I’m alive. Since I started the blog in October of 2009 I have never gone so far behind in my daily fishing stories. And even so, my routine is to pick up right where I left off once there’s time, which in this case would be an entry for July 12. And it will come. … Read more
It was an enjoyable day with our friend Shannon McCormick and his family at their cottage in Wisconsin. Shannon and I used to fish the Henry’s Fork together back in the 80’s. I hadn’t seen him in at least five years. He moved away from the Yellowstone Country a while back but like with all … Read more
We normally don’t come to Wolfeboro, NH until mid June. That’s when New England has warmed up and when the smallmouth leave their spawning beds and start feeding aggressively on poppers. But this year we’re early. Today was Mom’s 80th birthday! We celebrated well too. The day began restfully with coffee on the porch … Read more
Rick Wilsterman passed me on to my friend Bob Lewis at 5:45 this morning. Bob took me fishing today and then to my gig for the Cape Cod Trout Unlimited Club tonight. Tomorrow he’ll take me to spend a full day with the Cape Cod Fly Rodders then to the airport for home on Friday. … Read more
The rest of Team USA Masters Fly Fishing Team got in from the USA tonight. This includes Pete Erickson, Mike Sexton and Brett Bishop. The guys have normal jobs so they weren’t able to come early and practice like Jerry and I. They were exhausted as to be expected so they are now off to … Read more
August 17-21, 2021 Plain and simple, for the first time in the 12 years of writing about every single day of fishing, I’m so far behind in about everything in life that I’m going to give the shortest reports from this week’s fishing of all time. Don’t worry, I won’t make a habit of … Read more
If you’re thinking I need to get my butt out fishing because the blog has been way too quiet – I agree! But that yard sale, spring clean up and overall catching up on a lot of things after that wonderful trip to Wisconsin set me back a little. Furthermore, May is not a great … Read more
Granny won’t drive my stick shift 1991 Explorer so I punched out a lot of miles on this Wisconsin trip. 3,285 to be exact. Yesterday we left Iron River, WI at 5 AM sharp and 850 miles later we pulled into a campsite within view of Devils Tower in Wyoming. Two beers in my Yeti … Read more
It’s hard to believe its January 10th already and I’ve not loaded a single blog, my Instagram or Facebook post yet this year. It’s also hard to accept that I’m not running all over the country doing shows and giving presentations. But starting off the New Year in low stress fashion for the first time … Read more
July 21 & 22, 2020 Summer has a tendency to speed up after the 4th of July and no doubt this one is flying now. We had Steve and Lisa from AZ visit early in July, then Jesse Belcher, and now my brother and his family. They drove across country over the weekend and … Read more
I haven’t fished on the 4th of July in at least 25 years. I always worked the 4th when I was in the fly shop. But even since then, it’s been a day spent in Victor, Idaho with the morning parade, bands at the Knotty Pine and the rest of the time with friends playing … Read more
Granny continues to recover nicely from her shoulder surgery. Today is exactly 3 weeks since she got cut. This is an operation we feared because of the pain and difficult physical therapy that comes with. And it’s the first 3 weeks that’s worst. But we are through this trying part and neither of us can … Read more