Paloma and Jeff Crane Prairie I should be so lucky! Above Slide Lake on the Gros Ventre
Fish Story Fly Fish Idaho Fly Fish Oregon Fly Fish Colorado
Fly Fish Montana Fly Fish Wyoming Fly Fish Wyoming Fly Fish Utah
Mostly Lies - fishing Redfish - Fishing Race To the Fin-ish Crane Prairie Big Bow
Morning Coffee Shooting Line    

The fly fishing art of Larry Stephenson reflects the inner fisherman waiting to come out in all of us.

"I have never known a fisherman who did not tend to exaggerate just a wee bit,” says Larry. Fly fisherman may be the very worst when it comes to stretching the truth. These are fun watercolors that make fun of fishing in a way most anyone close to the sport can enjoy.

In “Mostly Lies,” Larry paints an image of a seasoned angler wrestling a giant steelhead trout toward the drift boat along the canyon walls of the lower Deschutes River, north of Maupin, Oregon. Spey rod in hand, this fisherman has both arms full.

"Fish Story,” tells a tale too big to be true. “It is funny how some fish stories seem to grow over time,” according to the artist. Two fishermen traverse the Teton Mountains with a rather large fish on the top of their Rambler station wagon. Each of us can relate to a similar story we have heard one time or another. The image is reminiscent of the out-of-scale vintage postcards from the 1930’s.

“Tailing Redfish,” is a fish tale of steaming bath-like humidity while sight fishing in the Texas Gulf. Perhaps you have experienced a blue bird day on the flats when the water was so still that you hear your own shirt soak up the sweat on your backside. The fish could hear you too, if not see your approach as your boat poled through inches of water. “Fishing can run both hot and cold on the best of days.” The artist makes fun of a similar fishing experience near Rockport, Texas that prompted this painting.

“Fly Fish Wyoming” was done to commemorate the great fishing to be found in the state of Wyoming. For those who don’t know, Wyoming does not have vanity license plates. This is a tongue in cheek creation of a 1936 license plate, the first year that Wyoming used its classic buckaroo as a state symbol.

Watch this section for new Fly Fishing Art by Larry Stephenson. Larry is currently working with the Deschutes River Conservancy, Bend, Oregon on a series of fun images depicting the area.