It’s certainly a dream to travel the world and fly fish, but I very much enjoy my wide open new world of fishing here in Wisconsin. Honestly, I’ve been chomping at the bit for spring to arrive here so I can get started. I learned a lot about my new waters last summer and expect … Read more
Its hard to explain how invigorating it is to go fishing on new water almost every time I go fishing. And to be able to do it from home – unreal! The newfangled adventures around every corner had me bouncing from bed at 4:45 AM this morning to meet up with my friend Bob Butler … Read more
Seems like I blinked and my youngest fishing pals are grown up and more interested in teenager stuff than fishing with Uncle Jeff. Over the years you’ve seen my nieces Sammy, Montana and Sierra posing with some nice fish and pink fly rods. Last year I lost Sammy to teenageritis. This year I lost Montana. … Read more
It was beautiful drive from Mike’s house in White Salmon, Washington to the Columbia River boat ramp near the mouth of the Deschutes River. Like yesterday there was hardly a cloud and at least this morning, we had calm conditions. The beautiful Mt. Hood was a sight to witness. It was Mike’s and my … Read more
We awoke to clouds and cooler temperatures this morning. No doubt however, we can’t complain. It was still above freezing and with the excitement of trying to land a few pike on our minds it could have been far worse out and we’d not have felt it. We launched the boat nearly right from … Read more
There’s a forecast change for our last three days here in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. A change to rain and whole days of thunderstorms. Despite wanting to sleep in this morning, when I saw good weather and a few mayflies hatching off the lake at 5 AM, I woke Granny and we headed out. It … Read more
The one person that loves to fish but hardly ever gets to go is my younger sister Becky. She lives here in Wolfeboro but spends most her time running my niece Sierra and nephew Eli to continuous events from gymnastics to golf practice while her husband Don works. They do some fishing together from shore … Read more
Today was the final day of fly fishing Lake Mille Lacs here in Minnesota during a super fun get together with college pals. While most of the guys headed home this morning and a couple mid afternoon, I fly home tomorrow. We started with two boats. The wind was strong again but the … Read more
I was in the canoe for six hours yesterday with my niece Sierra. That’s a long time sitting in the paddling position when you’re over 50. There was no way I was canoe fishing again today. Plus the temperatures plummeted last night and we had a high of 54° and a brisk breeze. My sister … Read more
There’s no better way to start the longest day of the year off than with coffee at 4:30 am then pushing off the canoe to hunt big smallmouth bass. And that is exactly how Granny and I started the day. We went around Sewel Point on Lake Winnipesaukee to some of my favorite smallmouth holds. … Read more
The Mossy Creek Fly Fishing boys, Colby and Brian Trow, took me fly fishing for smallmouth bass and longnose gar on the James River today. It’s my last day of fishing VA before I speak tomorrow to Fly Fishers of Virginia. Best of all, I’ve I kicked the flu thing and this morning I felt … Read more
It was another gorgeous morning up on the Gourits River here in South Africa. Most of us were a little gruff however from a poor night sleep. We had a herd of horses freak out several times during the night on the edge of camp. Just like they won’t jump a fence, they wanted to … Read more