Barry and Cathy Beck Blog

We've got one rod left on our Kulik Lodge, Alaska, departure for September 13-20. This is an incredible time of year to be in Alaska - big fish, big numbers, incredible scenery, incredible trip! Check out the itinerary and details and then contact us.

We're very pleased to announce an amazing new coffee table book, the Blitz, by photographer Tosh Brown and angler Pete McDonald. Be sure to take a look at the book and the 9+ minute video. It's very entertaining and exciting to see all the fishing the Atlantic coast offers. Good job Tosh and Pete!

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The Blitz Fly Fishing The Atlantic Migration   by Pete McDonald & Tosh Brown -  11 x 10 hardbound with color dust jacket -  216 pages -  305 color photographs -  ISBN: 9780983385714 $49.95 Plus applicable tax and shipping Giving Back to the Fish Striped bass are declining again in the northeast and we’re donating $5 per copy (from our pocket) to select groups that are fighting on the front lines to restore and sustain their numbers.

Hi everyone. I've received a couple of phone calls from followers who are trying to subscribe to the blog. We should have been a little more explicit about this, please let me give you better instructions:

1. Choose the Subscribe button located under the blog header photo, right side.

2. If you want to be notified of updates via email, choose email.

3. Choose Feedblitz. It will take you to a new page.

4. Enter your email address, enter the funky letter and letter code, and click "subscribe me."

5. You're done. Thanks for subscribing.

Happy New Year everyone!  Thank you for checking out our website and reading our blog. Did you know you can follow us on Facebook as well?  That's right, we're there posting images, news & tidbits as often as we can.  Facebook is a great way to stay connected not only to friends and family, but also for the latest info from The Becks.

January 2011 marks the end of the Beck Bulletin, our email newsletter we've been producing for the past 4+ years.  Thank you so much to the hundreds of people that subscribe to it!  It's been a great way for us to get you the information in a timely and efficient manner.

But like all things in the internet era, there's always something new.  The combination of our blog and our Facebook Fan Page has made the newsletter obsolete.  As fast and easy as it was to use for letting everyone know what was going on, it can't touch the speed and ease of our blog and Facebook.

Since you're reading this we're pretty sure you can find the blog, but just in case you got here from the last Beck Bulletin link, our blog address is www.barryandcathybeck.com/blog.  Add that to your 'favorites/bookmarks' and you'll always have it at the ready.  You can also subscribe to the blog to get email notifications when we post something new. This is the most efficient way to use and read the blog.

Facebook is a remarkable, easy-to-use  way to keep in touch with business contacts, family, and friends. You'll be amazed with who you find (and who finds you) on Facebook. Yes, caution should be taken with how much personal information you divulge but it's easy to show only what you want to. For instance, I don't want to advertise what year I was born, so I block this little tidbit from the viewers of our Facebook pages! And, remember we're always here if you have a question or run into a snag. We'll be happy to help.

So, if you're looking for the latest news and images from the road, definitely become a fan on our Facebook Fan Page.  We've put this blog together just in case you're NOT yet on Facebook.  Follow these simple steps to sign up and follow us there.

STEP 1:  Go to www.facebook.com

If you don't already have an account you'll be presented with the following signup screen.  Simply fill out the information requested and click on the 'Sign Up' button.



STEP 2: Clicking 'Sign Up' will take you to the CAPTCHA screen.  This is a security requirement that must be completed.  Retype the letter combinations in the white box into the field provided.  Again, follow the instructions and click 'Sign Up'.

CAPTCHA's are difficult to read by design.  You can ask for a new CAPTCHA if the first one you're looking at is too hard to read or you can take a stab at it. If it doesn't go, you'll just try it again.



STEP 3: The next 4 slides can be SKIPPED if you'd like.  They give you a chance to personalize your account, which you'll want to do eventually, but is NOT necessary when signing up.  Following the on-screen directions will walk your through doing so, or you can skip it and proceed to your account verification screen.

- finding friends -



- filling out profile information -



- uploading an image/photo of yourself -





...click the 'Save & Continue' button to proceed.

STEP 4: Account Verification - You will now be instructed to check your email for a verification email.



STEP 5: Click on the link in your email to verify your account



You will then be taken to the following screen and you're ready to go!  Congratulations on making your very own Facebook profile.



The next 2 slides show you what you see when you click on the HOME button in the upper right of the screen, or the...



...PROFILE button next to it.  Both will be important to your Facebook experience, so get familiar with them.



STEP 6: Find Beck Photography!

Go to your search field and type in Beck Photography.  Make sure you see the picture of Barry & Cathy next to the link for Beck Photography (since there's a few different ones on Facebook).  Or you can simply click HERE and jump right to the page.



STEP 7: LIKE US! :D

To follow us and receive notices when we update our Facebook page, you need to LIKE our Fanpage...so click LIKE! :D



...and that's it...you're in!  You now can find us on Facebook, in our blog or on our website.  And don't forget to follow us on Twitter as well.

Thanks again and we'll see you online!

Welcome to our new blog which will replace our Beck Bulletin hopefully by the end of the year. We trust that you'll find the new blog easier to navigate and more pleasant to read. From our perspective, it is certainly easier to publish, therefore, you should hear from us more often with announcements of new products, trips, industry news and tidbits of interest. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make the blog experience more interesting. Thank you for subscribing to the Beck Bulletin. We look forward to the future of the blog and sharing experiences and information.

I've been wrestling for weeks now with what to do about the blog. What I've decided is that it should be a place to talk about lots of things - photography, fly fishing, fly casting, fly fishing travel & lodges, flies, and everything that goes along with these subjects. We're trying to figure out how to do this while maintaining some semblance of identity, organization & easy navigation. We may not get it right the first time, but we hope that you'll be patient with us. We want it to be your go-to place for connecting, community, and conversation. We'll do our best and look forward to hearing from you with suggestions, comments, and critiques. Please visit often and comment often. Let us know how to make it better as we go along. Cathy & Barry

Well, here we are. We don't know exactly where we're going with this but we hope you'll travel along with us.