44th Day Fly Fishing – Uinta Mountains Lake, August 18th, 2022 Yesterday was a lot of fun! Most of the time I would prefer to chase big fish over catching bigger numbers of smaller fish. But sometimes I like to change it up. Slams are fun and not every fishery supports 3 or more target […]
Strawberry – A unique Cutthroat Fishery in Utah
October15, 2022 – Wrap-up 43rd Day Fishing 8/14, 51st Day Fishing 9/25, 52nd Day Fishing 10/2 Strawberry Reservoir which sits between Heber and Duschene in Utah, right off of Highway 40. This fishery is a Utah gem which features the Bear Lake Cutthroat trout, 60% of which reproduce naturally. Also present is a healthy rainbow […]
Venerable, Incomparable – The Ranch
June 20th, June 23rd – 32nd and 33rd Day Fly Fishing Many of you may not understand and that’s OK. Your waters are your waters and I make no judgement. However, the “Ranch” and I’m talking the Harriman Ranch section of the Henry’s Fork, Last Chance, Idaho for clarity. This is the place where fishermen […]
Fly Fishing the Henry’s Fork with Barrie and Ray
May 8th – 12th – 24th – 27th day fly fishing Barrie is an old friend. We met at the Backcountry Fly Fishing in Orlando Florida. About 15 years ago I was a transplant from Louisville, Colorado to Orlando, Florida. My new job and residence there was actually Winter Park, Florida. Winter Park was actually […]
Maiden Voyage – solo on the Henry’s Fork (+caddis!)
May 4th – 23rd Day Fly Fishing in 2022 On this day, I was truly excited and a little nervous. After all, this was the day I was taking a brand new boat out on the water. There is always that rock just below the surface. The one you don’t see until it is too […]
New Boat!!! – Long awaited Hyde Montana Skiff
At last, my new drift boat was finally ready! It was ordered from LaMoyne Hyde himself last October and now it was ready for me to tow it home. My previous boat was a Hyde High Side XL Guide Series and it was a great boat in many ways but for a number of reasons, […]
The Three Amigos – Everglades 2022 (part 3-6)
Day 19th – 22nd – It was my intention to write a post for each day of this trip, but this did not happen for multiple reasons. The primary one was that fishing was not that great. In fact, it was down right slow. Collectively, we only averaged a couple of fish per day each. […]
The Three Amigos – Everglades 2022 (part2)
18th Day fishing – Florida Everglades – April 26 Today we got off to an earlier start. I fished with Carl today and Mel fished with Reid in his boat. We did not take our Mel’s boat because his boat does not do well in really skinny water. Reid’s and Carl’s boats are designed for […]
The Three Amigos – Everglades 2022 (part 1)
Day 17 fishing – The Florida Everglades – 4/25 The three Amigos are back together again in the Florida Everglades, April 2022. My only prior experience fishing in the Everglades was about seven years ago when my wife and I took a guided fishing trip there. We were looking for tarpon (aka poon) We never […]
Dad, my least favorite weather is “Wind”
Day 16 on the water – April 20th Looking for BWO’s and not finding any. Spring in the Tetons has been mostly cool and very windy. Rain and snow mix. The fishing crowd has been praying for more of this. The snowpack melted significantly during warmer days in March and so a cool spring and […]