We all know the saying “Practice what you preach” but do we always follow that? In my PowerPoint presentation “Fly Fishing for Carp” I have a section about white Amur (better known these days as grass carp). I show photos of the persnickety carp’s different behaviors including grazing the weeds on bottom. I go as … Read more
It was a stunningly beautiful morning on Cave Run Lake. I’m not familiar with sunrise here in Kentucky but to be hypnotized by bird songs I don’t recognize and dazzled by leaves popping on every tree – no doubt it was as good as it gets. Furthermore, I was on a guided trip fly fishing … Read more
Granny and I flew into Cincinnati last night then headed down to Lexington, Kentucky to visit our friends John and Betty Reesor. We’ll be here through Monday and the trip will include two days at Keeneland for some of the finest horse racing you could dream of watching. And yes of course, there will be … Read more
It’s been nice being home. I’ve filled my time with bike rides, hikes, trips to the pub with friends and catching up on work. I’ve also been doing a spring cleanup like never before. Granny and I will be having a Yard Sale on Saturday April 23. No doubt, I’ve accumulated some great stuff from … Read more
“Mission Accomplished” is probably the shortest and sweetest way to describe this fly fishing exploratory trip to Gabon. I traveled 18,000 miles round trip for six days of fishing with hopes to catch the giant African threadfin off the beach on the fly. I got it done, but damn I was lucky. This was a … Read more
Man, this over 50 crap is for the birds. Yes I’ve fished hard this week and its saltwater beach fishing for the most part and it’s intense. It wasn’t easy getting out of bed at 5 this morning and my body was in shambles. That snapper last night may have busted my hand and every … Read more
Tides run about 55 minutes later each day. When we got to Sette Cama Camp here in Gabon sunrise was perfect for fishing the mouth of the estuary for tarpon and to try for giant African threadfin. Now the best tides are well after sunrise and because that’s midday, those fish aren’t there regardless of … Read more
There was a lot of rain through the night. And I woke up with a sore bruised left hand from taking the reel handle many times over on that first ginormous tarpon run last night. We sped to the estuary mouth under ominous skies before dawn. We had high expectations but the only fish caught … Read more
Our sleep was short but for me solid for the first time since I arrived in Gabon. I hopped from bed and headed for coffee at 4:30 then before I knew it I was in the boat enjoying the stars on the way to the mouth of the estuary. When we got there we parked … Read more
It wasn’t Mark Murray that woke me at 4:30 AM it was a major thunderstorm at around 4. Thunder shook our cabin and flashes of lightening were like strobe lights. The rain came with it and let’s just say, they don’t make rain like this in Idaho. It came down like you can only imagine … Read more
If you look at a map of Gabon we’re on the southern coast exactly at the border of Loango National Park. It’s a long way from Idaho and takes a few days to adjust to the time change. Because of this I slept like garbage last night. It was miserable waking up at 4:15 AM. … Read more
I’ve referred to traveling from one side of the earth to the other as entering the “time warp” many times before. I left the Midwest Fly Fishing Show in Detroit on Sunday night and I’m finally at my destination, Sette Cama Camp in Gabon. I’m struggling to shake off one of the biggest time warps … Read more