Both photos taken from nearly the same exact spot 15 hours apart. To help with the scale of things, if you look close at yesterday one of our boat man is at water’s edge. You can also use that branch dipping down into the water. A 25 foot rise! Disaster! When … Read more
With only 2 ½ days left of a nine day fishing trip to the boonies of Borneo Indonesia, the pressure was on to catch my first red kaloi today. The peculiar species has eluded me and it’s not exactly a hop, skip and a jump to get over here. Our location is basically the antipode … Read more
We left home ten days ago and today was our first full day of fishing. Hard to believe but true. There’s been a few hiccups to say the least on this journey so far. Most caused by horrific rains. But last night there was no rain and for the first time the river cleared and … Read more
You could probably tell the way I ended yesterday’s blog that I wasn’t confident in a rainless night. Things looked good but they looked good the night before too. At 10 pm the lightening flashes started and distant thunder gained on us fast. Disappointingly, I could hear the rain falling a mile away. It was … Read more
“Our fishing should be no less than incredible tomorrow if it doesn’t rain tonight” was yesterday’s blog quote before bed last night here in the boonies of Borneo. I was feeling confident. The sky was clear and full of stars. But at midnight I was woken to flashing lightening. At 1 am the roar of … Read more
We didn’t exactly “roll” in to camp here in Borneo last night easy breezy like I made the end of yesterday’s blog sound it would be. It was a hellacious 4 x 4 grunt that surpassed the difficult factor I once met on a Bolivia 4 x 4 camp transfer years ago. While the drive … Read more
Losing two days of fishing when you’re as far away as Borneo is a major bummer. But when you originally scheduled nine days it’s not so bad. The two days spent lounging here in Jakarta wasn’t the end of the world. My body clock adjusted to the 12-hour time difference. I rested. I worked. And … Read more
I thought my next post would come from the rainforest in Borneo but unfortunately as I was leaving Amsterdam Tuesday evening I met travel challenges. First was a 90 minute delay on KLM departing Amsterdam for Singapore. A departure interruption on what was already a 12 hour flight was a drag, but also added stress … Read more
Seems like I was making my last Wisconsin cast minutes ago but the reality is I’m in the KLM Lounge in Amsterdam making the best of a long layover about 36 hours later. I left Duluth on the 6 pm flight to Minneapolis yesterday then last night caught the redeye to Europe. In about six … Read more
Today was it for my Wisconsin fly fishing season. I know I’ve said that a few times this fall but today was it. Bob and I lucked into another fly fishable day in November. It wasn’t balmy like Thursday but temps reached 49° without an ounce of wind. That’s not to say it wasn’t chilly … Read more
It’s happened before – going fishing when I probably shouldn’t be going fishing. But while I was galivanting in Mexico earlier this month and while down on Georgia last week, buddy Mr. Bob Butler has been back home in WI catching muskies. When he invited me along for an afternoon on the water today I … Read more
I’m in flight now headed back home from my quick jaunt down to Atlanta to speak to the fly fishing club. It was a great trip. My show went awesome and I got to catch shoal bass yesterday and chase carp this morning. Friend and this week’s host, Austin Kane, got us on the water … Read more