I’m chilling out here at the Delta Lounge in Minneapolis on a long but relaxing layover before on to Seoul, Korea then to Bangkok for a couple days. Soon Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures founder Jim Klug and master cinemaphotographer Chris Patterson will be here too. Thursday morning we’ll continue on to the Himalayan mountains of … Read more
Today wasn’t exactly one you wake up and want to go fishing. It was one of those sloppy spring Tuesdays with wet snow falling hard yet barely accumulating. What amassed turned to dicey road-coating slush. To add to the loveliness, we had sideswiping wind gust up to 41 mph. But for those passionate about steelheading, … Read more
I finished up the 2024 “Winter” fly fishing speaking tour in Canada earlier this week. While most the season has been easy traveling gig to gig, the snow finally caught up with me. I was hindered by heavy snow in Lethbridge, Alberta and dealt with the white stuff right through my final presentation on Monday … Read more
The final whirlwind of my 2024 speaking tour is off to a good start. I kicked it in to gear in Great Falls, MT last night for Missouri River Flyfishers delivering “Trout Bumming the Lakes of Yellowstone”. This was at least my third time speaking to the club – maybe the fourth. In any case, … Read more
It was a pleasure to be back in Minnesota at the Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo this past weekend. I shared headliner speaking duties with friend and well-known author and angler, George Daniel. We both presented numerous presentations over three days and all were well attended by fun folks eager to learn new techniques and … Read more
I’m stoked to be back speaking at the Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo in St. Paul, MN this week – Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 15-17. I’ll be sharing a booth with George Daniel and Granny will be there with my books and showing off my famous fish coffee mugs and steins. I’ll even have … Read more
You may have noticed over the winter that my website has gone through some changes. That’s because my site is so big, it literally outgrew the original format. I was warned back in November that functions were beginning to fail. This is my livelihood, so in a panic, my webmaster, Mark Kuhn and I went … Read more
Is preparing for fishing, fishing? Well, if you haven’t been fishing recently but you’ve been fixing for some big trips, then in a sense, yes. And that’s exactly me lately. I have a few consecutive weeks home for the first time since August. It’s too warm to ice fish and no snow for skiing so … Read more
We’ll call it a wrap down here at Sea Island, Georgia. Chip and I just got back from a three hour morning fishing session. It was freezing cold and windy. 53° with a north wind to add to an already chilly day – not fun. And did I mention drizzle? When we left the … Read more
First and foremost, the host of this great trip to Sea Island Resort GA, friend George Hillenbrand, made it home in one piece yesterday after his fall and he’s comfortably and happily at home in Jupiter, FL. We sent him some fish pics from yesterday and he was thrilled. And he was even more excited … Read more
Early to bed last night early to rise today. This morning George stayed back at the cottage and sent us to the shooting range here at the Sea Island Resort (one more of “us” arrived today, Chip Shealy). I once hunted birds. I’m talking 30 plus years ago. Although we had an absolute blast shooting … Read more
A delicious homemade breakfast by Granny was our Valentines Day treat yesterday. Then at noon I headed for the Duluth Airport and made my way to Jacksonville, FL. Early this morning I caught up with my friend John McGraw and we took his rental an hour north on to the Georgia coast. For many … Read more