Arrival in Guyana

If not for the stopover in Trinidad where Tim Brune and I were required to stay on the plane, the Caribbean Airlines flight from Miami to Georgetown, Guyana wouldn’t have seemed so long.  Instead, the four hour thirty minute flight extended to six and a half hours. ...

Headed for Arapaima in Guyana

2014 has been a heck of a travel year – five new countries on five different continents.  This morning I’m headed for Miami where I’ll catch up with good friend and fellow Victor resident Tim Brune.  Tim is flying in from a permit trip down in Mexico.  We’ll sleep...

Guide Season Ending Party Hits Thermopolis

October 24-27, 2014 The hardest part about leaving my fly shop job of twenty-three years exactly five years ago this weekend wasn’t fear of failing in self-employment.  It was leaving my fellow employees that happened to be my best friends.  Folks who I saw every...

On a Day when I wasn’t Supposed to be Fishing!

Sure, lake trout get much bigger than this – but pretty cool when I wasn’t even supposed to be fishing today.  The 27 incher was an incredible fight on my 6-weight Winston and old Ross Arius Reel.  The mackinaw are close to shore at the moment because of the recently...

Fly Fishing the Muskegon Chinook Run

The minute I finished up my PowerPoint presentation for the Kalamazoo Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited Thursday night, Terry Wittorp, Kevin Thompson, several other club members and I headed for the Muskegon River.  The Muskegon is one of Michigan’s tributaries to...