After an absolutely insane fishing travel schedule came to an end on December 16th I had my work cut out for me. I had 21 Sharpie art orders to do before Christmas on a variety of things from Cliff Fly Boxes to Yeti bags. I also did two watercolor paintings in time for Christmas. Now … Read more
These trips go so fast its ridiculous. The better they are the faster the go. And this has been a dandy here at Anaa Atoll with some of my best friends. Today was the last day and I fished with Scott Smith. Another of my past fly shop employees. Scott and I get fishing … Read more
Fishing the reef with a fly rod isn’t for everyone. Its hard walking and not uncommon to get mashed by a wave. Line management is brutal and many of the fish you hook break you off on the coral. But to me the rewards are often high enough to deal with the nuisances. The one … Read more
It’s been 9 years since my 23 years running a fly shop in Jackson Hole came to an end. I don’t look back much but I do miss helping customers catch fish and most of all the kids that worked for me over the years. Remarkably, I keep in touch with most, and I’m proud … Read more
Tim and I planned to do a dredge together here on Anaa Atoll months ago. A dredge is when you rig your 12-weight with a Scientific Angler Sonar Titan Big Water Taper 450-grain sinking line. Then you attach 5 feet of straight 150lb test mono and tie on a dangerously heavy size 5/0 Clouser Minnow. … Read more
We awoke to a stunner of a day. The rain has left us and other than some heavenly clouds we had blue skies. Now we know exactly how beautiful the remote Anaa Atoll of French Polynesia is supposed to look. I fished with Tim again and we’re rotating guides with the rest of our … Read more
On our first day we awoke to a wet one here on Anaa Atoll in French Polynesia. There were thunderstorms most of the night and heavy rain. Though badly overcast, fortunately it wasn’t raining when we headed out to the flats fishing. My fishing partner was my Victor, Idaho pal, Tim Brune. Tim and I … Read more
After a fun day kicking around Papeete, Tahiti with friends yesterday, this morning we caught a flight to Anaa Atoll. Anaa is a unique atoll of French Polynesia that up until 2014 was suffering the consequences of heavy fishing pressure from local fishing villages. In 2015, Fly Odyssey in conjunction with the Indifly Foundation instigated … Read more
I’ve spent a lot of time on planes the last ten days. After returning from a short trip to Africa Friday night I had a great weekend at home in the snow of Victor, Idaho. But yesterday was back in the air and I flew from Idaho to Los Angeles. Then last night I took … Read more
I love night flights home when I can fish all day before boarding the plane. And this is exactly what Jerry and I did today with our guide friends Daniel Factor and Craig Richardson. Craig is my South African friend that guides out of my home town during the summer. We traveled a mere … Read more
South Africa has more varieties of fishing to offer than you can imagine ranging from the trout fishing you’ve seen this week near Dullstroom to the bass fishing and saltwater fishing I did down south back in 2015. But one place I’ve always wanted to fish is the Vaal River. Today I finally got to … Read more
For the first time this week here in South Africa we had a casual start to the day. We got up around 6 AM and headed into Dullstroom and had a proper breakfast. Then we drove about 20 minutes out of Dullstroom to Belfast and negotiated dirt roads to the Belfast Dam. We launched Dan’s … Read more