flyfishing

Enjoying Van Life on the East Coast of Florida

Granny and I are in van-life groove enjoying our break from the Fly Fishing Show tour.  We rolled into Satellite Beach, FL Tuesday afternoon and stayed with our friends Frank and Linda Catino.  We watched a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral literally from their backyard.  It was a spectacular sight.  Then we hit their favorite … Read more

Currier-Bruun

My Final Fishing Day of 2024

2024 has been an epic fishing year and it could not have ended any better.  I had the bow of the skiff here in Florida on the Indian River Lagoon for the entire day as Frank Catino guided me.  The icing on the cake however was that long time Jackson Hole pal Paul Bruun, 80 … Read more

airboats

First Ride on an Airboat!

Frank Catino gave me a few options of entertainment today while I’m down here in Florida.  We could go bass fishing on some private lakes.  We could chase snook, but we are definitely doing that tomorrow with Paul Bruun.  Or, we could bag fishing altogether and zip around on Franks airboat.  Well, being a man … Read more

Fly Fishing Turkey Creek Sanctuary FL

I have a few good friends that live down here in Florida.  Another, and the one that hired me to come down here and teach the seminar yesterday for the Backcountry Fly Fishing Club, is Frank Catino.  Frank is a native Floridian and longtime guide down here.  Today Frank took me out to try for … Read more

First New Species of 2020

It’s nice to write about a day of fishing for the first time in 2020 after the heavy month of January.  Todays blog is about fishing with my longtime friend and mentor, Paul Bruun.  Paul was one of the first guys I met when I arrived in Jackson Hole back in 1987.  I learned a … Read more

Fly Fishing at Tarpon Lodge on Pine Island Florida

One of my absolute best customers back in my fly shop days was George.  Year after year George treated his friends and family to fishing in Jackson Hole Wyoming.  I handled his trips and retail and made sure they had a great time.  His favorite fishing guide was Rick Schreiber and over the years Rick … Read more