Paul Snowbeck and his Fin & Fire Fly Shop staff, Chris Peichel, Jessie Dodd and Dante Daniells along with my buddy Scott Robertson had one more beautiful part of Central Oregon to share with me today, their “Homewaters” section of the Lower Deschutes River. The stretch is referred to as the Day Stretch from Warm … Read more
I’ve mentioned this week that this Oregon trip has been based around my full day of giving presentations at the Fin & Fire Fly Shop on Saturday. This was my third time speaking here. The orchestrator behind my gig is the shop manager, Paul Snowbeck. Paul really knows his fishing. Last time I was here … Read more
Yesterday was a successful one presenting at the Fin & Fire Fly Shop. Instead of flying right fly home after the gig I scheduled three more days fishing with buddy Scott Robertson here in Bend, Oregon. Being its likely we’ll never match Friday’s bull trout fishing; we’ve changed gears and we’ll chase redband rainbows and … Read more
Scott Robertson, Micha “Meeks” Kruger and I were right back in the small bays of Lake Billy Chinook early this morning. The meandering high desert reservoir was like glass. The blue sky was hidden behind a light layer of clouds and the temperature was in the 40°s when we launched Scott’s boat. Things began … Read more
I flew to the northwest yesterday arriving in Bend, Oregon shortly after midnight this morning. After a five hour sleep I found myself in the front seat of a pickup with buddies Scott Robertson and Micha Kruger (Meeks). Scott is an old buddy and Team USA Fly Fishing Masters teammate. We’ve fished together many times … Read more
Since September 15th 2024 I have been away from home almost constantly. Lots of fishing travels and a ton of speaking engagements ranging from The Fly Fishing Show tour to a heap of one night gigs including ten days ago in the Phoenix area and continuing on next week in Oregon. Presently I’m home for … Read more
We’re gonna wrap it up quick today with a special thanks for my buddy Steve Berry, founder of Destinations Fly Fish. We have had an absolute blast this week chasing the carp, bass, bluegill, cichlids and more in the urban waters of Phoenix, Arizona. Not to mention Steve helped close the deals on a couple … Read more
Despite the late night after a great MLB ballgame at Chase Field, Steve Berry and I headed out early to meet up with Mike Faulkinbury. We drove across Phoenix which on a week day would have been awful with traffic, but this morning it wasn’t too bad. And it was good not too many folks … Read more
Just Steve Berry and I today and we made it a short one. We both had work to do this morning and tonight we went to the Diamondbacks vs Brewers game at Chase Field down here in Phoenix. During our short outing we checked out a few of Steve’s favorite canals but unfortunately they were … Read more
First eight photos by Ethan Beazley Today was a giant day of fly fishing for me. I expanded my resume of water fished down here in Phoenix, Arizona, I made some new fishing buddies and I added a new species to my list. This memorable day started with Steve Berry and I meeting up with … Read more
Today Steve Berry and I only had time to dabble in the urban fishing here in Phoenix. Yesterday’s double speaking gig had me in need of a little extra rest this morning. Then I had to reorganize and get prepared for tonight’s event with Desert Fly Casters. Once I had everything in order we had … Read more
Before I start todays fishing blog I’d like to give you access to a podcast I did with April Vokey and her Anchored Podcast ten days ago. The day after I got home from the Seychelles. I didn’t realize I was also being filmed. I just thought we were Facetiming to make the interview more … Read more