Will Booker
@wbooker.bsky.social
I used to study frog genetics, now I work on other genetics to help make gooder plants. Got a soft spot for things with doubled genomes, mutts, and fish eating dry flies.
Guy who allegedly saw a deer captured in a net:
September 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Guy who allegedly saw a deer captured in a net:
Also if you're ever in the area, check out D's rod shop in Cliff, NM. The coolest fly shop I've been in, which was pretty much a tinkerer's basement where the owner is just thinking up unique rods/flys. Snagged this 11' 2-3 wt. that has a switch handle doubling it as a 5wt spey.
August 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Also if you're ever in the area, check out D's rod shop in Cliff, NM. The coolest fly shop I've been in, which was pretty much a tinkerer's basement where the owner is just thinking up unique rods/flys. Snagged this 11' 2-3 wt. that has a switch handle doubling it as a 5wt spey.
Also on the trip, managed to get the AZ rare and wild salmonid slam with Gila and Apache trout as well as arctic grayling. Very cool fish in some very unique places!
August 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Also on the trip, managed to get the AZ rare and wild salmonid slam with Gila and Apache trout as well as arctic grayling. Very cool fish in some very unique places!
Banner morning before hitting the airport outta Tucson after a 10 day vacation in the deserts and sky islands of the southwest. A nice end that makes 8 species of Crotalus seen this trip.
August 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Banner morning before hitting the airport outta Tucson after a 10 day vacation in the deserts and sky islands of the southwest. A nice end that makes 8 species of Crotalus seen this trip.
Hey Luanne! Yes, here's a venmo/cash app info for TMA. Thanks so much!
July 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Hey Luanne! Yes, here's a venmo/cash app info for TMA. Thanks so much!
Got lucky to sneak up on a couple of snapping turtles wrestling (mating?) while wading up the Eno last weekend. Hard to tell if it is mating, I would normally guess yes but seems a bit late for here. Either way the smaller one seems unconvinced.
July 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Got lucky to sneak up on a couple of snapping turtles wrestling (mating?) while wading up the Eno last weekend. Hard to tell if it is mating, I would normally guess yes but seems a bit late for here. Either way the smaller one seems unconvinced.
Hwy 86 harvested gray and red fox gamechanger tied up to entice a smallie or two.
May 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hwy 86 harvested gray and red fox gamechanger tied up to entice a smallie or two.
What if the bird was also a joke
May 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
What if the bird was also a joke
What could have been...
April 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What could have been...
I'm making the new egg
March 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I'm making the new egg
Goodnight tiktok. I didn't use you but I will never forget the world you showed me.
January 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Goodnight tiktok. I didn't use you but I will never forget the world you showed me.
Chile definitely lived up to the hype #flyfishing
January 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Chile definitely lived up to the hype #flyfishing
A friend is visiting and asleep on the couch so I spent the morning tying some march browns. Better quality than usual, I think since I was trying to be extra quiet. #flyfishing #flytying
December 22, 2024 at 2:27 PM
A friend is visiting and asleep on the couch so I spent the morning tying some march browns. Better quality than usual, I think since I was trying to be extra quiet. #flyfishing #flytying
Baby's first bolo tie for an upcoming wedding
December 19, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Baby's first bolo tie for an upcoming wedding
now that flyfishingsky is here, recently I got to do some of my most exhilarating fly fishing yet, going after the little tunny off the coast of NC. Watching them slam baitfish while blasting towards our towards our boat with was one of the cooler natural experiences i've witnessed. #flyfishing
December 6, 2024 at 8:33 PM
now that flyfishingsky is here, recently I got to do some of my most exhilarating fly fishing yet, going after the little tunny off the coast of NC. Watching them slam baitfish while blasting towards our towards our boat with was one of the cooler natural experiences i've witnessed. #flyfishing
Yesterday was one of those banner days where the only thing to do is try a bunch of things and break it just to find out what's working so well
November 11, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Yesterday was one of those banner days where the only thing to do is try a bunch of things and break it just to find out what's working so well
love this for them. May they find comfort in each other's arms
November 5, 2024 at 6:25 PM
love this for them. May they find comfort in each other's arms
Our company is being featured for a piece to hopefully be on TV so I cooked up this important science screen to run on the lab monitor. I really hope it makes it in
October 15, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Our company is being featured for a piece to hopefully be on TV so I cooked up this important science screen to run on the lab monitor. I really hope it makes it in
The brown trout on the Smith River in VA are probably the prettiest I've ever seen, at least at this age. The red on the adipose is incredibly vibrant, and the blue sheen not captured here is stunning.
September 22, 2024 at 6:44 PM
The brown trout on the Smith River in VA are probably the prettiest I've ever seen, at least at this age. The red on the adipose is incredibly vibrant, and the blue sheen not captured here is stunning.
Shitposting in the lab slack about new deep learning methods
May 3, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Shitposting in the lab slack about new deep learning methods