Two weeks ago I was grazed by the flu while doing my gig in Florida. Luckily I felt awful for only four days then pulled off my Wisconsin ice fishing trip just fine. But Thursday on the way to my Fresno, CA gig I had a relapse. Later that night Granny felt it coming on. … Read more
Back on the road again starting tonight with a custom PowerPoint Show called, “Down the Crazy River” in Fresno, CA for the Fresno Fly Fishers. Then tomorrow starts the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show. I hope to catch up with all my CA friends at the show. I’ll have my famous coffee mugs, steins, sun shirts … Read more
The temperature rose dramatically the last 24 hours here in the Great Northwoods of Wisconsin. Instead of below zero temps, today started at around 10° and rose to a whopping 26°. About a 40 degree difference from yesterday. The trade off was overcast skies with some snow showers. I’ll take that in a … Read more
I’m on a little vacation up in the Great Northwoods of Wisconsin to go ice fishing with legendary friend George Hillenbrand and crew. This is an annual trip that has gone on for years we base out of Chippewa Retreat Resort. Last year I sadly missed it because I was competing in the World Masters … Read more
By the time I got home to very snowy Victor, Idaho from Florida Monday afternoon I was a sick puppy. No doubt my body was tangling with the flu. I had a sore throat, achy body, tight congested lungs and I could hardly stay awake. Somehow I had to kick it though because this week … Read more
I have a few good friends that live down here in Florida. Another, and the one that hired me to come down here and teach the seminar yesterday for the Backcountry Fly Fishing Club, is Frank Catino. Frank is a native Floridian and longtime guide down here. Today Frank took me out to try for … Read more
I had a great time and met some fine folks during my full day fly fishing seminar for Florida’s Backcountry Fly Fishing Club today. The theme was fly fishing travel and I did several PowerPoint presentations including a new one, “So You Want to be a World Traveling Fly Fisher”. I also taught big fish … Read more
It’s nice to write about a day of fishing for the first time in 2020 after the heavy month of January. Todays blog is about fishing with my longtime friend and mentor, Paul Bruun. Paul was one of the first guys I met when I arrived in Jackson Hole back in 1987. I learned a … Read more
Thanks everyone for the nice notes, comments and calls of condolences for my dad. Its been a tough ten days since dad died. We celebrated his life last week in NH and said good bye. As hard as it was, I got to spend some great time with family and old friends that I haven’t … Read more
I returned to my mom’s house up in Wolfeboro, NH late last night after a successful Edison New Jersey Fly Fishing Show. As usual the show was unbelievably busy and I delivered many of my presentations and drew on fly boxes, backpacks, Yeti tumblers and also this ukulele. It was fantastic to catch up with … Read more
I’m bringing all my tricks to The Edison NJ Fly Fishing Show this week January 24-26th. As always I’ll be demonstrating on the casting ponds and in the presentation rooms. And I’ll be busting out the artwork on fly boxes, backpacks and more between gigs. Be sure to swing by the booth and say hi! … Read more
Three weeks ago I was stressed. It was my January schedule and the 27 presentations I had to deliver throughout six cities at the Fly Fishing Shows and Clubs that had me worked up. I know my talks are good but I get worried about the travel, weather and those hundreds of handshakes that sometimes … Read more