Iceland Here I Come!

If there’s one place I’ve been striving to get to the last 25 years it’s Iceland.  Many customers that I served during my fly shop days in Jackson, Wyoming went to Iceland annually.  The stories of its beauty and the numbers of Atlantic salmon they caught was mind...

Never too Early to Think One Fly

The Jackson Hole One Fly is approaching fast.  It’s a sad fact in a way because it means summer is disappearing, but it’s also very exciting.  The One Fly is the only competitive fly fishing I get anymore and I find it exhilarating.  And this year I’ll be defending my...

Ladies Day on the Renteria River

Although I rarely make a cast, “ladies day” is one of my favorite days of the year (2013, 2012).  I row Granny and our friend Jessica Chitwood down a river I’ve been meaning to explore.  Some years it’s a bust but sometimes the girls roust a good number of fish.  This...

ICAST 2014 – Orlando Florida

I’m just back from the Fly Tackle Dealer (FTD)/ICAST show in Orlando, FL. This was an event that I didn’t want to leave Idaho for – not with all the great fishing going on near home.  But, it turns out I had a great trip and I got to play with some fantastic new...

Life on the River

July 11-13, 2014   If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile you know about Sammy Vigneri.  Sammy is one of my best friends going all the way back to when we were working together in a fly shop in 1987.  Sammy went to school for about twelve years after that and...