I had lovely little jaunt over to the other side of the world over the weekend. Though I had two agonizingly long layovers, one when I arrived in Amsterdam and the second in Dubai, my travels went smooth and yesterday I arrived in Mahe, Seychelles. Its presently 5 PM on Tuesday afternoon. At home in … Read more
It was a bit brisk this morning in northern Wisconsin. 7° to be exact. But that’s ok because I’m out a here. I’m headed to the Seychelles to fish a week at Farquhar followed by a second week at Providence Atoll. I’ve led a few extended trips to the Seychelles over the years that earned … Read more
If you follow the blog you certainly remember my expedition with friends from Yellow Dog Flyfishing and Himalayan Flyfishing to Bhutan back in April where we did a film about the amazing Kingdom and its fishing. Well, the film is out on the Yellow Dog Field Report. Its 30 minutes of absolutely amazing footage thanks … Read more
I had my coffee fast and early this morning then hiked upstream and wade fished a run where you’re likely to find golden mahseer not chocolates. Now that the trip is at its end I’m dying to hold one more golden nugget. But no luck. Not even a tug. I returned to … Read more
It wasn’t a good night sleep for me. About midnight the storms started. While some sleep through the rumbles of thunder and pattering of rain, it wakes me. I lay there watching the flickers of lightening. I also worry about the river blowing out and becoming unfishable. Unfortunately the storms went all night with occasional … Read more
Taking in the phenomenal sites of Bhutan have been a true treat the last two days. Our Yellow Dog Flyfishing (YD) film crew joined with Bryant Dunn and his Himalayan Flyfishing Adventure team has had a blast. But today we honed our focus to our main goal – catch some fish and film them so … Read more
I’m chilling out here at the Delta Lounge in Minneapolis on a long but relaxing layover before on to Seoul, Korea then to Bangkok for a couple days. Soon Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures founder Jim Klug and master cinemaphotographer Chris Patterson will be here too. Thursday morning we’ll continue on to the Himalayan mountains of … Read more
I’m resting happily here in Dubai after hosting a magnificent Yellow Dog Seychelles trip. I’m at my good friend Nick and Michelle Bowles house. Nick is the founder of Ocean Active which is the top fishing guide service in all of the Middle East. I stop in to fish with Nick every time I pass … Read more
Three days ago I wrote a blog from Mom’s house in NH, this morning I’m delivering it from the Eden Bleu Hotel here in Mahe, Seychelles. It was a long haul but the one thing I like about 30 hours of flying, I can’t do much. No tinkering. No emails. Not much of anything other … Read more
In my last post I mentioned to stay tuned for the biggest adventure of the year, well tomorrow night I should be on the way to the Seychelles to host back to back Yellow Dog Flyfishing trips followed by some vacation time in Dubai and Oman with my friend Nick Bowles of Ocean Active. It’s … Read more
Great trips go by in a blink of an eye. This adventure with Midnight Sun Trophy Pike Adventures is no different. I feel like I was packing a minute ago and now the trip is over. But we ended with a bang. Sammy got his sixth 47” of the week, Steve tied his week record … Read more
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you should remember my spectacular trip to the Rio Marié in September of 2019. Perhaps the finest peacock bass river of all the Amazon basin. The place where the largest peacock bass swim. If you never saw my reports from this trip its time to … Read more