Ausable River, NY...

Fly Fishing on the famed Ausable River yesterday with my friend Bruce .... Here's a photo of my first fish.  The Brown trout was caught on a Pogo Nymph trailed behind a black Never Sink stone fly in some fast pocket water... We fished in the 6 mile catch and release section near Lake Placid...

Wild Turkey done right...

Wild turkey breast wrapped in bacon and done long and slow on the PK grill, nothin like it.

Turkey down

 After a very tough week of hunting these magnificent birds in terrible weather I was lucky enough to take this fine gobbler. I used a Scott Witter Box Call to bring him to the gun. Now I have lots of nice tail feathers for tying my turkey tail nymphs.... right on!

Leeches - Oh my!

Hi folks, just thought i'd show the Simi-Seal Leeches I have been tying as of late. These are a killer streamer at all times of the year....... I tie them in; black, brown and olive...

Olive Arizona Simi-Seal material tied on a Size 12 in 2X long, 3.5mm brass bead.

See my old video on how I tie it here...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ4A9VM0FtQ

Here I am netting a nice Yellowstone Cutthroat, yeah he fell for a olive Simi-Seal Leech....

Doing some fly tying...

It's been a crazy winter here in NY with warmer than usual weather and little snow. I've been itching to get out on my creeks but it just hasn't happened yet..... I seriously injured my left elbow on my casting arm back on August 5th, 2016 out in Montana while fly fishing. Taking a fall on a big arse rock. Many doctors and surgeons visits later and I am still dealing with a tricep and bursa sack problem and elbow pain. Thus the lack of fishing reports since the injury.

Anyway, I hope to get out on the water soon, regardless, this is getting ridicules.....
I NEED to go fishing!

I've been tying two patterns this week, beetles and streamers....... two killer patterns for Brown and Brook trout. Beetles are an excellent summer terrestrial pattern, often overlooked by fly fishers. The Joffee Jewel Streamer is a killer in the Late Winter and Early Spring seasons when the trout are looking to put on weight fast...

Joffee Jewel size #10 Streamer 

#18 Beetle

Doug Korn Custom Turkey Trumpet.

Here's a new DKW Custom Trumpet with removable mouth piece I made recently that's for sale at my web site, see below.  It's made of Stained Maple and has the optional removable mouth piece system. Different mouth pieces can be obtained to produce old and young hens and even gobblers.

http://drkorn55.wix.com/dougkornsworkshop for Turkey Trumpets and more.....

A couple of deer down....

My buddy Jim and I were lucky enough to take these two deer on a very snowy afternoon hunt in Western New York..... That's me with my doe and Jim with his 4 pointer. Some fine eating for sure.

One friend commented that we looked like a couple of hunters out of an old 1958 LL Bean Catalog..... and I think that's about as fine a compliment as you receive... Yeah, were a bit "old school"...

Oh and here's some of that fine eating ... 

Venison tenderloins and eggs for a hunters breakfast, a tradition with us.... 

We are very thankful for all we have: God, Family, Friends and everything "Good" in our lives!

Happy Thanksgiving!