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Payara Fishing, Payara Art and a Jau Catfish

Just a reminder of where I am this week.  I’m a guest of Rodrigo Salles of Untamed Angling and us along with friends Joe Wolthuis and Ross Purnell are on the Xingu River in the Amazon of Brazil.  We are fishing mostly payara, but everything that wants to play is welcome.  Its an incredibly wild … Read more

The Short Days and Long Nights of December

The blog has been quiet since I returned from Mexico way back just before Thanksgiving.  But that was the plan.  It was time to buckle down and promote my webstore for Christmas and prepare and deliver a bunch of Online Zoom PowerPoint Presentations.  While most of these talks are for private clubs (last night for … Read more

Home Sweet Idaho

I’m not home often these days.  It’s weird.  It wasn’t planned this way.  It just sort of happened – a career in fly fishing that includes an annual show/speaking tour then months of fishing and travel.  I wouldn’t trade it for anything but at times I miss my home in Victor, Idaho.   I’m amidst … Read more

First Fly Fishing Show in the Books

It was a wearisome drive from Victor to the Denver Fly Fishing Show 2016. On dry roads the car ride takes 7 hours but this year took 10 and will go as one of the longest in years.  Wildlife, snow, slush, mud and a turned over Fed X truck made the travel tediously slow going … Read more

Idaho to Montreal – Half Way to McKenzie River Lodge

We had smooth sailing from home to Montreal.  Believe it or not Montreal is only a bit more than half way to McKenzie River Fly Fishing Lodge in Western Labrador from Victor.  That’s how far north we’re headed.  Tomorrow we’ll fly to Wabush, Labrador on Provincial Air then by Otter floatplane to Andre Lake where … Read more