Wild Art Wednesday on Thursday
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For a long look at what Wild Art actually is, be sure to check out the post – What is Wild Art?
Today’s wild art comes from the Brownsville Ship Channel
I was fortunate enough to have the big gun (a real camera, a real GOOD camera) along last spring when I spotted a name on a shrimp boat that reminded me of home, or specifically my whiskey sipping neighbor across the street – Joe.
Photographs, on their own, after thirty-six intense years of being obsessed with the format, do not do as much for my creative juices as do the things one can do with those too literal renditions. The Whiskey Joe is a perfect example of how to transform one of my average images into another, more appealing, less photographic style.
Texas Tied Saltwater Fly
STORY:
Pops named the ReyRam after Brownsville's Dr. Rey Ramirez. It is one of the earliest flies that did the most good in the entire history of Pops Flies. Pops considers the ReyRam to be one of his top GO-TO flies when the bite gets frustrating, or he just can't figure out what to throw at those uncooperative saltwater fish on the Lower Laguna Madre. Make no mistake! Yes, it works all along the Texas Gulf Coast, but Pops never heads south without at least six fresh ones in the box!
Size 8 on a stainless hook, and with some heavier eyes to get it to dig and jig into the grass and sand. NO WEED GUARDS!
Pop ties these flies
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Category: Fish Art, Wild Art Wednesday
