I got home from a successful Keys trip late Tuesday night then had a couple days to fine tune a conservation speech about golden mahseer that I gave in San Francisco on Friday night for the Henry’s Fork Foundations Annual Fundraiser. The talk was held at an amazing old yacht club near Fisherman’s Wharf practically … Read more
A common occurrence on any photo shoot is that on the last day you scramble to get pics you haven’t gotten yet. The shorter the length of the shoot the longer the last day photo list is. I’m in the Florida Keys on a two day shoot with Simms modeling new product. Simms has some … Read more
One of the many perks of being on the Simms Fishing Products pro staff is being one of the first to fish the newest of Simms long array of products. Tonight pro photographer Brian Grossenbacher and I landed in Key West, Florida. We are here the courtesy of Simms. My job is to fish and … Read more
With a trip to San Francisco this Friday November 6th to be the keynote speaker for the Henry’s Fork Foundation Reception Dinner then to Africa for three weeks on Monday November 9th, squeezing in two days of fishing in the Florida Keys tomorrow and Monday didn’t seem logical. But then it seemed less logical not … Read more
Fall is the time for get togethers with my friends whom are guides, fly shop employees, fly fishing instructors and those who are just too dang busy to spend time with in the summertime. Fall is the time when fly fishing people do less working and more fishing. These last two days was the end … Read more
Twas a late blurry night at the TroutHunter on the banks of the Henry’s Fork celebrating my 50th. I wasn’t alone. More than twenty held it down till the bitter end of 2 AM. You would suspect a quiet morning today but instead we got up because of a drastic change in weather. The temps came … Read more
We stayed up late again last night but it didn’t slow us down an iota. Nine of us sucked down coffees at 6 AM while organizing our gear for the next part of our trip. We were headed for the Ranch on the Henry’s Fork to celebrate my 50th all weekend. At 8 AM … Read more
I’d be lying if I said I woke up feeling like a million bucks this morning. I had seven of my best friends in town at the house last night and more arrived today. We’re more like brothers than friends. We’ve lived together, fished, hiked traveled and you name it. Some from college, others worked … Read more
A long anticipated get together with some of my best friends began when I collected college buddies from the Jackson Hole Airport this afternoon. 100 miles away several others were landing in Idaho Falls and two others were entering the Yellowstone Country by car. There’s another group coming tomorrow as well. The celebration of my … Read more
I’ve been getting lots of necessary “indoor” chores done the last two weeks such as organizing my winter speaking tour, some artwork and I packed for some upcoming adventures. I got the tasks done only because I was grounded after going under the knife in late September. Recovery required taking it easy and no fishing. … Read more
I’ve been cranking up the art the last ten days. I’ve been decorating a few Cliff Fly Boxes and doing some painting. I’ll have some flashy new fish species such as bluefin tuna on mugs, steins and all my products for that matter on my web store and now I even have a pheasant. I … Read more
I spent a beautiful day rowing Maddon Creek today with friends Ken Holder and Nati. Ken built my first website fifteen years ago and maintained it as a favor for ten years. But Ken has a real job and when my site got larger than he ever imagined a fishing bum could possibly need he called … Read more