I don’t think I’ve gone so long without loading a blog since starting the blog in October of 2009. However, with the show season and two trips to Africa to start the year, I found myself so far behind in the basics of life it was daunting. I’m talking paying bills, crap to do around … Read more
Today was our last day of urban fly fishing around Phoenix, Arizona. Though the canals have produced for us they haven’t been stellar due to the mud and cold temperatures. Instead of a fourth day on them Gentry took us to some park ponds near his house. Nearly every body of water around Phoenix … Read more
Granny and Gentry’s wife Michelle skipped out on the fishing and went for a hike. Gentry and I hit numerous canals throughout the day for grass carp. Conditions remain tough be we managed to catch three. I love these fish! Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing
We Currier’s could get used to this Arizona living during the winter months. We love hot weather and sunshine. Toss in easy walking fishing in shorts and flip flops and the only thing that would make it perfect is if the fish were big and tough to catch. Bingo! Grass carp can be a pain … Read more
Granny and I arrived in Phoenix early evening Thursday night. Rather than hook up with friends, that night we got a hotel. I had my Fantasy Baseball Draft then we headed to a Sports Bar and watched NCAA Basketball. We had a great time. Friday morning we kicked off the fishing. While my longtime … Read more
I love getting home after an intense fishing trip like this recent one to Cameroon. Even though the trip was fantastic, home sweet home is required to rest up. However, this week home time would be short because I had to return to the show scene. This weekend I was booked to give two days … Read more
I was woken by the thump of the wheels dropping and the whine of the engines of my Air France Boeing 777 descending into Paris this morning. The sun was rising. There were two full untouched plastic cups of red wine on my table. I guess the Cameroon trip wore me out so much I … Read more
We had a fun night in Garoua, Cameroon all considering. We were trapped there yesterday after being bumped off our CamAir flight that was to take us to Douala where tonight we are scheduled to catch our international flights home. We shared tsetse fly bite misery and drank some beers and had a very good … Read more
We’re headed home today and planned for a 9 AM departure from camp so we could enjoy a leisurely morning before the four hour drive back to the Garoua Airport. Our flight back to Douala wasn’t scheduled to leave until 5 PM so we’d have time for lunch at the Le Poêlon after we checked … Read more
Fishing started later today and the military team completed the sweep of the area we couldn’t fish yesterday. They disarmed the poachers and let them loose – so they say. We heard rumors earlier this week from Koen that they rarely disarm and release. At 11 we we were rigging our rods as usual. … Read more
I slept like a rock so instead of chilling around camp before breakfast I grabbed my new 6-weight Winston Air and couple streamers and hiked up the Faro River from camp. The sandy river bottom is so clean I went barefoot. Wet wading barefoot in an African river early in the morning is far better … Read more
It wasn’t just me moving slow on the morning of day 4 here in Cameroon. I got up around 7 and most of the guys didn’t make the coffee pot before 8. We’ve been running hard long days from 8 AM till midnight almost every day. Toss in the 100° temps and the rugged terrain … Read more