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2015 Fishing Year in Review

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I’m not sure every year keeps getting better, but for certain 2015 ranks up there as one of my best since I quit working the fly shop.  I continue to get busier with my business and I fish and travel more than ever imagined.     My year started with three months of speaking engagements … Read more

Ending Big on the Last Day of Fishing 2015

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It’s been a good time on Grants boat all week but today our feet were on the ground.  It’s Sammy’s and my last day here in Baja and we fished from the beach.  Grant, who was not guiding but rather fishing with us, picked Sammy and I up from Cerritos very early and we drove … Read more

A Bluewater Fly Fishing Day to Remember

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Whenever I add a tough fish to my fly rod species list the fishing days ahead are relaxing.  I didn’t come to Baja for a yellowfin tuna this week but I capitalized on opportunity and yesterday got a beauty.  If I don’t get my marlin this trip, so be it.  That great fish will come … Read more

Yellowfin Tuna on the Fly

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If you know me, you know that I’m stubborn.  I love a challenge and I’ll stick to almost any challenge until I succeed.  I had my butt absolutely handed to me yesterday in a full day attempt to catch a yellowfin tuna on the fly.  While I tried, I watched Sammy catch a sailfish and … Read more

War Declared on Cabo Sea Lions

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Word on the street of Cabo San Lucas last night was that the yellowfin tuna are in just outside the harbor.  Without a sighting of a single marlin yesterday we decided to give the tuna a try for the first few hours of the day and try marlin in the afternoon.  Years ago at Christmas … Read more

Time to Break the Marlin on the Fly Curse

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Sammy Vigneri and I became pals back in 1987 when we worked together at the fly shop in Jackson Hole.  Sammy was just starting college and I was beginning my career in the fly fishing business.  Sammy went on to be OBGYN doctor.  By the time he started his practice I’d been running that fly … Read more

Back to Baja

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Believe it or not I left the good ole USA again today.  I’m presently in Cerritos, Mexico with my friend Sammy Vigneri at his sweet place on the beach.  Sammy and I fish Baja together often and this week we’ll be after marlin on the fly, a fish that has not been particularly kind to … Read more

Madison Gallatin Trout Unlimited

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I’ve been running wild since returning from Africa.  I’ve been drawing on Cliff Boxes for folks for Christmas gifts, shipping coffee mugs and getting ready for a very intense speaking tour for 2016.  To really put the pressure on myself, a couple months ago I accepted my annual gig to speak up at Madison Gallatin … Read more

Memories from South Africa and Lesotho

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It’s the end of an absolutely special trip through South Africa and Lesotho.  Granny and I are presently somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean on one of the longest flights in the world – Johannesburg to Atlanta enroute home.  We left Sterkfontein Dam Sunday with Tim Babich and Ryan Hammond and drove to Johannesburg.  The guys … Read more

Last Day Fishing in South Africa

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The wind has finally subsided.  The clouds and cold, and today even drizzle, however continued on so it was another slow start for us and for the yellowfish of Sterkfontein Dam.  Because it’s the last day, Granny joined us from the get go despite hating the cold and rain.  Our friends of FlyCastaway, Tim Babich … Read more

An Education Fishing the Sterkfontein Dam

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A horrible front has moved in.  The strength of the wind is the same as yesterday yet it’s done a complete about face.  Our temperature has dropped from an enjoyable 75° to a miserable 55° so with the wind it’s no less than horrifically cold.  Yet we’re at the renowned Sterkfontein Dam to fish for … Read more