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The Wheatley $200 Box The Wheatley $200 Box The Wheatley $200.00 Gift certficate with custom sketch The Wheatley $200.00 Gift certficate with custom sketch the suite of products, starting at 6:00; the $100, $200, $300, and $400.00 the suite of products, starting at 6:00; the $100, $200, $300, and $400.00 the  box that comes with the $100 gift certificate.  4 interfaces to hold flies. the box that comes with the $100 gift certificate. 4 interfaces to hold flies. another view of the box that comes with the $100.00 certificate.  Card also shown. another view of the box that comes with the $100.00 certificate. Card also shown.

New for the Holiday Season.  JP Ross introduces the Wheatley Fly Box Gift Certificate. 

I wanted to offer something that would be creative in the form of a gift certificate.  With the idea in mind that when someone received it, it would still be special and still have that personal JP Ross high quality appeal. 

Here it is.  The Wheatley fly box gift certificate. 

Choose from $100, $200, $300 and $400.00 gift certificates and get a free Wheatley Fly Box. 

The recipient of this item will get a gift certificate inside the box, and on the outside of the box a special message will be inscribed on it, just like we do on our custom fly rods.  You just tell us what to do and we will do it.  Since every one is hand inscribed... the possibilities are engless. 

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new t-shirts from the Adirondack Trout Bum Series starting at $9.95

shown in white shown in white shown in olive with Khaki Print shown in olive with Khaki Print

New for this fall season is the Adirondack Trout Bum T-shirts. 

available in White or Khaki.

Group Discounts Apply, just email me for a price quote.

White t-shirts only $9.95, buy now online

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Olive t-shirts only $14.95,  buy now online

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Adirondack Accessories

Reuben Wood, featured in Adirondack Flies Reuben Wood, featured in Adirondack Flies

 

JP Ross Launches new book for the season 

Adirondack Flies Volume I

 

 

Introduction: I have owned and operated a fly shop and fly rod company for over 10 years, and fished for at least twice that amount of time.  In that time I have caught many fish, but there are many things I have not done.  I have never caught a brown trout in my home waters over 20 inches, I have not caught a brook trout in the Adirondacks over 2 pounds, and I have never considered myself to be a terribly good fly tier.   I have however always enjoyed tying flies, and I more often than not prefer fishing with close friends than fishing alone.  Because of my experience owning and operating JP Ross Fly Rods for many years, I have built up an excitement working with different materials.  It is because of this excitement and so called understanding of materials that I truly enjoy making flies.  This book is intended to do a number of things.  It is to inspire others, especially children, to fly fish and create flies.  It is to entertain, and bring some awareness to the great fishing in the Adirondacks, and promote preservation of that ecosystem so that the fishing remains great for years to come. 

Any experienced fly tier will look at these photos and notice heads that are not tied perfectly, hairs that are out of place or not trimed, and proportions that are not perfect or "by the book."  This was done intentionally.  I will never tie the perfect fly, and there are many fly tiers who also tie their heads too big, or tails too long, but those flies still catch fish, and entertain the fly tier. In the end, that's all that matters to me.  Here is an example of the photography and stories in this book.  The book is over 90 pages and is full color with spiral binding so the book will lay flat on your fly tying desk.  
Peacock & Teal Wet:  I remember the Sunday that I tied this fly.  I tied it on my favorite hook, the TMC 200R.  I prefer this hook for all my wet flies and my streamers because of the slight bend to the hook and also the straight eye.  I just finished reading Favorite Flies and their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury, and I realized that I did not have a feather wing wet fly in my arsenal.  I had no reason to tie this fly other than for looks, but later found that it worked very well on the West Canada Creek Trophy Section; especially in the hole just below Cincinnati Creek Junction.This fly is tied with teal feathers and a peacock underbody.  I believe that striped materials accentuate movement. Perhaps that is why a dry fly tied with grizzly hackle or a wet fly palmered with a grizzly hackle tends to look blurry.  With this in mind I chose the teal flank feather for the wing on this fly.  I also like how the teal barbules have a slight curve to them, similar to the Tiemco 200R hook.  You will also notice the hot orange band on the head of this fly.  This added color helps you track the fly in tea stained water and also is reminiscent of the old streamers tied by Carry Stevens in Rangley Maine.

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Adirondack Pack Basket for sale.

About 12 years ago I met a man named Ernie LaPraire. Ernie and Kim own Blue Mountain Outfitters in Blue Mountain Lake. I have never seen a shop with more authentic guide gear than in their shop. Recently I came across this pack basket. Not any pack basket, a real Adirondack Pack Basket. There are many imitations, but this is the real deal.

How do you know... well I am 160 lbs, and I am quite sure I can stand on top of it without even a creak from its solid hand pounded ash ribs. Ernie gave me a brief moment to explain what goes into these beauty's. It all starts with a piece of ash that is soaked in a stream or pond. Then when the wood is ready, it is removed and then pounded by hand until the seams or grain boundaries of the ash begin to spit. That is where the ribs come from.

There is more to tell, but Ernie can tell it to you better. Let us know if you want more pictures. This is a work of art and functional too.

All the leather is also done by hand, and is sure to give you 10's of years of use.

 

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