It was a cold, drizzly and rainy night after I crawled in my Explorer last evening. I’m on Blackfoot Reservoir doing some reconnaissance before the Johnny Boyd Carp Classic that I’ll fish in this weekend. I woke up at 5 like normal but heard the rain so instead of making coffee and grabbing my seat … Read more
Cornhusker Flyfishers Club president Larry Dostal retrieved me from the Omaha Marriot Hotel at 8 AM today to lead me through my first ever day fly fishing in Nebraska. We took the I 80 from Omaha to Lincoln then north to Branched Oak Lake. Our target species were hybrid stripers – better known as “wipers”. … Read more
My last six fishing days of 2017 ended in skunks and yesterday, the first day of 2018, started with a skunk. Today I had to get on track. Steve Berry, Gentry Smith and I headed to some urban Phoenix ponds where we always catch fish. The last time I fished here was in 2014. … Read more
I’m leaving the country again on Wednesday. This time for Costa Rica to be a guest angler for Castaway Films latest project – “Atlanticus”. Should be incredible. The one thing I like to do before an intense film shoot is relax with Granny. I picked her up from work Monday night and drove for two … Read more
August 22, 2017 It was early to bed early to rise after the Total Solar Eclipse yesterday. Then today Granny and I took the family to Blackfoot Reservoir for a night of camping and carping. For years this annual camping trip has steered up the Gros Ventre River but I felt it was time … Read more
The last thing I should’ve been doing today was fishing because I’m headed for a unique part of the Amazon in 30 hours and I’m not ready. But I couldn’t waste Granny’s day off packing. Instead we took off for a long day of carp fishing beginning at one of our secret spots followed by Blackfoot Reservoir. … Read more
Everything seemed right before I left Victor to meet my friend Tom Hansen for a day trip of fly fishing for mirror carp on Blackfoot Reservoir. The forecast had sunshine, light winds and temperatures in the 80°s, absolutely ideal carp conditions. When we arrived at around 9 AM to rig up the massive waterbody was … Read more
May 3 – 6, 2016 It’s refreshing to finally get home, fish at home and enjoy spring. Of course, it’s the start of our spring runoff so our river fishing options are limited. Most our tailwaters such as the South Fork and Lower Henry’s Fork are fishing well but boat traffic is thick. Instead of … Read more
It was the usual fun evening in Fresno with the Fresno Fly Fishers last night. Then after my show I drove all the way up to Pleasanton for the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show that starts today. This is always a great show so I hope my California friends make it down to say howdy. Here’s … Read more
Since teaching fly fishing to veterans on Monday the Yellowstone Country has been doused with needed snow and rain. My lawn is as green as it was in June and the leaves are changing. When we got to Kubswin Lake today there were tiny remnants of snow on the ground. Word has it that yesterday there … Read more
It wasn’t worth speeding and fishtailing treacherously down the dusty roads of Idaho like it was our first time fly fishing for huge carp. Today’s Blackfoot Reservoir trip wasn’t only my most humbling carp day ever but also the most strenuous hiking and fishing day of the year. That’s saying a lot after Tuesday. … Read more
I finally got out with my longtime friend and blog regular of past years, Gary Eckman. Gary is the man responsible for me giving the chance to fish the Jackson Hole One Fly the last five years because he’s placed me on his team. But this year Gary doesn’t have a One Fly Team for … Read more