When you lose two days of fishing at an incredible place thanks to weather, you find yourself trying to cram more in on the days you do get. Shaun Lawson and I only get three of our five days up here at Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge in Manitoba but we made the best of … Read more
If you travel and fly fish but haven’t done the northern pike thing yet you’re missing out. Yes its great to sneak to the flats in the winter and perhaps out West or to Alaska in the summer. But honestly, if you haven’t fly fished for pike yet, its time. Pike are one of … Read more
I never sleep well in the lands of the midnight sun. Some would say because it never gets dark as you can see from this picture I took when I was done rigging my rods earlier this morning at 1 AM. No doubt 24 hours of light can be exhausting. But it’s rather because I’m … Read more
It gets light in Thompson, Manitoba at around 4 AM. I was up and ready hoping the weather would permit us to fly north to Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge. At 5:15 our taxis arrived and eight of us headed back to the landing strip. But when we arrived there was thick fog and we … Read more
Granny and I left New Hampshire yesterday. She headed back to Victor. I flew to Winnipeg, Manitoba. There I met up with friend and Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures Canada trip organizer, Shaun Lawson. Shaun and I overnighted at the airport then at 4:30 AM this morning met up with a small group of six others … Read more
For more than twenty years my solstice was spent fishing for sixteen straight hours on the Henry’s Fork. I called it my “Henry’s Fork Marathon”. I might still have a Henry’s Fork Marathon in 2019 but it won’t be on the longest day of the year. Instead, this year I found myself waking up in … Read more
Technically today was a work day for me because I was teaching one of my full day fly fishing seminars. But I love giving these and todays was more special than others. At 7 AM I met the Cape Cod Flyrodders Club on the Chatham Beach and gave a custom course about fly fishing from … Read more
Meeting Vinny Foti at 6 AM came quick. I’ve been running hard this June. I’ve been running hard for ten years. And yea, it’s for fishing most the time but the crack of dawn daily still makes a man tired. That being said it was sure a great feeling when Vinny, Rick and I were … Read more
Today I went fishing with Bob Lewis. Bob is the man who hired me to come speak to Cape Cod Flyrodders last September and also put me on my first false albacore. He’s become a good friend and now he’s brought me back to Cape Cod again during prime striped bass fishing season. I’ve … Read more
You may recall last September when I delivered a full day fly fishing seminar to the Cape Cod Flyrodders Club in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Before and after my seminar, friend Bob Lewis took me on the water and I caught my first ever false albacore on the fly. The fishing and seminar went so well Bob … Read more
It was a windy one at 4:15 AM when I sat up from my sleeping bag on the camps porch this morning. To head out in the canoe this early I need perfect calm conditions. I took on a little more sleep then finally got up at 6. I packed my Yeti along with my … Read more
At least 25 of the last 30 June 15’s I’ve spent fishing opening day of the Harriman Ranch on the Henry’s Fork. In fact I did over 20 straight years of the opener between 1987 and 2007. But with more trips to New Hampshire these days to see family, most occurring in June, I’ve missed … Read more