The Western Idaho Fly Fishing Expo 2020

As soon as I chase these rascals off my apple trees it’s on my way to Bozeman, MT.  Tonight I speak to the Madison/Gallatin Trout Unlimited Club.  This is my fifth time speaking here and my presentation tonight will be “Fly Fishing the Lakes of Yellowstone”.   If you live in MT come on down.  … Read more

The Tour is Underway

Hard to believe I’m sitting here at my computer and the Denver Fly Fishing Show is over.  How time flies when you’re having fun.  Or perhaps how time flies when you are so busy at these gigs.   Granny and I drove down to Denver Thursday.  After the big snowstorm on New Year’s Day I … Read more

Its Show Time – Denver Fly Fishing Show 2020

At a glance I look like lucky guy that does nothing but fly fish and travel, but actually I’m a lucky guy that’s made fly fishing his living.  There’s a ton of work behind the scenes.  Just imagine writing a blog post for every single fishing day for more than the last ten years.   … Read more

2019 – What a Year!

Happy New Year everyone from Granny and I.  It was a beautiful day of dumping snow.  Of course it snowed because I need to drive all the way to the Denver Fly Fishing Show tomorrow to start my show circuit.  Weather has not been on my side in recent weeks!   I want to start … Read more

Last Fishing Day of 2019 Happens in Dubai

I didn’t want to get my expectations too high that we’d fish Dubai today.  The weather has been cruel much of this trip.  Nick Bowles and I bagged fishing yesterday due to wind and today’s forecast had more of the same.  But we went to bed crossing our fingers, and lo and behold, when we … Read more

Wind Keeps Us Off the Waters of Dubai

While Sammy probably finds himself somewhere over the North Atlantic Ocean on his return home, I remain in Dubai with my great friend Nick Bowles, founder of Ocean Active Fly, and his family.  It was 2014 that we met and started fly fishing Dubai together.  We hit it off so well I moved into his … Read more

More Bad Weather puts Sammy’s GT on Hold

This has been a challenging expedition to the Indian Ocean that began with a cyclone in the Seychelles.  That storm sent us to Dubai early but rare rains messed Dubai up.  And today in Musandam we got on the water very early trying to beat an incoming storm.  We had rain and wind right from … Read more

Fly Fishing the Rugged Musandam

The hunt for a monster giant trevally began with an early departure from Khasab port in Musandam with Ocean Active Fly.  To say this is a rugged region of this planet is an understatement.  Until 2008 this region was only accessible by air, boat or a ten hour drive.  Now there are fast ferries from Muscat, … Read more

From Salalah, Oman to Musandam

Today was a travel day for Sammy and me.  We left Southern Oman and traveled to Musandam, the northern part of Oman.  There’s a catch however, Musandam is not connected to the rest of Oman.  Oman is divided by the country of United Arab Emirates (UAE).  This is called and exclave and very unique.   … Read more

Last Day New Species Magic

It was our last day fishing in Southern Oman.  And Sammy and I got to do it with yesterdays guides Nuan and Amhed but also Nick Bowles and Trevor Skinner.  The boys of Ocean Active Fly arrived last night to join us today. Tomorrow they stay and fish with Yousef while Sammy and I will … Read more

Multi Species Fishing in Southern Oman

With Nick up in Dubai, Sammy and I headed out in Southern Oman today with Nuan, one of Ocean Active Fly Dubai guides, and Amhed, one of Yousef’s boat drivers.  Nuan knows fly fishing but this would be his first day on these waters.  Amhed knows the waters down here but nothing about fly fishing.  … Read more

Bad Elbows and Broken Boats in Oman

With a broken boat and bad flare up of tennis elbow or whatever I have going on in my arm, today was a good day for a break.  Sammy and I are at the Juweira Boutique Hotel and its nice.  There are restaurants and bars and today we relaxed and relished in it.   There’s … Read more