Although I rarely make a cast, “ladies day” is one of my favorite days of the year (2013, 2012). I row Granny and our friend Jessica Chitwood down a river I’ve been meaning to explore. Some years it’s a bust but sometimes the girls roust a good number of fish. This year I chose the … Read more
I’m just back from the Fly Tackle Dealer (FTD)/ICAST show in Orlando, FL. This was an event that I didn’t want to leave Idaho for – not with all the great fishing going on near home. But, it turns out I had a great trip and I got to play with some fantastic new products … Read more
July 11-13, 2014 If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile you know about Sammy Vigneri. Sammy is one of my best friends going all the way back to when we were working together in a fly shop in 1987. Sammy went to school for about twelve years after that and became a Gynecologist. … Read more
July 8 & 9, 2014 This summer has been a blur. In fact this year has been a blur. I’ve hardly done anything normal as far as fishing goes. Yea, there were a few days on the Henry’s Fork but normally I fish there ten times in June. It’s been bass, carp, Bhutan, saltwater … Read more
I headed back to Blackfoot Reservoir to get Skip Brittenham into a few more carp while he’s here on his 4th of July visit. Fishing started slow but gradually they started to eat. When the first clouds filled the sky we only had one landed. Then rumbles of thunder came from the west followed by … Read more
We all have big fishing days from time to time. I don’t mean fish catching wise, but rather a long hard fought day on the water. You might get an early start and get home for dinner or you might leave after lunch and get home at dark. You rack up a good 8-10 hours … Read more
My Henyr’s Fork Marathon will be tomorrow July 1 meeting in the Last Chance lot around 7.
You might remember last year when a couple old customers/good friends from my fly shop times traded some fishing days with me. They said take us fly fishing for carp and we’ll take you to Bolivia for golden dorado. I really had to think hard on this but I decided to do it – HA! … Read more
I’m sore from all the paddling I did today. Naturally it was windy as all get out and I did most of the day by myself – actually the perfect way to end a great trip on the home waters. The fishing wasn’t spectacular but I managed a couple nice smallies, one largemouth and a … Read more
I absolutely wanted to get Granny an epic bass on the fly day like I enjoyed yesterday. Due to the fact that my canoe was still in Dads truck I decided to take her right back to the lake Don and I ended on yesterday with the smallmouth and largemouth bass. We got there … Read more
We’ve yet to have decent bass fishing this trip. Sure we’ve picked up a few, but not like I’m used to here in my old stomping grounds on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. This morning it looked as though this trend was to continue. Again the wind was blowing at 5 AM making it … Read more
We picked up some hitchhikers on the way back from my parent’s 50th anniversary party yesterday – my nieces Sammy and Montana. My brother and his wife headed to Wisconsin for the weekend so Granny and I (and the rest of my family THANKFULLY) were babysitters. Naturally they wanted to see their cousin Sierra and … Read more