61st – 67th Day of fly fishing, September 27th – October 3rd The Amigos have been fishing Victor since 2018. Reid and I met in Florida around 2008 at the Backcountry Fly Fishing Club in Orlando and we fished together several times before I moved back to Boulder, Colorado a couple of years later. Thankfully, […]
Fishing with the Dude – Victor, Idaho
57th – 59th Day Fly Fishing, September 18th -20th, 2025 This trip is part two of “Fishing with the Dude”. In August, I visited the Dude in Sun Valley, Idaho and we fished the Big Wood near his cabin and also 2 days on the Salmon, downstream of Stanley, Idaho. This time it was three […]
Fishing with the Dude – Sun Valley, Idaho
45th – 48th Day Fly Fishing – August 4th – 7th – SunValley, Idaho & Stanley, Idaho Happily, I got my friend “the Dude” into fly fishing over 20 years ago. And although his primary residence is in the San Francisco Bay Area, he and his wife Annie also own a rustic cabin in the […]
Mel and Matt’s Excellent Adventure!
38th – 41st day of Fly Fishing – July 15th – 18th, 2025 The Teton It was my pleasure to meet and fish with Matt, Mel’s son. Fishing varied, but we had an excellent time! Our journey began with an evening float on the Teton. The pair arrived at my cabin in Idaho at 3pm […]
First Time Fishing the Canyon Section of the South Fork
29th Day Fly Fishing – June 3rd, 2025 – South Fork of the Snake, Canyon Section The night before last, I was so excited, I couldn’t hardly sleep. After many years of fishing the upper stretches of the South Fork, I finally had the opportunity to fish the Canyon Section with my friend John. It […]
Trip Preparation – It can be intense when you are the host
January 8th, 2025 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! If you are like me, you feel 100% responsible for the outcome Here we are 2025! It is time to plan trips for the new year. The 3 Amigos are planning to get back together in Victor this summer. As you would expect, in previous trips we have had […]
2024 – Year End Wrap! On the water, it’s all about the variables
December 27th, 2024 – Taking a holiday break from fishing Well, if I don’t fish again in the next five days, I still will have met my goal for this year of 60 days on the water. In fact, I’m up to 65 as of last week. Last year when I wrote a similar post […]
Gear Review – Galvan Fly Reels
Galvan has been prominent in my fly fishing experience from the first time i invested in Scott Fly rods, my first was a 904/4 STS – 9′ 4wt 4piece. The STS was the workhorse of the Scott line thirty years ago. STS stands for “Saltwater Tactical Series” and the heavier rods were guide favorites in […]
Spring is for swinging! Trust your back-ups!
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 […]
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 […]