January 29th 2024 Any long trip that involves considerable travel warrants extensive preparation. When you spend 10 hours each way by jet and several days on a saliboat the investment in time and money is huge. If you were to arrive unprepared and it adversely affected your fishing, it might spoil your trip, at least […]
Gear Review: Simms G4Z Waders
December 31, 2023 – Santa was good to me this year! So Santa was indeed awfully nice to me this year. Not sure I deserved it, but my Simms G3’s had really given out and were leaking in various places. Eight years was a good run for those waders. Previously I had owned Patagonias. They […]
Year End Wrap – Big Fish Eat Little Flies
66th Day Fly Fishing – December 19th, 2023 Gratitude! Ok, it is the 19th of December, and I’m calling 2023 a wrap! It’s possible that I could fish again next week. But today was epic and if it was indeed my last day of ’23, it ended perfectly. Frankly, it almost didn’t happen. I was […]
Midges are Back! And the Fish Approve! Winter is Here!
63rd Day of Fly Fishing – Provo River, Utah The last few times out have been very challenging for me. Trout fishing in general this past summer, once we got past the June was really slow. Slow meaning lots of casts and very few fish. Today I was back in my Utah home water, the […]
Gear Review – Orvis – Carry It All
There are only a few companies who produce fly fishing gear and clothing that I truly love – Scott for fly rods, Orvis for gear and boots, Simms for waders, gear and some clothing and of course Patagonia for clothing too! A newer favorite of mine is Huk, primarily for shirts and now also for […]
The 3 Amigos invade the Henry’s Fork and the Green River – June 2023
Preface Amigos Reid and Mel arrived the 12th of June at Salt Lake City International. After hitting Costco and loading up on food we made it to Victor and Mountain Nirvana in a heavy spring rainstorm. This has been an extremely wet and cool spring. And it has thrown off plans and hatches. Just two […]
The 3 Amigos Invade the Everglades
The 54th- 59th Days of Fly Fishing – October, 2023 Two weeks have passed since I returned from the Everglades, at our latest Three Amigos outing, hanging with my fishing pals Reid and Mel. The weather was beautiful with a daytime high of about 80 degrees, little rain and only a couple windy days. And […]
Scott Meridian – My Choice for Saltwater & More…
Years ago when I first started fly fishing, I invested heavily in the Scott STS model of fly rod. At one point, I owned a 4wt, 6wt, 8wt and 10wt, all Scott STS. At the time, I also began investing in Galvan fly reels and all four sported Galvans. The STS was a heavy fly […]
Quick, Late Night Dinners
Easy Frozen Burritos There are times after a long day of fishing when meal prep is not an option, too tired and not wanting to wait for food to cook. This is especially true in June or July when the days are long and we don’t get off the water until 8:30 or 9pm. Most […]
Salmon Flies! Someone tell the trout!
21st Day Fly Fishing – June 1st, 2023 – Henry’s Fork, Ashton, Idaho 2800cfs – Salmon Flies all around For years, I thought – gosh it would really be awesome get in on a salmon fly hatch! Perhaps the Madison or the South Fork, or even the Henry’s Fork. Well this year in 2023, John […]