The snow has flown here in Victor, Idaho. I won’t stop fishing. In fact this afternoon I’ll be off to Thermopolis, Wyoming to spend two days on the Wind River with friends. But the cold weather does slow me down and I’ve spent the last three days working on the first of many accumulated art … Read more
October 21, 2012 Bill Sherer and I don’t like to make a habit of getting skunked. We got our butts kicked yesterday by the muskellunge and we couldn’t let it happen again. To increase our fish catching chances today, Bill guided me on a double float. We literally floated two days worth of stretches on … Read more
October 20, 2012 While yesterday was a typical mid October day in Northern Wisconsin with temperatures in the 40°s and a few rain showers, today was a warmer and mostly sunny. Whether that’s why we couldn’t budge a muskellunge to eat my fly we’ll never know. Another possibility to our lack of success was that … Read more
October 19, 2012 George booked Rick and I with the same two muskellunge fly fishing guides we had last year, Bill Sherer and John Coolidge. This was fantastic news. Rick and I hit it off with these guys and they really know their stuff. You could easily call Bill one of the pioneers of fly … Read more
October 18, 2012 My friend Rick Schreiber and I flew into Duluth, Minnesota last night and today we drove to Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin. We’re staying at the Chippewa Retreat Resort. This is our second annual muskellunge on a fly trip. This fantastic excursion is put together by our great friend George Hillenbrand. Rick once guided … Read more
I was tossing and turning at 5 this morning and finally gave up the fight. The big laker I’ve been after all week at Jenny Lake must have been calling me. At 6 I was loading my Exploder and heading back to Grand Teton National Park in darkness. By the time I arrived the sun was up, … Read more
A weather change wasn’t in the forecast but today we woke up to clouds and wind. Granny’s off and I asked her if she’d be up for hiking into Jenny Lake with me. However, she knows how possessed I get when I’m on a big fish mission and she opted not to join. But what … Read more
Rick Schreiber and I went back to Jenny Lake before sunrise this morning for a reason, something I didn’t mention in yesterdays blog. We saw a big fish, a lake trout over three feet long. The sighting didn’t happen only once but in fact we saw this big fish several times. But he showed no … Read more
My friend Rick Schreiber, the master of Jenny Lakein Grand Teton National Park, emailed me saying he saw hoards of lake trout on Jenny yesterday. As you know by now, I have a soft spot for fly fishing for lake trout. My response was simple, “Let’s go.” Rick and I were smoking cigars on our … Read more
Many of you have kept track of my Dad since his brain surgery for Parkinson’s disease back in August. I very much appreciate everyone’s concerns and emails. As you know his recovery didn’t start out well. My short trip to New Hampshire to be with Dad where the surgery took place turned into an extended … Read more
I headed out to Henry’s Lake today with friend and quality lake fly fisher Dan Oas. Dan is a long time Jackson Hole guide for WorldCast Anglers and one of the top competitive members of Team USA Fly Fishing. We’ve been talking about hitting a lake together for about two years and somehow we’ve not … Read more
Camping at Last Chance on the Henry’s Fork wasn’t the most popular idea amongst the friends that Granny and I were meeting up with Friday night. Nighttime temperatures were predicted to drop to an agonizing 3º. But the friends included Evan Schwanfelder, a past fly shop employee of mine that none of us have seen … Read more