Photo: Paul Johnson with an absolute hawg he hammered out of Lake Bainbridgeokefenoke.

With an aggressive response to our SMOTM contest, the trophy smolts are continuing to come to hand. Got a fish that makes your #14 parachute caddis look huge? Fire it over. A northern pike which could be mistaken for a small pikeminnow? A smallmouth that is more small than mouth? Do share. Winner for this initial contest scores a Cloudveil Run Don't Walk pullover in Polartec, announced July 2.  See more smolts...

Photo: Agressive alpha bluegill from Kansas courtesy Martin Kollman

With the recent announcement of our first ever online contest, Smolt of The Month, FFJ has been happily assailed with many photos of devoted fly heads and their triumphantly small quary. The SMOTM contest, in partnership with Cloudveil, will be running throughout June and we encourage one and all to share their micro moments. Please enjoy a couple of the better shots submitted here.

With the summer stream season ready to kick into gear and wanting to shake out the dust, we invited Ed Megill of Cascades Flyfishing to come over for an afternoon casting clinic and BBQ. Doesn't matter whether you are picking up a rod for the first outing, or if you have been running tight loops since Dick Cheney was just another drunk driver from Texas, a good casting clinic is helpful for anyone. With three racks of ribs (smoked over applewood the night before), potato salad, barley pops, sm0ked salmon and cherry tarts, this was a casting clinic for the books.

With the abundance of online fly pics of dudes hoisting leviathans of every species, FFJ feels the time is right to give due respect to the little things in life. In partnership with our friends at Cloudveil, we are proud to present the initial installment of our Smolt of the Month online photo contest. This first month's winner will recieve a men's or women's Run Don't Walk Polartech pullovers.

Photo: Another Whatcom County river monster; photo by Robert Arzoo.

Dylan,

As your email has been bouncing for the last several days, and you apparently have neither cell phone, nor other mobile communications device. I am now resorting to the modern smoke signal: the blog. Indeed, it’s come to this.

 As per your Team Funny Feelings LLC’s performance in this weekend’s, Western Outdoor News (WON)/Mercury Northern Region Delta Division Open BASS Tournament in Oakley, CA -- congratulations; although 29^th place may not be the Miracle on the Swamp you’d hoped for, that means there were 10 teams that got beat by a couple dudes in a John boat tossing poppers.

With the release of Rollcast Productions "Hustle and Fish" and buzz surrounding the NW producers Steve Apple and Dave Wilson's comedic gem, the Seattle screening party was high on the radar of many Sea-town flyheads. And the turnout did not disappoint. With appearences by friends, relatives, and actors -- more often than not, all three in one person -- Fremont's Nectar nightclub began serving many stiff beverages well before dusk, and by nightfall... it was on.

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo Eve, check out rogueangels.net—a solid blog site run by Kate Taylor, documenting her crew of fishergals across the globe, and in particular, the Bajan adventures that she and her man Justin Crump are charging currently. Having cut ties with Freedomland for a minute, the two are footloose with a poptop camper and an agenda that focuses predominantly on roosterfish, Tecates and a full enjoyment of La Vida Grande.