It was a short night in Iceland as far as darkness is concerned.  I enjoyed my time in the rain walking every inch of Reykjavik until about 10:30 PM.  Then the sun came out just before finally retiring to my Guesthouse.  I wanted to keep going because the sun was...

We’re six hours ahead of Idaho time here in Iceland. I rolled in at about 9 AM this morning. I took what they call the FlyBus to Reykjavik BSI bus terminal and Thorir Gretar, a friend of Ingo’s and Icelandic Fly Fishermen, picked me up and hauled me to the fly shop he...

If there’s one place I’ve been striving to get to the last 25 years it’s Iceland.  Many customers that I served during my fly shop days in Jackson, Wyoming went to Iceland annually.  The stories of its beauty and the numbers of Atlantic salmon they caught was mind...

The Jackson Hole One Fly is approaching fast.  It’s a sad fact in a way because it means summer is disappearing, but it’s also very exciting.  The One Fly is the only competitive fly fishing I get anymore and I find it exhilarating.  And this year I’ll be defending my...

Although I rarely make a cast, “ladies day” is one of my favorite days of the year (2013, 2012).  I row Granny and our friend Jessica Chitwood down a river I’ve been meaning to explore.  Some years it’s a bust but sometimes the girls roust a good number of fish.  This...

I’m just back from the Fly Tackle Dealer (FTD)/ICAST show in Orlando, FL. This was an event that I didn’t want to leave Idaho for – not with all the great fishing going on near home.  But, it turns out I had a great trip and I got to play with some fantastic new...

July 11-13, 2014   If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile you know about Sammy Vigneri.  Sammy is one of my best friends going all the way back to when we were working together in a fly shop in 1987.  Sammy went to school for about twelve years after that and...

July 8 & 9, 2014   This summer has been a blur.  In fact this year has been a blur.  I’ve hardly done anything normal as far as fishing goes.  Yea, there were a few days on the Henry’s Fork but normally I fish there ten times in June.  It’s been bass, carp,...

I headed back to Blackfoot Reservoir to get Skip Brittenham into a few more carp while he’s here on his 4th of July visit.  Fishing started slow but gradually they started to eat.  When the first clouds filled the sky we only had one landed.  Then rumbles of thunder...

We all have big fishing days from time to time.  I don’t mean fish catching wise, but rather a long hard fought day on the water.  You might get an early start and get home for dinner or you might leave after lunch and get home at dark.  You rack up a good 8-10 hours...

My  Henyr's Fork Marathon will be tomorrow July 1 meeting in the Last Chance lot around 7.

You might remember last year when a couple old customers/good friends from my fly shop times traded some fishing days with me.  They said take us fly fishing for carp and we’ll take you to Bolivia for golden dorado.  I really had to think hard on this but I decided to...

I’m sore from all the paddling I did today.  Naturally it was windy as all get out and I did most of the day by myself – actually the perfect way to end a great trip on the home waters.  The fishing wasn’t spectacular but I managed a couple nice smallies, one...

I absolutely wanted to get Granny an epic bass on the fly day like I enjoyed yesterday.  Due to the fact that my canoe was still in Dads truck I decided to take her right back to the lake Don and I ended on yesterday with the smallmouth and largemouth bass.   We...