I can’t begin to explain how fortunate I’ve been to travel and fish the planet. Believe me, I am grateful for it. It’s all because of generous friends from home and around the world and I thank them for this life. This week finds me with Amazon fly fishing guru and friend, Rodrigo Salles of … Read more
In my past there has been nothing harder than arriving at a destination early then having to wait a day or two for a charter flight to the actual fishing part. Today could have been one of those days but unlike in the past, this time I was actually happy to have the bonus time. … Read more
It happens often; I get so tired I can’t sleep. I hit the pillow at around 1 AM after the Jackson Hole One Fly weekend on Sunday night. But knowing I had to be up at 4 AM to catch a flight to the Amazon, it was impossible to sleep. At 3:58 AM before the … Read more
I barely slept a wink last night and was up at 4:50 AM before the alarm went off. It wasn’t day 2 of the Jackson Hole One Fly that kept me awake, it’s the fact that tomorrow morning I leave for Brazil. Am I ready? My brain spun all night. But I am ready for … Read more
I got to fish in the Jackson Hole One Fly for a few years in a row back around 2009-2014 as a guest of my friend Gary Eckman. When Gary stepped out I thought my One Fly days were over. Then Simms entered a team and I fished another year but they only did it … Read more
With Granny’s shoulder surgery only three weeks away and me fishing the Jackson Hole One Fly this weekend then heading straight for the Amazon, we decided to do some old fashion car camping. What I mean by this is, find a cool place that has some fishing but break out the Yeti chairs to relax … Read more
I went silent this week because I was in the field working hard. Early Monday morning I headed for the Henry’s Fork to join a team of fly fishing instructors of the School of Trout. I’m their newest instructor and this week we taught an Advanced Dry Fly Class. The school was founded by … Read more
It’s been a really fun time fishing with my friend Garth Wellman of South Africa. My venues have worked out. Garth has seen a lot of country. And the fishing has been superb. To top off his four days we ended with a float down the Rizzo to meet some of the most challenging dry … Read more
After two weeks of trout fishing here and there you know I had to squeeze in a day of fly fishing for carp. Visiting South African pal, Garth Wellman, wasn’t so sure about the idea when I first tossed it out there, especially after the two days of epic trout fishing I’ve showed him. But … Read more
It’s great having my South African friend Garth Wellman in town and even better that he’s got no car and is staying with his family in Jackson, Wyoming. It’s forcing me out of Idaho and over Teton Pass to Jackson to pick him up. Which in turn, it has me fishing the Jackson Hole area … Read more
One of my favorite rivers has a canyon section I’ve always wanted to fish. The hold back all these years was its rugged appearance with no obvious access points. It seemed the only way to do it would be to take on the entire canyon from start to finish and I just never made the … Read more
Granny and I haven’t done a ton of fishing this summer and I’ve mentioned a few times she’s been suffering from a shoulder injury. Just to refresh everyone, on May 17 while in Baja Granny took a fall hopping a fence on the way back to our campsite. The fall was from about 6-feet up … Read more