Mid Current Interview

[Benny]

Anyone else catch the recent interview, Graham Owen's Hollywood Flies?
Here is the link MidCurrent.com
Nice work Graham!

[rayfound]

Plus, he's running away with the MoldyChum, Slab of the Month for a Leopard caught in May.

Good month Graham.

[Graham Owen]

Hey Benny and Ray, thank you, this has been an interesting month so far. Just got home from fishing the surf with Bill, no bites, but had a blast. It really felt good to get away from my tying desk, filling a nice order from the Cartoon Network, and as if I wasn't busy enough, yesterday morning I got a call for three white moths, got e'm done, FedEx'd, and they were filmed this morning in New Orleans for a movie called The Fields. Last week I got an email from Centcom, requesting a scary looking spider, something like an Iraqi Camel spider and I shipped it to the Emirates, and requested payment to be directed towards Project Healing Waters.

Here's a few pics...



Getting started


starting the legs


lunch time...


Sounds like the spider will get some use helping folks with phobias, and also some pranks.. I'm looking forward to getting some cool videos from Iraq...

[rayfound]

Graham, the thing that I love the most about some of your work, is how many standard fly tying materials and techniques you use, just taken to the next level. Its really quite remarkable to see how many feathers end up as bug parts.

[Eric]

What a nice write up Graham. Congrats Buddy
Eric

[1mocast]

Nice article. I am not going to show that spider to my wife. She will freak out!

It even gives me the hebe jebe's...

[Graham Owen]

Thanks again my friends! Funny thing is, I can't find the interview on Midcurrent except for following a couple of links people sent, including the one above. I'm not complaining and have actualy tried to keep a fairly low profile with respect to my activities. Honestly, I'd rather make a living as a photographer, but there are millions of competitors, so for now, I'll keep on creating bugs... I enjoy the challenge, the people I meet, and seeing my bugs on screen. I have hundreds of white moths in the Adam Sandler movie Grown Up's which comes out later this month. Hopefully they'll be on screen for more than a couple of seconds, but I'm getting used to that.... I supplied quite a few honeybees to Disney for the Adam Sandler movie Bedtime Stories, a couple of years ago, and I was surprised to see one bee, for a couple of seconds, as it seemingly stung Sandler on the lip.

[rkfiske]

Graham! Don't stop tying your bugs! They're awesome and such a unique business for you! I explained that you tied those realistic bugs to my girlfriend last time we were out at malibu with you and showed her your site. She was absolutely amazed at what you can do! Keep it up, it's awesome!

[flyster]

Graham, Now I recall where I first met you It must have been a few years back at a Marriott's fly fishing show that was not held at the store. Really life like bugs I must say. And I can still remember those killer size browns that you had pictures of in a folder at the show. I read the interview and I'm extremely impressed and it take allot to impress me at my age. Keep up the good work.

[Justin]

Nice Action Graham!!!
Keep up the killer work buddy, I'm proud to call you a friend of mine!!
Killer Spider!!
Hey the creeks are on fire, anytime you want to meet up and throw UL rods, just say the word, that is if you can keep off the beach for a trip to the hills

Justin

[khuzhong]

Holy Crap-WOW. Thats pretty darn scary and awesome.

[Pete]

Congrads Graham. That spider is just disturbing. I can feel it crawling on me right now .

[Graham Owen]

Thanks all of all of the kind words, it is truly appreciated. It took about a year to cinvince my father in-law that I wasn't pulling his leg regarding what I do, seriously... It feels good to get supportive remarks!

Justin, I'm ready bro, lets hit a creek next week!

[lucfish]

Graham: The wife teaches art (oil paintings) and I can tell you she was very impressed with your work, both in photography and realistic flys. In fact she didn't believe for the longest time that they weren't real flies. I had to show her the hooks and then she bacame a believer. A mighty big believer, she ended up wanting to look your entire website!!!