Monday, July 27, 2009

Bassmasters Classic Champion

AfE wishes to congratulate Marcus Eckert for winning the innagural Frisco Bassmasters Championship after netting five bucketmouth bass weighing a total of 9.7 pounds including this monster five pounder. Stay tuned to AfE for news of the second installation of Frisco Bassmasters Championsip angling.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

El Jefe Eating a Kolache

After watching el Jefe devour a donut so big it was cut out with a bucket (I wonder if they use the middle for softball-sized donut holes?) I was reminded of this video that came from Gandr Productions earlier in the year. Rumor has it that it's sequel is on the way.

AE Meal of the Week

This week's AfE Meal of the Week comes out of Round Rock, Texas, just north of the state capital of Austin. The original, almost orangish donuts are as good as it gets. Feeling the heat of my bag, I wondered if they had screwed up my order, but after tasting what seemed to be directly pulled from the fryer by the hand of God there was nothing to wonder about. Of course el Jefe went with the gimongous Texas donut, which would be enough to hold him over until we could get north and into West, Texas for the Czech Stop and their kolaches.


AfE gives Round Rock Donuts 4.95 stars and 14 thumbs up.


AE FISHING EXPEDITION - Day 4

The next morning we headed west through the Cameron Pass and then north along the Michigan River and into Wyoming. We passed through Medicine Bow and Shoshone National Forests and eventually the peaks of the Grand Tetons began to loom on the horizon. We drove through the Congressionally mandated Yellowstone Park, one of of the countries greatest treasures. Complaining of the traffic and slowing cars soon turned to amazement as we came across this pack of wild buffalo.
A few hours later we passed through the arch of North Yellowstone and soon would be heading northwest through Big Timber, Montana and finally to base camp, deep in the Beartooth Wilderness.







Thursday, July 16, 2009

Frisco Bassmasters Summer Classic 2009

AfE proudly brings you the inaugural Frisco Bassmasters Summer Classic, a largemouth bass fishing competition spread over three weekends to determine who is the master of the bass. Check back here for updates, leaderboards, pictures, and much more.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

AE Angler of the Week


Over a few hours the last few evenings I have witnessed one man catch and release probably 60+ lbs of fish ranging from many beefy catfish (including one possibly albino catfish that got caught up in some weeds about ten feet off the shore.) to countless sunfish and bluegill caught on custom tied AfE panfish flies that were in turn rigged up to catch monster bass ranging from 3to well over 6 lbs.

AfE is proud to annouce Frisco Texas's own Tim Johannes as the innagural Angler of the Week. This 2 lb largemouth is even a bit of a dissapointment to a big game fish hunter like Johannes.
A fat bluegill caught on an AfE hand tied panfish fly, too big to even be used as bait for the feeding largemouth bassI finally landed this one after missing at least four others that were just as large. Later after I had caught a small bluegill on my fly rod a huge largemouth swallowed the fish. I wasn't able to hook it, I was using the smallest fly I had, but I still had a great time getting my line snapped by huge fish.

AE FISHING EXPEDITION – Day Three

Day three as we headed north towards the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone we made a list of animals we hoped to see10. Eagle (Bald or otherwise)
9. Deer (Whitetail or Mule) a
8. Pronghorn a
7. Pack of Wolves
6. Elk
5. Mountain Goat or Bighorn Sheep a
4. Trout (Brown, Rainbow, or Cutthroat) a
3. Moose a
2. Wild Buffalo a
1. Bear (Grizzly from afar, Brown from close or far, Grolar in any condition.)

AE FISHING EXPEDITION – Day Two

On day two we drove through Fort Collins and turned west, driving through mountain highway 14 and fishing for brown trout along the Poudre (Pooter) River. The water was slightly murky and running hard but wasn't near as cold as it would be in Montana. We stopped at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre on one of the few nights they weren't having live bands that range from Gov't Mule to De la Soul and enjoyed some great fish and beers. That evening we camped alongside the Poudre and left in the morning after a few casts to head northwest through the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone and to basecamp in the Absoroka-Beartooth Wilderness. Hopefully.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

AE FISHING EXPEDITION – Day One

Awesome Enterprises has recently looked into the possibility of dipping into the lucrative North Texas fly-tying market and sent two associates on a research trip north through New Mexico to Montana and back, crossing over the continental divide eight different times and pushing close to the point of no return on a 3,500 mile long journey of epic proportions.
...After about 30 minutes of planning we drove about eight hours and pulled into Santa Fe National forest around two in the morning to sleep, waking around six and fished Trout Springs. After a few hours we headed north and into Colorado, driving though the Rocky Mountains to fish along the Poudre River.