Celebrating Gold on the White River in Arkansas

As you may know, I’ve had the good fortune of fishing on the USA Masters Fly Fishing Team.  Last year, Bret Bishop, Pete Erickson, Loren Williams, Mike Sexton and I took home the Gold Medals in Italy.  None of this could have happened without our generous friend and sponsor, Jerry Arnold.  Jerry has been covering … Read more

Gold At Our Fingertips on the Last Day

Sleep was hard to come by last night.  Today our USA Masters Fly Fishing team entered the last session of the competition in first place by one point over the Belgians, seven over the Czechs and nine over the Italians.  Yeah, things looked good for a medal, but all we wanted was Gold.  Over forty … Read more

The Hottest Wader Day of My Life

Today was team practice on the feared Noce River.  I say feared because our Italian guide Stefano thinks this river will blank many contestants in the World Master’s Fly Fishing Championships next week.  A blank and your team is in trouble.  With that in mind, we all had to catch at least a fish today … Read more

World Masters Fly Fishing Championships

Here’s a photo from my first flight of the weekend from Jackson Hole to Salt Lake City.  I’m in route to Dullstroom, South Africa to fish for Team USA in the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships.  See my blogs from November when I was there to check out the venues for my team for more … Read more

Day 1 – World Masters Fly Fishing Championships – Spain

“I apologize for the lack of photos but when competing there’s little time for pictures.”   Day 1 of competition in the World Fly Fishing Masters Championships here in Asturias Spain began at 5:30 AM this morning over coffee then a breakfast.  The Team USA starting lineup was Pete Erickson, Scott Robertson, Mike Sexton and … Read more