Happy Holidays everyone! Sorry to have gone dark since that last post from Borneo. Seems a few of you were worried about me and I appreciate your reaching out. (Photo not our house!) All is good. I walked in the door of our Hayward, WI house (with our new garage for the van and … Read more
Early morning comes painfully when you picked up the crud on a fishing trip. Now both Sammy and I are feeling like crap. Nonetheless, today is our last day of fishing down here in Baja Mexico with pal Grant Hartman. There was no way we weren’t sucking it up and hitting the water. Commercial … Read more
I’ve had several productive days at home preparing for what will be another busy winter show and speaking schedule. I also packed for some amazing trips coming up soon. I’m feeling less stressed and more caught on things than I have in a month. After a beautiful fall bike ride, this afternoon I jumped in … Read more
All of us on this USA Masters Fly Fishing Team here in Kamloops, British Columbia are ready to compete on the lakes when the World Championship competition starts next week. But its not only lakes that we compete on. We all have one three hour session on the dreaded Clearwater River (where we didn’t see … Read more
I caught the early flight from Duluth on Monday morning. Duluth has a 5:15 AM one. It’s a bit early by my standards being you need to check in around 4 AM. But, I’ve figured out a way to make it less painless. I drive up the night before and park in the airport parking … Read more
Exactly a week ago today Granny and I got home after the long show season. It was perfect timing. We had freaky warm weather in the upper 70°s for the first five days. Almost all of our snow melted. Then yesterday a storm rolled in and its back to freezing. There’s been zero fishing. … Read more
Granny and I pointed the Ruby Van east on April 1st for a slow and easy drive home from the west coast. There was no more fishing involved. We had visions of tackling the Owyhee River in eastern Oregon, but when we got there, it was insanely crowded. I’ve never seen so many people fly … Read more
Todays’ driving challenges began first thing. After I made the coffee and Granny and I broke camp from our private little getaway, we had to drive the Ruby Van up out of the canyon over the rutted steep gravel road. We made it. But only by a hair. We came to a stop a couple … Read more
Granny and I got sidetracked on our drive for Oregon yesterday. We were invited by a good friend to camp and fish his private property. He’d offered this last year too but with my overfilled speaking schedule I had no time to stop. This trip, I promised Granny that I would slow it down and … Read more
It’s been a busy December. Unfortunately, not due to fishing which is why the lack of blogs. But this is good because I’m still resting the shoulder. I’m not sure it has done me much good as far as getting totally better but at least its not hurting like after Mexico. The worst thing about … Read more
Granny and I did some beach hopping today. I even worked some rocky areas with hopes of some odd species or a snapper. But attempts were unsuccessful in all locations. Once again the surf was big and although I fought it, I could not find a fish. No complaints however. I’m in Baja with my … Read more
I walked in the door at 1:45 AM this morning. Yesterday I had the late flight from Jackson Hole that left at 1:30 PM. I arrived in Duluth at 11:37 PM. After collecting my luggage, it was a deer dodging drive for two hours to Hayward. It sounds horrible I’m sure, but after years of … Read more