Last night all went smooth speaking at the Santa Barbara Flyfishers. I’ve spoke there before and have gotten to know many of the members. Our host was Joe Narkevitz and during dinner before the meeting he offered to take me fly fishing in the surf early this morning before I head south to speak in … Read more
The 2014 speaking circuit begins early for me this year. This morning it’s off to Southern California to begin a ten day speaking tour. As always when I head to Southern Cal, a few rods and crab patterns are packed for a few early mornings in the surf. Should be fun. Just in case … Read more
If I become any more forgetful with age I’m in big trouble. Friends Tim Brune and Josh Gallivan and I decided to fish four miles from the house. Just incase anyone needed to bail early we each took our own cars. When we got there I realized I forgot my rod. Last week on … Read more
I had errands to do in Jackson today so I figured to throw in a few hours of photography on Flat Creek on the National Elk Refuge. I badly need some rising fish photos and thought I’d creep through the tall grass and get a few shots from close range. I invited a couple friends … Read more
It was October last year that Rick Schreiber and I put the kibosh on the mackinaw up at Jenny Lake. We found a spot that was absolutely loaded with toddler lakers cruising the bank – perfect size for eating. Amongst these baby char were some true monsters. There weren’t many, but every outing we laid … Read more
Gary Eckman and I went to one of my annual favorites, Kubswin Lake. Kubswin is obviously no relation to my baseball team the Chicago Cubs or it would most certainly be Cubslose Lake. Not only that, the fishing would have stunk today but instead, if you like big brook trout, it was no less than … Read more
Everything was all “Cool Dude” when we arrived at the Last Chance parking lot today. The day was calm and overcast, absolutely perfect for excellent hatches in the famous Harriman Ranch of the Henry’s Fork. And Granny and I haven’t been to the Fork since way back in June so it was good to be … Read more
It’s not often that I don’t set up a rod on a float trip. Okay, this was the first time ever but my folks didn’t even want to go for a float at first. But it was such an incredibly nice day they finally stepped up as long as it was less than four hours. … Read more
When I was fishing against my opponent and friend Paul Bruun in the Jackson Hole One Fly our most important discussion was about a group of wounded veterans that were coming to Jackson, Wyoming to learn to fly fish. “Who teaches them”, I asked. All Paul knew was that he and his wife Jean were … Read more
In 2012 my Dad’s Parkinson’s was so bad he could barely function. Life was so awful that he decided to receive a type of brain surgery that might relieve the symptoms. Despite the dangers of brain surgery, to Dad and our family it was worth a shot. Dad had the surgery on August 22, … Read more
I’ve been a little rowdy with the fly rod for a long, long, long time. Going back to about April 1 when finished up my speaking tour. It’s been incredible but now its time to focus. There’s art to do, an unfinished new website to work on and its time to organize my travel circuit … Read more
I spent too much time in the boat last week. Indeed it paid off with the One Fly victory but today, if Granny and I were going to fish, it had to be unique. We went for some Idaho brook trout in the middle of nowhere. The middle of nowhere took us on a … Read more