I’m back from my speaking tour that started in Great Falls, MT then on to Lethbridge, Alberta then Calgary. Let’s just say that with the epic changes around the world in which we live our lives to fight the war against the Coronavirus, my tour was interesting. This being said, I made it through start … Read more
I’m flying north today beginning a three city tour. Tonight I’ll deliver, “Four Seasons of the Yellowstone Trout Bum”, to Missouri River Fly Fishers. Tomorrow I’ll catch a ride across the border into Alberta Canada and tomorrow night I speak to Chinook Waters Fly Fishing Club in Lethbridge. I’ll actually spend the whole weekend … Read more
Being home for ten full days in a row now has been like being on vacation. Vacation at home! Its so nice to wake up and drink a cup of coffee from my chair and just enjoy the birds on the feeders. Its been great to catch up on emails, get my workout routines back … Read more
Granny and I walked in our door Monday afternoon after the agonizing 14 hour drive home from the CA tour. I say agonizing because we were sick as dogs. Since Monday afternoon we’ve both got more rest and sleep than we have all year. Although we have a ways to go to be 100% we … Read more
Two weeks ago I was grazed by the flu while doing my gig in Florida. Luckily I felt awful for only four days then pulled off my Wisconsin ice fishing trip just fine. But Thursday on the way to my Fresno, CA gig I had a relapse. Later that night Granny felt it coming on. … Read more
Back on the road again starting tonight with a custom PowerPoint Show called, “Down the Crazy River” in Fresno, CA for the Fresno Fly Fishers. Then tomorrow starts the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show. I hope to catch up with all my CA friends at the show. I’ll have my famous coffee mugs, steins, sun shirts … Read more
The temperature rose dramatically the last 24 hours here in the Great Northwoods of Wisconsin. Instead of below zero temps, today started at around 10° and rose to a whopping 26°. About a 40 degree difference from yesterday. The trade off was overcast skies with some snow showers. I’ll take that in a … Read more
I’m on a little vacation up in the Great Northwoods of Wisconsin to go ice fishing with legendary friend George Hillenbrand and crew. This is an annual trip that has gone on for years we base out of Chippewa Retreat Resort. Last year I sadly missed it because I was competing in the World Masters … Read more
By the time I got home to very snowy Victor, Idaho from Florida Monday afternoon I was a sick puppy. No doubt my body was tangling with the flu. I had a sore throat, achy body, tight congested lungs and I could hardly stay awake. Somehow I had to kick it though because this week … Read more
I have a few good friends that live down here in Florida. Another, and the one that hired me to come down here and teach the seminar yesterday for the Backcountry Fly Fishing Club, is Frank Catino. Frank is a native Floridian and longtime guide down here. Today Frank took me out to try for … Read more
I had a great time and met some fine folks during my full day fly fishing seminar for Florida’s Backcountry Fly Fishing Club today. The theme was fly fishing travel and I did several PowerPoint presentations including a new one, “So You Want to be a World Traveling Fly Fisher”. I also taught big fish … Read more
It’s nice to write about a day of fishing for the first time in 2020 after the heavy month of January. Todays blog is about fishing with my longtime friend and mentor, Paul Bruun. Paul was one of the first guys I met when I arrived in Jackson Hole back in 1987. I learned a … Read more