Our scouting mission for the upcoming World Masters Fly Fishing Championships that takes place April 24-29 didn’t go quite as Jerry Arnold and I planned. We intended to fish, turn a few rocks, walk beats and get an idea exactly how to catch these finicky wild brown trout of Asturias Spain. Instead a massive storm … Read more
It’s official. Despite the rivers looking better than they have the past two days, there will be no fishing on this fishing trip. The scouting of the waters of Asturias Spain for the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships that takes place April 23-29 will be limited to looking into the mud. The destructive storm over … Read more
Each year the first Atlantic salmon caught from the Sella River in Ribadesella, Spain is called the el campanu and has been celebrated for centuries. These days this one salmon sells for over €1000 Euros and when it hits a plate in a well-known restaurant the meal can earn as much as €5000. The catch … Read more
I’m in the Asturias region in Northern Spain on a reconnaissance mission for the USA Fly Fishing Masters Team. The actual competition takes place here April 23-28th. I’ll be headed home Thursday then right back here in three weeks. The Masters Team is for we “over 50 guys” that still enjoy competing on … Read more
Jerry Arnold and I met in Madrid, Spain late this afternoon. My flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was delayed so I missed connection Amsterdam to Madrid. This put us in the rental car four hours later than expected. The delay hurt us because we had a 5-hour drive to the Northern region … Read more
I’m putting my feet up today, tonight and tomorrow morning. That’s because I have 24 hours of flight travel ahead of me starting in a few minutes. Movies, red wine and sleep. I’m going to enjoy all three and end up in Madrid, Spain. There I’ll meet friend Jerry Arnold and start a long … Read more
It was a quick turn around from Mexico to Alberta, Canada. I flew home from Baja and unpacked my saltwater gear and cleaned it up. Then packed up my seminar goods for an extended weekend of speaking that started Thursday night in Great Falls, Montana. Friday it was on to Lethbridge, Alberta through Sunday at … Read more
Grant Hartman and I had to twist Sammy’s arm a little to fish a few hours before our long drive back to Cabo so we can fly home tomorrow. I’ve lucked into a few nice fish the last two days but Sam hasn’t. It turns out he’s glad we did. We hit another rocky … Read more
You may remember over the years that Sammy has a place in Baja which is one of the reasons I’m down here so much. He recently got a nice truck that he is now keeping here. He got it for accessing remote areas for fishing and today was its maiden voyage. Sammy can be … Read more
A number of years ago Grant Hartman took Sammy and I up the Pacific side of Baja in search of Pacific snook. While the snook weren’t around we found many other fun species to catch including some Pacific cubera snapper (dog) around a rocky point. It was late that day and we only fished for … Read more
Mornings are cool here on the Pacific side of Baja in March. It’s also foggy until the sun comes up. Regardless, myself, Sammy, Grant and our guide Jose left early in order to make the approximately 15-mile ride into the Pacific for a chance at yellowfin tuna on the fly. There was also some … Read more
If there’s one new fish species I hoped to add to my list this week down here in Baja it’s one of the Pacific snook. Here they have the black snook and the white. Somehow both have eluded me despite numerous trips since 1996. But today, I was able to knock off the white. … Read more