Chicago Cubs Birthday for Granny!

My readers certainly remember my big 50th birthday last year.  Mine was all hardcore fishing with friends on my beloved Henry’s Fork.  Granny was happy to do the same but instead we went bigger.  We went huge and did three Chicago Cubs games over Memorial Day weekend!...

An Early Season Run Down the South Fork of the Snake

About a month ago friend and superb South Fork River fishing guide, Mike Bean, asked me to block off May 27 so we could go fishing together.  We’ve been trying to fish together for a couple years and this advance notice was the only way to make it happen.  Mike is...

Ririe Bass on Fly Tournament

I haven’t spent much time on my home waters this year but the Ririe Bass n Fly tournament is a day I hope never to miss.  I’ve been doing the fun contest since its start about ten years ago.  Rather than speedy bass boats like the monster competitions on the pro...

Last Day Magic Strikes Again!

It’s never nice to feel its essential to catch a fish.  But today I had to catch a fish and it had to be a roosterfish.  It’s been a rugged week for me with the menacing roosters.  I hooked and lost a brute on day one and since it’s been heartbreak after heartbreak...

Sammy Vigneri Teaching the Roosters a Lesson

With all the action we experienced yesterday on the roosterfish beach we headed right back early this morning.  Indeed, we got our butts handed to us and didn’t catch any but that’s the way roosterfishing goes sometimes.  Seeing them is half the battle and we saw more...