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 […]
The Three Amigos – Yellowstone (part 2) Green River (part 1)
October 29th – November 4th, 2022 – 55th – 61st day of fly fishing Yes! The Amigos were at it again! Once again we returned to Yellowstone National Park (YNP) just before the park closure on November 1st. Next we headed south to Dutch John Utah and spent two days floating the famous Flaming Gorge […]
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 […]
The Three Amigos – Yellowstone (part 1)
In the latest installment of the Three Amigos saga, this trip took place in October of 2021. We still doing COVID protocols but we were all boosted, so we felt protected. Also, I had already had COVID a month earlier, plus I just got boosted, so I was feeling fairly immune. None the less, we […]
The Three Amigos take on Boca Grande
This trip took place in June of 2018. Let me say that fishing salt is a real treat for me. Two of my friends from Florida, the other Amigos, Reid and Mel hosted me at Mels favorite spot in the Boca Grande area. Yes it was a tarpon trip. Or Poon as they say in […]