Entries by Jon Ray

Patagonia 8K Video

PATAGONIA 8K from Martin Heck | Timestorm Films on Vimeo. Patagonia 8K explores the beautiful and rough landscapes of southern Chile and Argentina. Shot in 8K resolution on a medium format camera it’s aimed to deliver the most realistic experience. Shot in 6 weeks, travelling over 7500km from Santiago to Punta Arenas we captured roughly […]

January thinking about Summer

I saw this post today on Instagram and had to share, of a massive brown trout eating a big foam fly.  Something about waking up to single digit temperatures, makes me thinking of dry fly fishing.  Maybe it’s when you can’t have something, you just want it more.  Summer can’t get here soon enough.  

Big Brown Pic of the Day

Kean fishing in Chile this week just sent us this picture of an impressive 23″ brown trout.  Kean continues to believe in the luck of the Mangled Fly Camo hat. (now in two shade of camo)  Nice fish Kean and glad the camo hat gives you a little extra confidence .  

Puff Junkie

Been a Puff Junkie (somebody that wears Puff / Down everyday during the fall-spring season), having layers of Puff for my upper and lower body.  I have an addiction to these types of insulation and thus buy a few new layers of puff every year. Even though Patagonia has the best return policy in the […]

Updated Design and New Colors

A new color of Digital Camo Mangled Fly Hat is now in stock.  The popular Sand Digital Camo from this summer has a new partner.  The New color has a little green in the design and is overall a dark shade. Also added a different design to the Stocking Cap.  Went with the classic logo […]

New Issue of This is Fly

If you have a few extra minutes, make sure to check out the new issue of This is Fly.  Grant Wiswell is the featured photographer, I have fished with Grant a few times and besides being a great guy, he is a bad a$$ photographer.  You will not be disappointed with his images from Bikini Atoll. […]

Patagonia: Yvon Chouinard Podcast

How I built This with Guy Raz interviews Yvon Chouinard from Patagonia In 1973, Yvon Chouinard started Patagonia to make climbing gear he couldn’t find elsewhere. Over decades of growth, he has implemented a unique philosophy about business, leadership and profit. Of course my favorite part is his explanation of fishing “one fly”, and how […]