Bend, Oregon buddy Scott Robertson and I go back a long way. In recent years we’ve fished together for the USA Master Fly Fishing Team. We had the fun of being on winning teams taking home the Bronze Medals in Portugal in 2017 and the Silver Medals in South Africa in 2019. The last few … Read more
The pain in my left (stripping) shoulder has eased some since the start of 2023, but it’s still there. In February I managed to see an Orthopedic Dr. I got an X-Ray that showed no damage. I also got some PT exercises to try and scheduled an MRI for April 13. Today, I put my … Read more
Todays’ driving challenges began first thing. After I made the coffee and Granny and I broke camp from our private little getaway, we had to drive the Ruby Van up out of the canyon over the rutted steep gravel road. We made it. But only by a hair. We came to a stop a couple … Read more
Granny and I got sidetracked on our drive for Oregon yesterday. We were invited by a good friend to camp and fish his private property. He’d offered this last year too but with my overfilled speaking schedule I had no time to stop. This trip, I promised Granny that I would slow it down and … Read more
There’s been a lot of action since last weeks report. First and most important, Granny and I finally made it to The Pleasanton, CA Fly Fishing Show after the hectic drive. It’s always nice to be in California in February – a lot of that is because of the nice weather – but the wind, … Read more
I’m moving fast and falling behind on my blog and IG updates and this one will be short and quick as well because we are making our way to The Pleasanton CA Fly Fishing Show in the Ruby Van straight through a miserable massive winter storm. The driving so far since we left Wisconsin last … Read more
It was a lovely relaxing extended weekend at our home in Hayward, Wisconsin. The quiet time was spent resting, hiking and preparing for the next big leg of my winter speaking tour. I can’t explain the solitude after a bustling three weeks on the east coast. Today finds us in the van headed west. … Read more
The Atlanta Fly Fishing Show was superb. This was the first time Granny and I made our way south for this one and we’re glad we did. While Atlanta doesn’t have as many vendors as NJ or is it as packed with visitors as Denver, but its perfectly laid out and the folks that came … Read more
As mentioned last week, Granny and I are doing the East Coast Fly Fishing Shows from my old 1991 Exploder. The only reason is that when we were without a home last year at this time, I had the silver SUV parked at Mom’s in NH. So part of this show tour is about getting … Read more
The Edison NJ Fly Fishing show is a monster and though very successful for Granny and I, we are feeling it this morning. I delivered six different presentations at the show and decorated numerous fly boxes, instruments and packs for folks. Though I love every minute of teaching and putting smiles on folks faces with … Read more
Granny and I are headed for The Edison NJ Fly Fishing Show. Our three day layover in Wolfeboro, NH at Moms was a dream. We had a heavy snowstorm on Monday that dropped 17” of snow. We got in some snowy hikes and enjoyed watching the white stuff fall from Garwoods Restaurant, one of the … Read more
We had fun doing the Marlborough Fly Fishing Show over the weekend! Despite a snowstorm the show was well attended and a huge success. This is one of my favorite shows of the season so I was excited to see this. While Granny ran our booth showing off my famous fish coffee mugs, steins and … Read more