When I come to Phoenix to do fly fishing presentations I always add a couple days for some urban fly fishing. Phoenix has an elaborate canal system through the city and its neighboring suburbs along with manmade lakes and ponds. Each and every one of these waters are home to carp. Lucky for me, … Read more
Its life in the fast lane from now till April. I always move fast but during my show/speaking tour season it moves crazy fast. Today I escaped the big storm in Idaho and caught an early flight for Phoenix. Though the reason was to deliver my PowerPoint presentation, “Four Seasons of the Yellowstone Trout Bum”, … Read more
Thanks to everyone who came to the Denver Fly Fishing Show. That was one of the best shows ever and Granny and I appreciate all of you that made a point to say hello. My hand is sore for drawing fish on so many different things including a few hats. I hope those that caught … Read more
It’s time to give the fish a rest. Its show time folks. Starting with the Denver Fly Fishing Show this week on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I’m ready to rock my entertaining PowerPoint presentations, teach fly fishing seminars and give casting demonstrations. I’m looking forward to the next three months. I see many of … Read more
2017 was a heck of a year. It started with nearly 75 straight days of show life. Nine years ago, when I switched my career to fulltime art and speaking professionally about fly fishing, I wasn’t sure it would work. But it most definitely has. This year I gave more than 40 seminars throughout the … Read more
My return to Belize has been great. I enjoy spending time with friend Wil Flack and it’s been a pleasure meeting his friend Tayler Brothers. Wil’s new Belize Permit Club is fantastic. We’ve been eating well. Enjoying refreshments at night. The only downer is that the permit fishing has been arduous. Wil Flack and … Read more
Wil Flack, Tayler Brothers and I had high hopes heading for the permit flats of Southern Belize at twilight this morning. We hooked three yesterday in harsh conditions. Today conditions were excellent. This was our warmest morning, the clouds were gone, and the wind blew at a 10-15 mph – a mere breeze for … Read more
There were a couple changes when we woke up at 4 AM today here in Belize. First and foremost, I felt much better. Thank God! Second, when we left Belize Permit Camp dock at 4:30 am, instead of the temperature being in the 50°s like each morning so far, it was 66°. Skies remained … Read more
It was a sunny day on the flats of Belize yesterday but the wind was savage. The forecast for today was promising. More sun and finally a drop in the wind to a more workable 10 to 20 mph. But the prediction was wrong. We had cruel conditions of thick clouds, 55° temps, 25 mph … Read more
Todays blog starts with a travel tip. In the northern hemisphere, even in tropical destinations, December is December. Its winter and it can get far colder than you may expect. At midnight I turned the fan off over my bed here at the Belize Permit Club. At 2 AM I added a blanket. And at … Read more
Today was a challenging day of permit fishing. It started with Wil Flack waking us up at 4 AM. It rained all night and it was drizzling as we made coffee. I was basically in a coma. 4 AM here is like 2 AM in Idaho and for the last ten days or so I’ve … Read more
I made it to Belize today by the skin of my teeth. I’m a Delta guy which means getting to Belize flies me through Atlanta. It was snowing! We were delayed more than an hour but that was because we needed to be deiced before takeoff and as you can imagine, that’s not normal for … Read more