If its not one thing its another. After the postponement of the Marlboro Fly Fishing Show it felt good that the Edison New Jersey Fly Fishing Show was going on for sure. Yeah, we suspected attendance would be down with Covid still on the go. But the last thing we needed was a huge snowstorm. … Read more
Granny and I just finished up our first adventure in the new van. From Phoenix to Wolfeboro, NH ended up taking 16 days. It was a casual trip with very few drives on freeways. We drove a total of 4400 miles. We only got one more day of fishing since the last post and … Read more
Granny and I got up real early today to bail from our likely, illegal campsite. We were in a national forest headquarters parking lot because we couldn’t find a campsite last night. Its hard to believe but it seems that all of the world is out galivanting around the US these days camping and having … Read more
Granny and I and the new red van hit some cool weather. After last blog from Castell, TX, I hit the Llano River for about an hour with high hopes for more Guadalupe bass. Temps dropped from 73° to 50° in a couple hours. With it came the north wind and I reeled it in … Read more
Been awhile since the last blog. That report came from Dubai after a fun day on the water. In fact, that entry concluded nearly a month of daily accounts on the Indian Ocean. It was truly and incredible trip. Today life is 100% different. I’m writing from Castell, TX along the banks of the Llano … Read more
It was another lovely sunrise here in Dubai this morning. But Dubai Harbor isn’t where I went fishing. While Nick Bowles hung back in the big city to work, his friend Brenton Sharp took me on adventure to some little known flats here in the U. A. E. I met Brenton a few days … Read more
Sunrise came early in Dubai today. I was glad. It was time to get up and chase down some queenfish with friend Nick Bowles, founder of Ocean Active Fly. Nick and I first met and fished back in 2014. After that one day on the water Nick had me move out of my hotel and … Read more
I’m resting happily here in Dubai after hosting a magnificent Yellow Dog Seychelles trip. I’m at my good friend Nick and Michelle Bowles house. Nick is the founder of Ocean Active which is the top fishing guide service in all of the Middle East. I stop in to fish with Nick every time I pass … Read more
The wind was strong all night long. Stronger than it had been in a few nights. I laid awake most of the time waiting for the rain. But the rain never came. And when I stepped outside around 5:15 AM to see how things looked, there was hardly a cloud. Yeah, the wind was awful … Read more
Today I fished with guest Dave Meyers and guide Brandon Poole. Dave is a friend from back in Idaho. Dave invited me to fish on his Jackson Hole One Fly Team in 2019. We thought we’d be fishing in the One Fly together for years but the Covid thing messed it all up. This trip … Read more
I met Brian Iannacchione at the Denver Fly Fishing Show about five years ago. He was a delight to talk with. He’s young and full of energy. What I loved about him was that he was going to do his best to budget his life to experience some of the amazing fisheries on the planet … Read more
James Shanley and I fished together briefly on Astove when we arrived in the Seychelles last week. Today it was time for us to put the pedal down and fish hard all day together here on Cosmoledo. The weather was slightly improved over yesterdays stormy day. In fact it started with lots of blue in … Read more