16th Day of fly fishing – May 24, 2024 Strawberry Reservoir Brought the Hyde Montana Skiff home to Sandy, UT in anticipation of May/June trips in the local area. Strawberry was first up! Planning on the Green River and a few other places to follow. Also, I have been having fantasies of fishing the stillwaters […]
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, […]
BVI’s 2024 – Fly Fishing and Trolling in the BVI’s
1st – 7th Day Fly Fishing – Feb 1-7, 2024 Five guys on a sailboat in the British Virgin Islands with focus on fishing for a solid week! We did both trolling while we were underway and fly fishing off the boat while we were anchored. We also had a special treat of fishing with […]
Prepping for BVI Fly Fishing on a Sailing Catamaran – 2024
January 29th 2024 Any long trip that involves considerable travel warrants extensive preparation. When you spend 10 hours each way by jet and several days on a saliboat the investment in time and money is huge. If you were to arrive unprepared and it adversely affected your fishing, it might spoil your trip, at least […]
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 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 […]
Scott Meridian – My Choice for Saltwater & More…
Years ago when I first started fly fishing, I invested heavily in the Scott STS model of fly rod. At one point, I owned a 4wt, 6wt, 8wt and 10wt, all Scott STS. At the time, I also began investing in Galvan fly reels and all four sported Galvans. The STS was a heavy fly […]
Spring is finally popping, but so are the flows…
17th Day Fly Fishing – April 26, 2023 – Henry’s Fork – Ashton, 2700cfs Spring is finally in the air! John and I waited for the perfect spring day to launch a drift boat. Then upon checking flows on the Henry’s Fork yesterday morning as I always do before heading for the water, it hit […]
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 […]
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 […]