September 19-20, 2011 One of my favorite trips to do in late September with friends is an overnight float trip through the canyon of the South Fork of the Snake River. This normally busy river has little traffic, the mahogany duns are hatching and the colors of the changing leaves scattered up the canyon walls … Read more
September 15-18, 2011 We woke up to clear skies and the thickest frost I’ve seen in years last Thursday. In fact, remember that wet meal we ate Wednesday night? Our plates were solid ice blocks when we woke up. Even the flies on our rods were frozen popsicles for fish. We had to chip them … Read more
Undoubtedly, today is the beginning of a pretty rowdy and fun six days. My college buddies have arrived. We all graduated from Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin back in 1987. I can’t believe it’s been that long. Anyway, we keep in touch like brothers and after all these years we continue to get together and … Read more
Day 2 of the Jackson Hole One Fly started brilliantly for me in doing my part to help the Good Times Team finish solid. Just like yesterday, I fished a cinnamon ant, only today’s ant was a size smaller, an 18 because I was on the South Fork of the Snake in Idaho. Here the … Read more
The Good Times Team is in the middle of the pack after day one of the Jackson Hole One Fly Contest. We have a lot of work to do tomorrow if we are to get in contention to win the One Fly. As for me, I had a great day on the toughest stretch in … Read more
All One Fly Contestants know where they are fishing and the names of their guides. My draws are doable. I got one of the worst stretches on the Snake in Wyoming – South Park to Prichard for Saturday. This is the most heavily fished section of the entire river. Big fish are far and few … Read more
If you haven’t noticed yet, I don’t travel far in September. September is absolutely the most spectacular time to fish in and around Yellowstone Park. The weather is almost always a perfect 75º with very few clouds in the sky. We have plenty of PMD’s, Mahogany Duns, drakes, hoppers, fall stoneflies and the list goes … Read more
Granny and I just returned from another blockbuster weekend (Granny’s weekend of Tuesday & Wednesday) on the water. Monday night we headed north to the banks of the Lower Nunya for the second time this year. Mother Nature did everything she could to discourage our pursuit. The forecast was for high wind, thunderstorms and rain. … Read more
I’ll make this short and sweet because I’m behind in everything do to this fishing problem I have. Gary Eckman, my One Fly Captain, and I fished Moose to Wilson on the Snake River today in Grand Teton National Park in order to get a little practice in for next weekends famous Jackson Hole One … Read more
August 30 & 31, 2011 The 7.5 earthquake that created Quake Lake on the Madison River in Montana occurred on August 17, 1959. There are certainly no brown trout still alive since that famous quake, but there’s a few that would make you wonder. Four years ago my friend Bob Jacklin, a well known angler, … Read more
August 28, 2011 I nearly bounced out of my tent this morning. I had last day sadness and wanted to enjoy every hour left. I slammed a few cups of coffee then devoured three pieces of French toast without hardly tasting it along with sausages and soon found myself in my pontoon boat slowly stripping … Read more
August 27, 2011 I’d much rather wake up at sunrise and see bears around camp than wake up in the dark to bears in camp. As Peter headed for the can first thing this morning he made a point to laugh and call me over to where he was standing gazing at the foothill behind … Read more