“Our fishing should be no less than incredible tomorrow if it doesn’t rain tonight” was yesterday’s blog quote before bed last night here in the boonies of Borneo. I was feeling confident. The sky was clear and full of stars. But at midnight I was woken to flashing lightening. At 1 am the roar of … Read more
We didn’t exactly “roll” in to camp here in Borneo last night easy breezy like I made the end of yesterday’s blog sound it would be. It was a hellacious 4 x 4 grunt that surpassed the difficult factor I once met on a Bolivia 4 x 4 camp transfer years ago. While the drive … Read more
Losing two days of fishing when you’re as far away as Borneo is a major bummer. But when you originally scheduled nine days it’s not so bad. The two days spent lounging here in Jakarta wasn’t the end of the world. My body clock adjusted to the 12-hour time difference. I rested. I worked. And … Read more
I thought my next post would come from the rainforest in Borneo but unfortunately as I was leaving Amsterdam Tuesday evening I met travel challenges. First was a 90 minute delay on KLM departing Amsterdam for Singapore. A departure interruption on what was already a 12 hour flight was a drag, but also added stress … Read more
Seems like I was making my last Wisconsin cast minutes ago but the reality is I’m in the KLM Lounge in Amsterdam making the best of a long layover about 36 hours later. I left Duluth on the 6 pm flight to Minneapolis yesterday then last night caught the redeye to Europe. In about six … Read more
Today was it for my Wisconsin fly fishing season. I know I’ve said that a few times this fall but today was it. Bob and I lucked into another fly fishable day in November. It wasn’t balmy like Thursday but temps reached 49° without an ounce of wind. That’s not to say it wasn’t chilly … Read more
It’s happened before – going fishing when I probably shouldn’t be going fishing. But while I was galivanting in Mexico earlier this month and while down on Georgia last week, buddy Mr. Bob Butler has been back home in WI catching muskies. When he invited me along for an afternoon on the water today I … Read more
I’m in flight now headed back home from my quick jaunt down to Atlanta to speak to the fly fishing club. It was a great trip. My show went awesome and I got to catch shoal bass yesterday and chase carp this morning. Friend and this week’s host, Austin Kane, got us on the water … Read more
I had a fantastic time fishing here in Georgia today. However, I was asked not to divulge any info or show much scenery by well-known Georgia angler, Fletcher Sams. Fletcher treated Austin Kane and I to the awesome experience. It’s a privilege when taken to cool places on this earth and very important to respect … Read more
It’s been a whirlwind since getting off the boat in Baja Friday. Saturday we drove seven hours south to Cerritos. Sunday I flew north up the Baja coast with a perfect view all the way to Los Angles. At 11:59 pm I boarded a redeye from LA to Minneapolis and arrived at 5:30 am Monday. … Read more
Early morning comes painfully when you picked up the crud on a fishing trip. Now both Sammy and I are feeling like crap. Nonetheless, today is our last day of fishing down here in Baja Mexico with pal Grant Hartman. There was no way we weren’t sucking it up and hitting the water. Commercial … Read more
Sammy Vigneri and I go all the way back to 1987 as friends. Grant Hartman and I met down here in Baja in 1996 when I drove down here all the way from Jackson Hole. Grant had just started Baja Anglers and I was on a six week long trip camped on a beach up … Read more