There haven’t been a whole lot of fish to brag about this week on the blog despite being down here in Phoenix, Arizona on some of my favorite carp haunts. The main reason is because the waters are cold due to snow melt from the Arizona mountains and chilly temperatures in town dipping to the … Read more
I may not have mentioned it but it isn’t exactly warm down here in Phoenix. It felt good the first couple days because it’s snowing in Idaho but its not ideal conditions for grass carp fishing. Grassies like it to be hot. Today’s high was right at 70° and with the wind I kept on … Read more
Granny and I are down here in Phoenix, Arizona visiting friends Steve and Lisa Berry. As you learned the past couple blogs we’re down here mainly to fly fish for urban carp and bass. But we have about a week so today, being its Lisa’s day off, we opted to join some of their friends, … Read more
Fly fishing for carp has become so big here in the Phoenix, Arizona area that the first spot we hit today was already occupied. It’s true. With trout fishing locations hours away, folks are taking advantage of the good stuff near home. I think it’s great but in this weeks blogs I won’t divulge exact … Read more
After a week of shoveling, Tuesday afternoon Granny and I loaded my 1991 Explorer and headed south for Arizona. We didn’t head south because of the snow but rather because we each have some time off. Originally we were scheduled to work the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show in CA but that cancelled like just about … Read more
The “Super Grand Slam” painting is done for my friend Mike Lodge. It’s a tricky process putting four fish on one piece of watercolor paper. They must be aligned perfect and there’s thought put into the order and size of each fish in the painting. Then there’s the crucial care that needs to be taken … Read more
If you’re a regular blog follower and wondering why the lack of posts, it’s plain and simple, I’m not fishing now. I was supposed to be in Baja but we had to do some last minute rescheduling. Instead, it’s my usual life at home. I’m working on a large size “Flats Grand Slam” painting which … Read more
I sort of unpacked from the permit trip to Belize two weeks ago. I say sort of because I moved most of the salty rods and reels to my bag for Mexico. I was planning to leave for Baja on Friday. But sadly, my friend Sammy whom I always go to Baja with, his mother … Read more
I wasn’t expecting a good day based on the way it started at 4 AM. We were going for a very early departure to the flats if the weather was good. And it was. That part was glorious and because of it we went all the way to the reef to permit fish. But when … Read more
I couldn’t believe my ears. It was the sound of a steady tropical downpour. I mean relentless rain pounding the roof of the Belize Permit Club. Yesterday was beautiful and when we went to bed there were stars out, but now we were right back to where we started our week only worse! No … Read more
We woke up to a miracle today. I heard birds singing at 4:30 AM rather than pounding rain. I clicked the coffee pot and made lots of noise to wake up Tim Brune and Wil Flack. We needed to get on the permit flats early here at the Belize Permit Club. It was … Read more
As forecasted, our weather today here in Southern Belize was miserable. It was raining so hard at 5 AM that instead of leaping up to turn on the coffee pot, I rolled over. And it wasn’t only me, buddy Tim Brune could have flicked the button but he too opted for more sleep. I’ve never … Read more