Ever since my dad began to struggle with Parkinson’s disease I’ve found my way back east to visit my family in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire a bunch. Dad is now I nursing home so that’s a huge bummer. But there is some good. I went from seeing my family once a year to what is now … Read more
My flight home didn’t leave Atlanta today until 2 pm. This meant there was time for a few casts early this morning. Lucky for Michael and I, Drew Friedrich, guide and shop employee for Cohutta Fishing, invited us to join him before sunrise from his parents property on the Etowah River in Cartersville, Georgia. … Read more
I love traveling and giving fly fishing seminars because I meet so many wonderful people. My job also takes me to just about every nook and corner of the USA and Canada. I fly into airports nobody’s heard of and visit towns my Idaho friends haven’t been. Tonight I spoke at Unicoi Outfitters in Helen, … Read more
For the most part, my season of delivering fly fishing seminars at shows and clubs ends early April. My income shrinks but I fish like a mad man so I think I’ll live. That being said, I welcome gigs anytime of year and thanks to my friend Michael Williams, founder of Nomadic Waters, I find … Read more
Its not easy to leave my beautiful homeland in June. It’s the greenest it is all year. The birds are singing. And the Henry’s Fork is at its best. But I’m headed for Georgia this morning for four days of delivering fly fishing seminars mixed in with a couple days of fishing. Tonight I’ll … Read more
I haven’t been on an airplane in fifteen days. It’s been a beautiful thing soaking up spring at home. I’ve enjoyed some carp fishing and Henry’s Fork time. I’ve also got caught up on a lot of things including some artwork. You may remember back in March when I caught my first Lahontan cutthroat at … Read more
It would be a big fat lie if I said I wasn’t tired from my four day carp event when Granny and I decided to head for the Henry’s Fork and TroutHunter for dinner last night. But TOO tired for the Henry’s Fork in June? Not a chance. We had a nice meal and a … Read more
It’s a bad sign for me to break out my Sharpies during the Johnny Boyd Carp Classic but once again it was the weather. While heat invigorates mirror carp, glassy calm conditions simply make them more vulnerable to predators and victims of bow hunters. The carp hate the idea of wearing and arrow. My … Read more
When we went to bed last night after our late night campfire it was cold and windy. There were even some threatening clouds. Five hours later when we woke up it was like we were on a different planet. There were no clouds, it was dead calm and best of all it was warm. To … Read more
It was a cold, drizzly and rainy night after I crawled in my Explorer last evening. I’m on Blackfoot Reservoir doing some reconnaissance before the Johnny Boyd Carp Classic that I’ll fish in this weekend. I woke up at 5 like normal but heard the rain so instead of making coffee and grabbing my seat … Read more
The Johnny Boyd Carp Classic takes place on Saturday and Sunday June 2 and 3 on Blackfoot Reservoir in Idaho. There will be 25 Teams of three persons. Each team is allowed to weigh in three carp per day and must be caught by each teammate and not one individual. The weight determines victory for … Read more
I’d like to thank everyone for reading the St. Brandon’s blogs along with adding all the nice comments and the congratulatory emails that came. To travel that far and catch “the fish” was the ultimate satisfaction for me. The rough boat ride back to Mauritius and the two days of flight travel home didn’t faze … Read more