August is forest fire season. Unfortunately this summer fires started earlier than August in the Yellowstone area due to the hot dry conditions. Gary Eckman and I floated the Moose to Wilson section of the Snake River under a smoke blurred Grand Teton Mountain Range. Although the smoke certainly takes its toll on our lungs and the … Read more
If you’re not fly fishing for carp yet then you are absolutely out of your mind. Almost every angler has carp within 100 miles from home (unless you’re from Alaska or Hawaii), and chances are there are carp down the street from you in a canal or local pond. Carping is almost all sight fishing, … Read more
If you haven’t bumped into the Fish and Game Art Gifts yet then I guess its time, especially where many of you have been sipping coffee out of my colorful fish mugs every morning for years. This new web store has added my fish to numerous great products. You’ll find unique items anglers love from beer steins and … Read more
I dropped Granny off at the Jackson Hole Airport at 6 AM this morning because she went to NYC to celebrate her moms 80th. That makes me a bachelor for a week. The airport is right near the Snake River so naturally I had to fish under the Tetons before returning to Victor. Good friend … Read more
Today my friend Gary Eckman and I floated the entire South Fork Canyon. Gary has been on the blog many times the last couple years. Gary is the founder of the “Good Times” One Fly Team and generously sponsors me to be on it. Every July we start floating at least a day a week together to … Read more
I remember all too well the grind of working retail through the summer in Jackson Hole Wyoming. Don’t get me wrong, I loved helping folks catch fish, but by mid July my days off were worth more than gold. That’s why lately I’ve been getting my girl into some good fishing AND some relaxation. Granny … Read more
All genuine anglers have a few top secret fishing spots. I must have a dozen. I don’t take hardly anyone to these places. I fish them alone or with Granny or in the past with my dad. In rare instances I might take a best friend but as a rule I protect my sacred fisheries … Read more
Some twenty-five years ago when fishing in a lightening storm on the Henry’s Fork (hatch wouldn’t stop) a shot of electricity crackled through my fly rod and jolted me up to the elbow before I threw the slender graphite stick and ran for my life. The terrifying moment seemed like a close call and I … Read more
It’s a long drive from Victor, Idaho to Fort Smith, Montana and the famous Bighorn River. About eight hours even if you don’t make a wrong turn. Personally, unless I have a week on the Bighorn I stay home to enjoy my own fantastic trout waters. But ask me if I’d drive eight hours to … Read more
June 30 & July 1, 2012 It’s rare that I would catch myself going to Yellowstone National Park to fish any time near the 4th of July; however that may change for the future. My friend Michigan Mike is visiting through Sunday. We pounded the Henry’s Fork earlier this week then to Texas Creek and … Read more
June 28 & 29, 2012 Like any wise angler I don’t advertise where I’m going fishing when its one of my sneaky favorites. If I get caught on the way and someone asks where I’m headed I usually make up something fast. But at 6 AM yesterday when on the way an acquaintance yelled out, … Read more
Only the craziest hardcore dry fly anglers in the world would fish the Harriman Ranch of the Henry’s Fork on a day like today. Winds were steady at 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. There were times when your 16 foot leader and dry fly would lift off the water. For ten hours … Read more