A drastic weather change took place overnight. The wind came to a complete stop here on the Texas coast. It was also much warmer for Brian Iannacchione and I for today with our friend and legendary saltwater fly fishing guide, Jako Lucas. I still wore my fleece jacket to start but I didn’t have my … Read more
It was brisk again down here on the Texas coast with friends Brian Iannacchione and guide Jako Lucas. I say brisk, but it was nothing as bad as yesterday’s fridged 46° and windy. This morning at sunrise it was already 56° and the local pelicans actually showed some life. While we’re always open to … Read more
I slipped out of the snowy winter conditions of Wisconsin yesterday and flew to Austin, TX and met up with buddy Brian Iannacchione. Then Brian and I drove to the TX coast to meet up with our friend and top coastal fly fishing guide, Jako Lucas. We’re fishing here for the next four days. … Read more
I was a little groggy this morning for no particular reason. Then I realized it was August 1. This is when it always hits me. I’ve been up early and fishing hard through the extra-long days for three months straight. They don’t call August the dog days for nothing. I could have easily laid back … Read more
I’ll never forget the first jack crevalle I caught. It was April of 1989 in Belize. The fish was part of a marauding school of crevalle a few miles up in the brackish waters of the Sibun River. I’d not seen such carnage. I remember the cast, the startling smash on my orange Tarpon Glow … Read more
Last November I was invited by once Seychelles client now good friend, Brian Iannacchione, to join him in Texas to saltwater fly fish with another friend, legendary South African now American and world renown fishing guide, Jako Lucas. As much as I wanted to join these buddies, I knew it was during peak smallmouth bass … Read more
Granny and I got up real early today to bail from our likely, illegal campsite. We were in a national forest headquarters parking lot because we couldn’t find a campsite last night. Its hard to believe but it seems that all of the world is out galivanting around the US these days camping and having … Read more
Granny and I and the new red van hit some cool weather. After last blog from Castell, TX, I hit the Llano River for about an hour with high hopes for more Guadalupe bass. Temps dropped from 73° to 50° in a couple hours. With it came the north wind and I reeled it in … Read more