Deerfly Diaries

The Best Fall Fishing on the Roaring Fork River

Glenn and I got out for some much needed quiet time on the river yesterday. It was a beautiful unseasonably warm day in the Roaring Fork Valley just outside of Carbondale, Colorado. The fly fishing was great and we both caught several good sized brown trout. You can't ask for more than that.

 

 

Sue Melus owns Melus Outdoors, LLC, public relations and creative communication for the outdoors. Sue has two German shorthaired pointers who can't run enough and a husband who she is pretty sure has grown gills from spending so much time on the river.

Twitter Office (aka Twoffice 3.0) virtual big game trophies

Originally uploaded by @Twitter

Photos of the new Twitter offices in San Franciso hit the web today. If you haven't seen these photos you should check them out. I'd say they are pretty confident that their brand is not going away.

I was struck by the room with the virtual deer heads. Are they going for the modern, rustic hunting lodge look? Do they want their employees to feel at home and close to nature? Is it a statement that we, as humans, can just create our wild when wild places when we continue to shrink our wild places. Or is is a PC thing?

The room does have a sort of clean, modern clean look and I imagine they are easier to dust than are real trophy mounts. What do you think?

Nothing like a puff on cigarrette gets young ladies going in the mountains

LUCKY STRIKE, GIRL WITH SNOWSHOES
Originally uploaded by George Eastman House

Can't say that it ever worked for me to smoke cigarettes before or after a workout. Regardless of the unhealthy message that this Lucky Strike advertisement sent thousands of unsuspecting young women back in 1936, it is a darn cool photograph. They nailed the "sexy sells" concept. You gotta love the vintage mountain look.

We got a fresh dump of snow over the weekend. The mountains came alive again today and finally winter is in the air. 

Still-shot video: German shorthaired pointer rooster pheasant point and retrieve

I just found some pictures from a few seasons back when I used to guide at the Scenic Mesa Ranch in Hotchkiss, Colorado.  I realized that the sequence of pictures, shot by friend Kory Krahl with a small point and shoot Canon camera, told the whole story, from point to retrieve, of a rooster pheasant. I pieced the shots together to make this video.

Scenic Mesa was a great place to hunt, beautiful with excellent cover and terrain. The Orvis endorsed wing shooting lodge has since closed. The North Rim Hunt Club opened up in its place and offers excellent wing shooting opportunities just a few miles further up the road.

Pheasant season opens tomorrow in Colorado. Hopefully, I'll make it out sometime soon to post some new pheasant hunting pics with the dogs.  

German shorthaired pointer rooster pheasant point and retrieve from Sue Melus on Vimeo.

Sue Melus helps small to large businesses with their marketing needs including copy writing, social media, video marketing, websites and blogs. Her business, Melus Outdoors, LLC, specializes in the outdoor industry.

Roaring Fork Rainbow Trout Watercolor

Here's an update from my art studio, a.k.a. the other side of my desk.

Roaring Fork Rainbow Trout

Original watercolor

Arches 140 lb. cold press paper

10" x 14" 

Cast your vote on the next Extreme Huntress: Top 10 finalists are posted

Voting is now open for the Extreme Huntress contest. The contest, sponsored by Primal Adventures TV and Prois Hunting Apparel, asked women to submit two photos and write a 500 word essay on why they should be chosen as the most Extreme Huntress. The lucky winner gets an all expense paid 14 day bighorn sheep, mountain goat and black bear hunt with International Sportsman, Inc. in southern British Columbia. Not bad!!

Ten finalists were chosen by a top-notch panel that included Larry Weishuhn, host of Winchester Whitetail Revolution, Remington's Linda Powell, Jim Zumbo from the Outdoor Channel, Prois Hunting Apparel's Kirstie Pike and Denise Miller of Otis Technology, Inc. 

Click here to cast your vote and read the ten finalists' essays. This is one group of cool ladies who get after it while juggling things like career, family, and health. Check it out and cast your vote before December 31, 2009.

Good luck to all the women who entered!

Sue Melus specializes in PR & marketing for hunting, fishing, shooting sports and resource conservation. Learn more at www.melusoutdoors.com.