2017 was a heck of a year. It started with nearly 75 straight days of show life. Nine years ago, when I switched my career to fulltime art and speaking professionally about fly fishing, I wasn’t sure it would work. But it most definitely has. This year I gave more than 40 seminars throughout the … Read more
My return to Belize has been great. I enjoy spending time with friend Wil Flack and it’s been a pleasure meeting his friend Tayler Brothers. Wil’s new Belize Permit Club is fantastic. We’ve been eating well. Enjoying refreshments at night. The only downer is that the permit fishing has been arduous. Wil Flack and … Read more
Wil Flack, Tayler Brothers and I had high hopes heading for the permit flats of Southern Belize at twilight this morning. We hooked three yesterday in harsh conditions. Today conditions were excellent. This was our warmest morning, the clouds were gone, and the wind blew at a 10-15 mph – a mere breeze for … Read more
There were a couple changes when we woke up at 4 AM today here in Belize. First and foremost, I felt much better. Thank God! Second, when we left Belize Permit Camp dock at 4:30 am, instead of the temperature being in the 50°s like each morning so far, it was 66°. Skies remained … Read more
It was a sunny day on the flats of Belize yesterday but the wind was savage. The forecast for today was promising. More sun and finally a drop in the wind to a more workable 10 to 20 mph. But the prediction was wrong. We had cruel conditions of thick clouds, 55° temps, 25 mph … Read more
Todays blog starts with a travel tip. In the northern hemisphere, even in tropical destinations, December is December. Its winter and it can get far colder than you may expect. At midnight I turned the fan off over my bed here at the Belize Permit Club. At 2 AM I added a blanket. And at … Read more
Today was a challenging day of permit fishing. It started with Wil Flack waking us up at 4 AM. It rained all night and it was drizzling as we made coffee. I was basically in a coma. 4 AM here is like 2 AM in Idaho and for the last ten days or so I’ve … Read more
I made it to Belize today by the skin of my teeth. I’m a Delta guy which means getting to Belize flies me through Atlanta. It was snowing! We were delayed more than an hour but that was because we needed to be deiced before takeoff and as you can imagine, that’s not normal for … Read more
A week ago I was sitting at mom’s house in New Hampshire packing my things to return home for the first time since early November. I was looking forward to a month in Victor, Idaho before show season starts. Then my phone rang. It was fellow Yellow Dog Ambassador and owner of Tres Pescados Fly … Read more
After our superb redfishing down in Louisiana, instead of going home Granny and I went to New England for two weeks to visit my family. We based out of Moms house in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The weather was incredible with sunshine and temperatures in the 40°s and 50°s for most of the trip. I think … Read more