I’m in the Asturias region in Northern Spain on a reconnaissance mission for the USA Fly Fishing Masters Team. The actual competition takes place here April 23-28th. I’ll be headed home Thursday then right back here in three weeks. The Masters Team is for we “over 50 guys” that still enjoy competing on … Read more
Jerry Arnold and I met in Madrid, Spain late this afternoon. My flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was delayed so I missed connection Amsterdam to Madrid. This put us in the rental car four hours later than expected. The delay hurt us because we had a 5-hour drive to the Northern region … Read more
I’m putting my feet up today, tonight and tomorrow morning. That’s because I have 24 hours of flight travel ahead of me starting in a few minutes. Movies, red wine and sleep. I’m going to enjoy all three and end up in Madrid, Spain. There I’ll meet friend Jerry Arnold and start a long … Read more
It was a quick turn around from Mexico to Alberta, Canada. I flew home from Baja and unpacked my saltwater gear and cleaned it up. Then packed up my seminar goods for an extended weekend of speaking that started Thursday night in Great Falls, Montana. Friday it was on to Lethbridge, Alberta through Sunday at … Read more
Grant Hartman and I had to twist Sammy’s arm a little to fish a few hours before our long drive back to Cabo so we can fly home tomorrow. I’ve lucked into a few nice fish the last two days but Sam hasn’t. It turns out he’s glad we did. We hit another rocky … Read more
You may remember over the years that Sammy has a place in Baja which is one of the reasons I’m down here so much. He recently got a nice truck that he is now keeping here. He got it for accessing remote areas for fishing and today was its maiden voyage. Sammy can be … Read more
A number of years ago Grant Hartman took Sammy and I up the Pacific side of Baja in search of Pacific snook. While the snook weren’t around we found many other fun species to catch including some Pacific cubera snapper (dog) around a rocky point. It was late that day and we only fished for … Read more
Mornings are cool here on the Pacific side of Baja in March. It’s also foggy until the sun comes up. Regardless, myself, Sammy, Grant and our guide Jose left early in order to make the approximately 15-mile ride into the Pacific for a chance at yellowfin tuna on the fly. There was also some … Read more
If there’s one new fish species I hoped to add to my list this week down here in Baja it’s one of the Pacific snook. Here they have the black snook and the white. Somehow both have eluded me despite numerous trips since 1996. But today, I was able to knock off the white. … Read more
California tour – Pyramid Lake Nevada – Home Sweet Home. Sounds awesome and easy. It wasn’t. My 750-mile drive from Pyramid Lake to Victor, Idaho was a slippery snowy Interstate 80 hell. Made it in 12 hours though. Once home I caught up on bills, shoveling, preparing for the next leg of the speaking tour … Read more
When I began working in the fly shop in Jackson Hole, WY in 1987, we had VHS tapes playing while customers roamed. One tape was of Larry Shoenborn’s TV show, Fishing the West. Larry was catching Lahontan cutthroat from a ladder in Nevada on Pyramid Lake. The once believed extinct cutthroat were gigantic! I had … Read more
I’ll make this blog quick being my turn around from Indianapolis to leaving for California was less than 48 hours. Furthermore, I’m driving through this leg of the tour because this trip entails speaking tonight at Tracy Fly Fishers presenting, “Four Seasons of the Yellowstone Trout Bum”. Tomorrow I start the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show … Read more