The 4th annual “Bass on the Fly” tournament took place today at Ririe Reservoir in Ririe, Idaho. There were 14 teams and we left the docks promptly at 8 AM. My team consisted of my usual teammates, Weldon Jones and my wife Granny. Weldon and I did most of the fishing while Granny rowed us … Read more
I fished with a couple good guys today that I’ve never hung out with before, Ryan of the TroutHunter Fly Shop and Derek DeYoung, fellow fish artist. Although I didn’t know Ryan, Derek and I have been in contact many times, we just haven’t fished together because he lives up in Livingston, Montana. That’s about … Read more
It was a cold winter day in January 1988 when Mike Braghini walked into a meager fly fishing department at the Jack Dennis Outdoor Shop in Jackson, Wyoming. As with any Rocky Mountain fly shop those days, there was very little inventory during the cold winter months. Furthermore, every one of these fly shops had … Read more
June 3, 2011 If you’re a local reader then you know how tough it is to find someplace to fish right now. And if you’re from out of town but headed this way for fishing, get ready to work harder than you ever did to catch fish. It’s peak runoff in the Yellowstone Country after … Read more
I expected to deliver a fishing report from two days up at Last Chance on the Henry’s Fork today but I’m afraid that work, errands and just plain responsibility got in the way (In cast you haven’t noticed, I’ve been avoiding the latter for about 18 months now). Granny and I just didn’t make it. … Read more
Sammy and I have caught plenty of roosterfish this week but none have been the one of dreams. You may remember that Monday, our first day, we saw five big fish – big meaning over 30lbs. Grant has been looking at roosters his whole life and estimated two to be over 50lbs! Regardless of what … Read more
The good news today is that Sammy got up and his jellyfish-stung legs still work. The bad news is we caught two small roosterfish and that’s it. We didn’t exactly charge back to the beach this morning but we made it there and fished hard all day. We went to one of my favorite beaches … Read more
The last thing you want to hear from the good doc Sammy is “Get me to a hospital. I hope I don’t die”. But that’s Sammy’s exact words when we got to the truck an hour after he got nailed by not one, but two Portuguese Man o’ War jellyfish (bluebottles) at the same time. … Read more
Yesterday at this time Grant, Sammy and I were feeling pretty confident about catching some major roosterfish this week. And I fed the feeling by hooking up with the first roosterfish I saw this morning. I lost him on a jump but he was like the ones we caught yesterday. But, other than me landing … Read more
May 23, 2011 I’ve always been an advocate of being prepared for a fishing trip. Being in good physical shape for a trip is as important as the equipment itself. It doesn’t matter whether it’s the annual trout trip to Yellowstone, a tarpon trip to the Key’s, or like this week, a trip to Baja … Read more
Man it was a blur from walking in the door last night from the carp tourney to now sitting here in SLC airport. The bottom line is I got packed up, about two hours sleep and now I’m on my way. I get to Baja around 2PM and will meet up with my good friends Sammy Vigneri, … Read more