Every September 1st I toss a heavy bedspread in the Explorer for extra warmth camping. Nighttime temperatures literally change from the 50°s in August to the low 30°s in September here in the Yellowstone Country. Well, it’s a good thing I do. Monday night Granny and I pulled off the road to sleep and it … Read more
Granny and I headed to Blackfoot Reservoir the other evening with plans to get up early and enjoy next morning’s Callibaetis hatch and possibly catch some big rainbows. Then when the hatch dwindled we planned to fish mirror carp. We arrived around 7 PM and Granny made one of her usual camping feasts. At … Read more
We camped last night on Blackfoot Reservoir so we could get an early start today fly fishing for carp. Last Friday the carp fishing was so good we could hardly wait. But we awoke to high wind, hovering smoke and patchy clouds. These are horrible conditions for sight-fish fly fishing for carp. Three of … Read more
It was an absolutely incredible time having my nieces as guest the last three weeks. The stuff we did and the fun we had will be remembered for life. But today I got officially back to my normal fishing bum life. I went fly fishing for mirror carp with the boys. We went 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
My last six fishing days of 2017 ended in skunks and yesterday, the first day of 2018, started with a skunk. Today I had to get on track. Steve Berry, Gentry Smith and I headed to some urban Phoenix ponds where we always catch fish. The last time I fished here was in 2014. … Read more