For years I donated art to Project Healing Waters and Wounded Warriors for their fundraising events. I’m sure the pieces sold and helped but once the art left me I never knew for sure how much it contributed. Then last year I got the opportunity to give a day teaching fly fishing to wounded warriors … Read more
September 19, 2014 Idaho is a spectacular place, especially in September. And the last half of September is the best of the best. This morning friend Mike Dawes and film maker/photographer Austin Trayser and I headed on the two hour jaunt for carp into the most vibrantly colorful fall I can recollect. I stopped … Read more
September 16 & 17, 2014 Granny and I plan to have a nice relaxing fishing fall. This week was back to the Nunya starting with a filling dinner at the local pub, a few of their home brews then a good night sleep in the back of the Exploder. We were up early and … Read more
Here’s the link to Paul Bruun’s story about my streamer fishing techniques: Currier’s Triple-Threat Fly Rod Approach Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing
I didn’t expect to see the South Fork of the Snake again until at least mid-November. I had my fill there with the One Fly. And the way the water level has been fluctuating and the crowds enjoying the last of summer, why bother before November. But then the phone rang on Thursday. On the … Read more
September 9 & 10, 2014 After a heavy week casting streamers from a boat for the Jackson Hole One Fly, the last thing I wanted to do on Granny’s days off was throw streamers from a boat. What my body needed was rest, relaxation, some easy going wade fishing and a campfire at night. … Read more
Sorry for the lack of photos but in the tourney it’s extremely hard to put down the fly rod to take pics! The Good Times Team had a lot of work to do to jump from 18th place to contention in the 2014 Jackson Hole One Fly after Day 1. Individually, I was in … Read more
Sorry for the lack of photos but in the tourney it’s extremely hard to put down the fly rod to take pics! 5 AM came early. Its pitch dark in Idaho at 5 now. When I stepped out to feel the temperature our local great horned owls were chatting up a storm. They’re about … Read more
You need to be careful before the Jackson Hole One Fly tournament not to wear yourself out before it starts. What I mean is don’t fish yourself into the ground beforehand by tiring out the body. Yes, fishing hard works every muscle. Furthermore, hard fishing exhausts your brain and a tired brain leads to simple … Read more
I’ve been fishing with Cooper Eckman since he was twelve. For several years he went with his dad Gary and me often. When he became a teenager he got busy with more important things. Now that he’s eighteen he’s been enjoying getting on the water again. Gary had to replace one of our Jackson Hole … Read more
What a treat it is to be on Gary Eckman’s Good Times Team in the Jackson Hole One Fly. Not only does Gary sponsor me to be one of his teammates, but he also splurges on a few guided fishing trips so we get practiced up before the tournament. Usually the guides just so happen … Read more
You’d think with competing in the Jackson Hole One Fly next week I’d have at least a few practice days on the Snake River in Jackson Hole this year. But I haven’t. I’ve been gallivanting everywhere but the Snake and in fact, my last day on the Snake was during the 2013 One Fly. … Read more