61st – 67th Day of fly fishing, September 27th – October 3rd The Amigos have been fishing Victor since 2018. Reid and I met in Florida around 2008 at the Backcountry Fly Fishing Club in Orlando and we fished together several times before I moved back to Boulder, Colorado a couple of years later. Thankfully, […]
Fishing with the Dude – Victor, Idaho
57th – 59th Day Fly Fishing, September 18th -20th, 2025 This trip is part two of “Fishing with the Dude”. In August, I visited the Dude in Sun Valley, Idaho and we fished the Big Wood near his cabin and also 2 days on the Salmon, downstream of Stanley, Idaho. This time it was three […]
Dippping into fall weather on the Duchesne
56th Day Fly Fishing – Sepember 11th, 2025, 52-57 degrees With the air finally cooling, the water temps are cooling too. This past summer was hot, but only the sixth hottest on record. The biggest effect on the summer heat from a fishing perspective is the way the water has been warmed by the sun, […]
Wylie’s Fish Camp – Star Valley, August, 2025
50th and 51st day Fly Fishing – August 15th & 16th, 2025 This is year two for me at Wylie’s Fish Camp. Last year it was all new and I knew Mike and Troy but not Wylie or any of the others. What I had learned on this trip was how each of the participants […]
Fishing with the Dude – Sun Valley, Idaho
45th – 48th Day Fly Fishing – August 4th – 7th – SunValley, Idaho & Stanley, Idaho Happily, I got my friend “the Dude” into fly fishing over 20 years ago. And although his primary residence is in the San Francisco Bay Area, he and his wife Annie also own a rustic cabin in the […]
Mel and Matt’s Excellent Adventure!
38th – 41st day of Fly Fishing – July 15th – 18th, 2025 The Teton It was my pleasure to meet and fish with Matt, Mel’s son. Fishing varied, but we had an excellent time! Our journey began with an evening float on the Teton. The pair arrived at my cabin in Idaho at 3pm […]
Fishing a high mountain stream in Idaho
37th Day Fly Fishing – July 5th, 2025 – water temp 50 degrees, ~ 250cfs It was a day where deep inside, I wanted to head up to Last Chance and fish the Ranch. But, the wind curve was not favorable and although I could have gotten up early, we got in late after watching […]
Green River Wyoming Float – Below Fontenelle
32nd Day of Fly Fishing – June 12th 2025 There are sections of the Green River in Wyoming that are closer to the Salt Lake City area, by about an hour in each direction, than the Flaming Gorge. Last Thursday, Ron, Kim and I decided to float a section of the Green below the Fontenelle […]
First Time Fishing the Canyon Section of the South Fork
29th Day Fly Fishing – June 3rd, 2025 – South Fork of the Snake, Canyon Section The night before last, I was so excited, I couldn’t hardly sleep. After many years of fishing the upper stretches of the South Fork, I finally had the opportunity to fish the Canyon Section with my friend John. It […]
Ice Off in mid-May? Get out! Except when your lake is at 9,000 feet!
25th Day of Fly Fishing – May 16th, 2025 – Water temp 37 degrees One of the great things about being part of a fly fishing club, especially one with extremely passionate, active members, is that you get the benefit of everyone else’s knowledge and experience. Many of our members know a lot more about […]