Today I fished with guests Dave Moeller and Allan Grosshart here on Providence Atoll. Both are longtime Yellow Dog customers but this trip is the first time I’ve met either one. I was much looking forward to catching up with them on the water. Our guide was my friend Nick Isabelle of South Africa. Like … Read more
One of the best parts of hosting this Yellow Dog trip to Providence Atoll is that all my guests are super fun and most have been friends for years. Furthermore, all the guides are as well. All have guided for my trips over the years and some I’ve visited in South Africa and they have … Read more
The weather changed for the good here at Providence Atoll in the Seychelles. It rained through the night and then stopped by morning. But most importantly the storms left us with wind. Wind is good for stirring things up and moving cooler water on to the flats. Just what the big fish like. I … Read more
I always tell folks on my Yellow Dog hosted fishing trips, “Have a goal before you leave home”. For this trip to Providence Atoll in the Seychelles I have eleven anglers and most want a giant trevally (GT). I’ve caught plenty of GT’s so my hope is to catch my first milkfish. There’s a catch … Read more
Of all the amazing and difficult to get to faraway places around the world that I’ve been fortunate enough to fish, none were as hard to reach as here at Providence Atoll in the Seychelles. To get here took huge amounts of planning. Then we got canceled by a cyclone. There was more planning and … Read more
In fall of 2016 I was in South Africa visiting and fishing with friends. I ended the trip fishing with my pals of FlyCastaway, Gerhard Laubscher, Ryan Hammond and Tim Babitch. On my last day I had a late night flight home from Johannesburg which gave me time to hang around the FlyCastaway office. The … Read more
Lakes Region weather was cruel today. High winds, cold and drizzle kept me off the salmon water. I didn’t dare launch the canoe. That sent me shore fishing for pickerel and the white sucker again. But today the pickerel were sleeping through the cold day and these suckers absolutely won’t cooperate. Time to focus on … Read more
Fishing Lake Winnipesaukee yesterday gave me the bug. I went to bed last night dreaming of a news species on the fly today – the white sucker (Catostomus commersonii). Instead of taking the canoe, I drove my old 91 Explorer to Back Bay and fished on foot. While we didn’t have much sun today, it … Read more
Been busy here in Wolfeboro, NH for a week since our two month long Ruby Van tour ended. Though I bought a season NH license as soon as we arrived, I’d yet to make a cast till today. That’s mainly because I had two months of mail and bills to take care of. Along with … Read more
If there’s one thing I’m proud of as for my fly fishing accomplishments it’s my species list. I’m approaching the 430 fish mark. This year I’ve already added three, but, I thought I had four. Back on January 9th I caught a bass in TX that I thought was a Guadalupe Bass. I asked for … Read more
It felt so good to be back on frozen Lake Superior yesterday with my long time college pal Howie, that we went again today. I hadn’t been on Superior in 35 years but here I was for a second day in a row. And we didn’t need the ice shelter, today was a glorious calm … Read more
I won’t elaborate at this point, but Granny and I made an offer on a house here in Wisconsin. It’s not the town we planned on and it’s by no means a dream house, but it’s a quiet neighborhood, we have friends in the area and there’s plenty of job options for Granny within walking … Read more