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 […]
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 […]
First Float of 2024 – Henry’s Fork with John
April 11th – 9th Day Fly Fishing Waking up this morning I could hardly contain my excitement. Today John and i were going to float the Henry’s Fork (also HF) in his Clacka. It meant an early alarm this morning and lots to do before leaving. Molly and I had a great walk uphill this […]
Lower Provo Revisited & Orvis Recon – On the Water Review
March 10th – 6th Fly Fishing Day in 2034 – Lower Provo River Eleven years ago I fished the Lower Provo on March 9th, 2013. I had only been in Utah for six months, but the Lower Provo was particularly easy to access and even closer to where I worked. So as the memory came […]
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 […]
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 […]
Winter Fishing on the Lower Provo
8th Day Fly Fishing – February 26th, 2023 – Lower Provo, UT 168cfs Some days, sitting at home in Sandy, UT gets really boring. Especially if it has been multiple days in a row. So on this cold day I ventured forth and decided to fish a regular spot on the Lower Provo. I was […]
The Nymphing Paradox – A New Years Resolution
December 26, 2022 Fish sitting on the bottom barely moving, are waiting for a nymph to drift by. As I have said many times before, nymphing is my least favorite form or method of fly fishing. It is a paradox for me because it can be extremely effective. So why is it that I don’t […]
Scott Fly Rods – G2
Rod of choice for dry fly fishing My journey as an advocate of Scott Fly Rods began 20 years ago. Living in Boulder, Colorado at the time where Scott was immensely popular, it seemed like a good choice. After all, they were manufactured in Montrose, Colorado. Back then I did not have the budget to […]
Henry’s Fork, Ora to Chester – Solo float
June 7th, 2022 – 30th day fishing First day on the water with my new boat decals!!! An early June day when it would be reasonable to expect a baetis hatch or an evening caddis hatch. My plan was to launch late, between 1-2pm thinking I could be well behind the flotilla of guide boats […]