available in Massachusetts and spreading quickly across New England. Contact 50 Back by clicking this link if you are interested in getting this beer in your neck of the woods. To find out more about 50 Back I highly recommend visiting their website (50Back.com), it is beautiful and informative. And I know that I can’t wait to visit back east so I can try this beer.
Mojo 425
Cheeky Fly Fishing has officially started taking orders for the Mojo 425. Cheeky is a relatively new fly reel and gear company that has just put out the hottest reel on the market today. The new Mojo 425 is everything a fly fisherman could dream of. The technical features and beauty of the Mojo 425 is unparalleled. Cheeky’s philosophy is as follows:
Mojo 425
to manufacture the highest performing fly reels available, to infuse energy and style into the sport, and to provide service unparalleled in the fly fishing industry.
I truly believe they have accomplished their first two objectives and believe that they will follow through with the third. I can’t wait to see what their other reels will be like. They are planning on bringing out 5 different reels with the next release being the Ambush 375.
Continue reading below for more information about Cheeky’s fly fishing reel technologies and click here to purchase the Mojo 425, the most amazing fly fishing reel I have seen.
Brutal IPA
Location: Duxbury, VT
Beer: Rouge Ales Brutal IPA
The weather in Vermont has finally cleared this past week and the rivers are about to normal levels. After work on Friday evening, and it is time to tie some flies for a little fishing this weekend. After watching a very informative video from Our Weekly Ties I decided to tie several Micro Mayflies. To accompany my tying I selected “Brutal IPA†from Rogue Brewing.
Tying Flies
The micro mayfly is a very easy fly to tie but extremely effective. Tips from Mike’s video make this fly even easier. Adding a dubbing bump to spread out the tail worked great. I was able to tie a half dozen of these flies before I even finished my Rogue bomber.
The beer was very good, but not exactly what I was expecting from the name. With a name like “Brutal†I was prepared for over the top, kicked you in the mouth hops, but the beer was surprisingly smooth. The flavor was more like an ESB (extra special bitter) as opposed to an IPA. I enjoyed this beer a lot and would suggest this beer to about anyone (even those who don’t really enjoy IPAs).
With 6 micro mayflies and a pleasant buzz the anticipation of fishing is building and I can’t wait wet these flies.
Tasting Notes:
Appearance: Hazy cooper in color with a big dense head. The head lasted a long while and dissipated with good lacing.
Brutal IPA
Smell: Citrus with floral hops notes. This beer had no dry hopping during fermentation so it doesn’t have the big odor of other IPAs.
Taste: Slightly hop forward flavor with a great balance of smooth caramel malt. The beer finishes slightly bitter but clean.
Overall: Very good beer. If I didn’t know better I would have said this beer was an ESB and is very mellow and smooth for an IPA.
Alcohol: 6.5%
IBU’s: 59
Gravity: 15o Plato
3 out of a Six Pack ©
Dale's Blue
Creepy Moustache
That is a Double
That is Another Double
Nice Fish Dale
Mike decided to visit home back east and met up with a couple of buddies and headed down to the cape. They had some luck, check out some of the pics. I am extremely jealous, luckily I am going stealheading this weekend!
We are going stealheading this weekend and needed to watch some fish porn before we head out, this is one of the videos we found, enjoy.
Even in foreign countries they understand that fishing and beer go together.
