54th Day Fly Fishing – October 23rd, 2024 – Teton River Float Wrong! My friend John has introduced me to so many fishing spots near Teton Valley Idaho. This latest was a new float for me – Packsaddle to Harrops Bridge on the Teton. I knew of it and also knew it was a long […]
St. Thomas – USVI
August 31st – September 12th 2024 This is NOT a fishing post, this is a travel post. I fished a little both at Megan’s Beach and at Bro Beach, which really isn’t a beach at all, but it is right below my brother’s property, which is where we stayed on St. Thomas. Celebration time! Firat […]
Fall Henry’s Fork Float with Molly the Wonder Schnauzer
52nd ay of Fly Fishing – October 21st, 2004 – The Henry’s Fork 850cfs Molly has been on a few floats in her four and a half years. You might ask why so few? Well, it’s largely because Molly is basically ADHD. We she is on a boat, which is a small space for a […]
The High Uintas – An Excellent Alpine Fishery
29th and 30th Days Fly Fishing (July 28th, August 3rd 2024)- Washington Lake, Mirror Lake, Trial Lake Sunday, July 28th 2024 – Washington Lake, Uintas It’s 97 degrees in Salt Lake City on July 29th. It is so great to go up to be able to climb up to 8,500 feet following the Mirror Lake […]
Fly Fishing with the Dude! – Big Wood/Salmon/Big Lost – Edition
33rd – 36th Days Fly Fishing – August 12-15, 2024 The Dude and I do a swap every year and looking back at my blog posts, I struggle to believe this is the first post covering these trips. The Sun Valley trip this year came up first in August. We don’t do the Teton version […]
Greys River, Wyoming – A Beautiful Native Cutthroat Fishery
27th Day Fly Fishing – 530cfs – 10 fish on dries, Royal Stimulator The Greys always calls to me around mid-July every year. The first time was about six years ago. I had read a few articles about it and then also noticed the river mouth right there in Alpine, WY. So I tried it […]
When a “no fish” day is actually OK – examining “Mindset”
18th day Fly Fishing – June 11th, 2024. – Green River, Flaming Gorge, Little Hole solo trip wading, 950cfs “Spiritual growth does not take place on the yoga mat, or in meditation. It takes place when you are confronted with anger or disappointment and in how you choose to respond to that. The hardest lessons […]
The Dude
AKA Dennis. Dennis is my oldest and best friend. We met back in the 80’s. Why we became friends, I’ll never know. We are very different. Our relationship got tight as we ended up spending a lot of time together when we were both single. But that only lasted about ten years because I moved […]
Strawberry – Post Ice off
16th Day of fly fishing – May 24, 2024 Strawberry Reservoir Brought the Hyde Montana Skiff home to Sandy, UT in anticipation of May/June trips in the local area. Strawberry was first up! Planning on the Green River and a few other places to follow. Also, I have been having fantasies of fishing the stillwaters […]
The 3 Amigos – aka Reid, Mel and Bolderado
All about Reid and Mel Reid and I met about 15 years or so ago. We we both active members of the Backcountry Fly Fishers in Orlando and met at a meeting and began to bond at club fishing trips. Three years into our friendship, I moved out of state, back to Colorado for a […]