13th Day of Fly Fishing – May 4th, 2024 – Henry’s Fork, Idaho (1,800cfs) Here we are, it has been a slow start for me fishing wise in 2024. Only at 13 days on the water so far and we are already a third of the way through the year. March and April really seemed […]
Tough Day on the Middle Provo + First Euro Rig Catch!
12th Day Fly Fishing – April 23rd, 2024 – MIddle Provo, 632 cfs Today was chosen because I did not have work obligations, Tuesday is the best day for fewer anglers on the water, and the forecast called for clouds. Clouds promote a baetis hatch. Heading up Parley’s I had a few drops on my […]
Spring trip to the Green River – Flaming Gorge
11th Day Fly Fishing – Aprill 19th 2024, Little Hole, streamflow 950 cfs The reports were in. a warm day with cloudy skies were expected for Friday and miraculously, my calendar was open. Each year I try to get to the world famous Flaming Gorge of the Green River during the spring BWO hatch. One […]
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 […]
Taking the Euro Plunge! + First Impressions – Orvis Recon
March 3, 2024 Well, the long winter is beginning to wind down and finally, the snowpacks in Utah and Idaho have reached above normal depths thanks to a big February and recent storm in early March. Now we can look forward to a normal spring with excellent run-off in early summer. However, for some reason, […]
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 […]