I slipped into Portland, Oregon last night and am presently staying with my old friend Mike LaSota (Michigan Mike). Mike’s last time on the blog was when we fished in Gabon in 2016. What brought me to Portland was to give my presentation, “Streamer Tricks for More and Larger Trout” for the Flyfisher’s of Oregon … Read more
Back in the day, October snow and cold meant exciting fall fishing to me. Though it still does it also causes me to pull out the map. Luckily, today I’m headed to Portland, Oregon to deliver my PowerPoint presentation, “Streamer Tricks for More and Larger Trout” to the FlyFisher’s Club of Oregon. After my talk, … Read more
Friend Gary Eckman and I fished Jenny Lake today in Grand Teton National Park. Rather than fish at sunrise when it was about 20°s we met at 10 AM at the lake. This gave me time to enjoy the Park before fishing. We have lots of snow up high in the Tetons already. Gary … Read more
Thanks to work and watching baseball I haven’t been fishing enough. Also, our fall weather has been heinous. On the night of September 14 our high temperatures went from the 80°s to 40°s and most days since have provided cold rain and snow. Although todays early morning drive to Kubswin Lake was colorful, I should’ve … Read more
Lots of catching up on art, writing, organizing for the show season is in the rearview. Not done but enough finished to have some fun. This past week Granny and I went to Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri and watched two Cardinals vs Cubs games. The Cubs lost for us on Tuesday night but … Read more
We’ve had eight days of colder than normal September temperatures with a solid dose of precipitation mixed of rain and snow. I refer to it as the fall Equinox storm. It’s a good thing for Idaho. You can never get too much moisture. Bad weather also gives me a window to catch up on my office … Read more
I got a call from Simms back in April asking if I would fish on their Jackson Hole One Fly Team. At the time I expected to be tarpon fishing in the Congo and had to turn it down. When denied our permits and VISA’s for the Congo a month ago I checked in with … Read more
Tarponville is a well-known lodge down here in Costa Rica. It’s located in Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge and about a half hour boat ride from the mouth of the Sixaola River which is the river that separates Costa Rica from Panama. It is here that huge tarpon thrive and have a habit of devouring big … Read more
I’ve been on plenty of exotic trips that I waited a long time for only to be brutalized by weather, bad conditions or simply lousy fishing. There’s nothing more you can do other than get out on the water and give it your best shot. You don’t blame the guides or the lodge. One … Read more
The rain was relentless until 4 AM this morning. We got up about that time and powered some coffee and snacks then loaded the boat for a full day of filming. The rain stopped completely at 4:45 and at 5, when the glow of daylight began, we shoved off. Our goal was to put some … Read more
I apologize in advance for the limited photos. Sometimes when working on a filming project there’s little time to grab my own camera. I arrived in Costa Rica this morning at 7 AM. Hard to believe Granny and I woke up in the back of the Explorer yesterday at Blackfoot Reservoir to the sound … Read more
August 30, 2017 Back in April I got a call from fly fishing filmmaker Grant Wiswell, producer of Castaway Films. He wanted to know if I’d be willing to do an interview for his upcoming tarpon film, “Atlanticus”. I’m always thrilled for these types of jobs and honored to be asked. Grants next question was … Read more