12th Day of Fly Fishing – April 3rd – South Fork of the Snake – Secret Spot Here we are April 3rd, should be having BWO hatches every day. Anyway, I had been tying two patterns for fishing rivers now. The first was a sparkle wing RS2 emerger. This is a Charlie Craven pattern and […]
Waiting on a BWO hatch – It’s Been a Long, Cold Winter!
11th Day Fly Fishing – March 28th, 2023 – Lower Provo River, Utah In a normal season, the BWO’s would begin coming off in mid-March and by the 28th you would expect some serious hatches. Having not been out for a couple of weeks, I chose today for the weather. Finally a warm up into […]
A One Fish Day can be OK
10th Day Fly Fishing, March 6th 2023 – Ashton, Idaho This morning, I was seriously conflicted about going fishing today. The flurries were still pretty serious and the temps were only 20. Looking for divine guidance I consulted my photos from a year prior. Yes! Just a year ago I fished the Ashton area and […]
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 […]
Nymphing – In the New Year with John, Henry’s Fork
6th Day Fly Fishing – February 10th, 2023 – Henry’s Fork, Ashton Two Fridays ago, John and I decided we needed to get out and fish. We made the call to drive to Ashton and fish the Henry’s Fork. John had waded this spot more than I and I could see that he clearly had […]
Henry’s Fork, South Fork – Winter ’23
Part 1 – 2nd Day Fishing – January 16th – Ashton, Idaho, 1050cfs I was so stoked! As I headed north into Driggs on this bluebird day, the Tetons were looking magnificent! The clear skies were going to warm things up, or so I thought. The high was 23, but the sun did make you […]
2023 – A Slow Start
Day 1 2023 – Friday, January 13th – Middle Provo A weird first start for the year. Went to the Middle Provo which is not very far from my Utah home. Got there at the perfect time. Pulled over onto the shoulder, which looked snow packed, or so I thought. My passenger side wheels had […]
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 […]
Teton River Float – with John
38th Day Fishing – July 15th, 2022 John is a new fishing buddy. We literally only met a few weeks before this float. John and I as it turns out are super compatible. First off, we both live in Teton Valley and we are the same age, but there is much more. We also have […]