As long as todays threatening winter storm moves out of here by tomorrow morning, in 24 hours I’ll be on my way to St. Brandon’s Atoll off Mauritius. This spectacular chain of islands and endless flats, also known as, Cargados Carajos Shoals, is home to some of the finest Indo-Pacific permit fishing on the planet … Read more
The weather all over the US has been especially unpredictable in 2026. Granny and I suffered through all the cold fronts and snowstorms when working on the East coast shows back in January. Then in February, the Boise, Denver and Iowa shows produced freaky warm weather. Today, here in the most northern part of Wisconsin … Read more
Brian Iannacchione had us booked for a full fishing day with Jako Lucas today down here in Texas. Our final day this week. But both Brian and I fly home tonight and there’s all kind of news talk that TSA lines are four hours long due to the government shutdown. I watch very little news … Read more
A drastic weather change took place overnight. The wind came to a complete stop here on the Texas coast. It was also much warmer for Brian Iannacchione and I for today with our friend and legendary saltwater fly fishing guide, Jako Lucas. I still wore my fleece jacket to start but I didn’t have my … Read more
It was brisk again down here on the Texas coast with friends Brian Iannacchione and guide Jako Lucas. I say brisk, but it was nothing as bad as yesterday’s fridged 46° and windy. This morning at sunrise it was already 56° and the local pelicans actually showed some life. While we’re always open to … Read more
I slipped out of the snowy winter conditions of Wisconsin yesterday and flew to Austin, TX and met up with buddy Brian Iannacchione. Then Brian and I drove to the TX coast to meet up with our friend and top coastal fly fishing guide, Jako Lucas. We’re fishing here for the next four days. … Read more
It’s been an adventure since I posted Fridays blog. You may remember that after a great morning of grass carp fishing, in the afternoon down in AZ I found myself on the phone with Delta rescheduling my flight from Phoenix to get home before a major Midwest snowstorm hit. Well, we made it. It meant … Read more
It’s been a great week down here in Phoenix, Arizona. I had a couple successful gigs and our friends Steve and Lisa Berry have looked after Granny and I well as always. Best of all, Steve has taken me fishing every single day and we have found some incredible fish. For our last day, … Read more
I dropped the “new species” card at the end of yesterday’s blog. That’s because Steve Berry said there’s a place less than two hours from Phoenix where I could test my luck and go for the unusual and rare Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae), a unique trout only found in Arizona and New Mexico. In the … Read more
We’ve had two swell days of urban carp fly fishing here in Phoenix, Arizona and last night I successfully delivered my first of two presentations this week for the local fly fishing clubs. Today was day three. We purposely made it a short fishing day. Tonight’s talk was to Desert Fly Casters Club and it’s … Read more
Steve Berry and I got a nice early start on our fly fishing today down here in Phoenix, Arizona. We fought the traffic to a fun set of urban lakes that we’ve made a tradition of fishing together for years. This location probably goes back almost two decades when we met when I used to … Read more
Time has slipped past since my February 28th ice fishing blog with Granny holding a frozen largemouth bass. After that fun day it was back to work. I spoke at the Hawkeye Flyfishers Annual show in Cedar Rapids, IA last weekend. Then this week I prepared for upcoming speaking gigs and packed for some approaching … Read more