Entries by Jon Ray

Never stood on the Manistee before

So I have to admit I probably could of gone farther out into the river, but I was a scaredy cat.  I am pictured below at the boat ramp of rainbow bend standing out pasted the end of the ramp in about 4-5 foot of water.  That was enough for me.  To say the least […]

Dam Nation

DamNation – Official Film Trailer from Patagonia on Vimeo.   For more information, check out http://www.DamNationFilm.com This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our […]

Working on Something New

Getting closer to releasing something new that Erik and I are really excited about.  First trailer is coming in the next 10-14 days.  Also have new logo for this series, just a quick teaser below.  Getting hard to not share more details.  But the last couple weeks editing, email with musicians and fancy logo designers […]

Women’s Fly Fishing Collection from Patagonia

I have had the privilege of spending many days with women anglers and the topic of clothing and waders does randomly come up.  With limited opportunities within the fly fishing industry women did not have many choices. Women will be happy to hear there is going to be another company interested in their needs as […]

Bogs Extreme Boots – Product Review

I don’t even want to really think about how many years I’ve been steelhead fishing, scary how fast time flies.  Feels just like the other day that was I throwing on the full neoprene waders and hitting the trails.  But with 24 years later my gear has changed a little.  With each an every year […]

Manistee River Winter Steelhead – Picture of the Day

Had the opportunity yesterday (Sunday, January 19th) to take Ben and John out for a little half day steelhead trip.  While getting out on the river has been a little more difficult than I’m used to this winter, the fishing still remains pretty rock solid.  With some of the best weeks of the winter/early spring […]