The weather forecast looks iffy for Mike and I to go salmon fishing on the coast of Oregon this week. When we left his house in Portland this morning it was downpouring rain. In fact, most of our two-hour drive to Tillamook was in a downpour. But when we pulled in the parking lot to … Read more
I slipped into Portland, Oregon last night and am presently staying with my old friend Mike LaSota (Michigan Mike). Mike’s last time on the blog was when we fished in Gabon in 2016. What brought me to Portland was to give my presentation, “Streamer Tricks for More and Larger Trout” for the Flyfisher’s of Oregon … Read more
Back in the day, October snow and cold meant exciting fall fishing to me. Though it still does it also causes me to pull out the map. Luckily, today I’m headed to Portland, Oregon to deliver my PowerPoint presentation, “Streamer Tricks for More and Larger Trout” to the FlyFisher’s Club of Oregon. After my talk, … Read more
Friend Gary Eckman and I fished Jenny Lake today in Grand Teton National Park. Rather than fish at sunrise when it was about 20°s we met at 10 AM at the lake. This gave me time to enjoy the Park before fishing. We have lots of snow up high in the Tetons already. Gary … Read more
Thanks to work and watching baseball I haven’t been fishing enough. Also, our fall weather has been heinous. On the night of September 14 our high temperatures went from the 80°s to 40°s and most days since have provided cold rain and snow. Although todays early morning drive to Kubswin Lake was colorful, I should’ve … Read more
Lots of catching up on art, writing, organizing for the show season is in the rearview. Not done but enough finished to have some fun. This past week Granny and I went to Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri and watched two Cardinals vs Cubs games. The Cubs lost for us on Tuesday night but … Read more
We’ve had eight days of colder than normal September temperatures with a solid dose of precipitation mixed of rain and snow. I refer to it as the fall Equinox storm. It’s a good thing for Idaho. You can never get too much moisture. Bad weather also gives me a window to catch up on my office … Read more
It’s been more than twenty years since I caught much on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park. That’s since the 1990’s when the Park declared war on lake trout in Yellowstone Lake. The very lake trout the Park is accused of stocking in the late 1800’s and 1920’s. I’m the first to agree … Read more
I got a call from Simms back in April asking if I would fish on their Jackson Hole One Fly Team. At the time I expected to be tarpon fishing in the Congo and had to turn it down. When denied our permits and VISA’s for the Congo a month ago I checked in with … Read more
Though fly fishing Costa Rica so far has been brutal I always wake up feeling confident. I think it’s the reason I’ve had last day success before. Once again we had a morning storm to deal with but it wasn’t terrible like yesterday. We couldn’t leave at our planned 5 AM but we left at a respectable … Read more
Tarponville is a well-known lodge down here in Costa Rica. It’s located in Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge and about a half hour boat ride from the mouth of the Sixaola River which is the river that separates Costa Rica from Panama. It is here that huge tarpon thrive and have a habit of devouring big … Read more
I’ve been on plenty of exotic trips that I waited a long time for only to be brutalized by weather, bad conditions or simply lousy fishing. There’s nothing more you can do other than get out on the water and give it your best shot. You don’t blame the guides or the lodge. One … Read more