I recently had the privilege to create a limited edition piece of FlyArt and donate a framed print (#1 of 25) to the “JC Memorial Raffle” at Fly Anglers Online (FAOL). The purpose of the event was to raise funds to purchase a granite memorial bench to honor the late Jim Birkholm (aka, James Castwell). Jim and his wife Deanna were co-founders of FAOL and together they have probably done as much to promote fly-fishing around the world as anyone on the planet. It was an honor to be a part of such a worthy cause.

I was delighted to learn that my artwork had been won by Mr. Larry Gibbs from Washington state. Larry is a very active member of the Federation of Fly Fishers (FFF) and is president of the Alpine Fly Fishers.

I held this edition back until a winner was announced and will now offer limit edition, framed Giclee prints to the public.

You can view a larger version of the fly here and purchase a copy [while they last] should you desire to do so.

As I told Larry Gibbs in an email correspondence recently, “I don’t think you’ll ever see another Adams quite like this one”. Appropriate considering there will never be another James (Castwell) Birkholm.

Kathleen Forster, the owner of Clearwater Lodge in Fall River Mills, California, was gracious enough to let me use an image of an angler on the Pitt River as a reference for this painting.

Chris Del Plato is a fly tyer from New Jersey who specializes in streamers. Chris tied this version of a “Carrie’s Special” and was kind enough to allow me to paint it.

In addition to being an excellent streamer tyer, Chris operates The Streamer List, a website dedicated to streamer fishing and tying.