Independence Day Brownies
It’s the Fourth of July and my family doesn’t really have any traditions so that left me free to hit the water. My little son is only a month old now so the lady is more than happy to stay home and...
View Article“I Got One!!!”
So, naturally, I’ve wanted to get my lady hooked on fly fishing. She’d had very little exposure to it but I was convinced that she’d get a kick out summertime hopper fishing. I took her to one of my...
View ArticleCalifornia Gem: Redband Trout
We set out from my wife’s family cabin on motorcycles to go explore some streams in a nearby canyon. We were hoping to explore a larger stream that I’d seen on the topo map. Upon arriving to where the...
View ArticleMy Little Fishing Buddy
Zev is a little wild man. He already loves being outside – just like his dad. Almost from birth, going outside seemed to calm and soothe him. His curious eyes could never seem to get enough as he...
View ArticleKing Cuttie
This stream is filled with mostly brown trout and the bonneville cutthroat trout. The cutties are a real treat to catch but I’d say maybe one in forty fish is a cutthroat. The fish are all fluvial but...
View ArticleOncorhynchus mykiss
I was just getting of work and I got a call from Derek saying that I had to come fish a stream with him. He said the fish were willing and super good looking. “Browns?”, I asked. Nope, Oncorhynchus...
View ArticleBeginner Fly Fishing
Zac is a young man that lives in my neighborhood. Within the last couple of months he had gotten really into fly fishing. His old-timer neighbor, Wayne, had gotten him into it and he seemed to be...
View ArticleMontana Grayling, Brookies, and Pike! Oh my!
Things have been, well crazy here but, I had the opportunity to head up to Montana for the week of July 4th. Water has been incredibly high due to massive amounts of snow and almost all the rivers in...
View ArticleWhat the…Splake?!
Small Streams. There is just something about skinny water and hunting trout that gets me crazy excited. Peering through bushes, over boulders and crouching in long grass to cast into a tiny hole you...
View ArticleSmall Streams and Beaver Ponds
Eyes tired and sick of driving. I had been in the car for hours, although with the amount of time on the road lately you think I would be used to it by now. I was heading back to Utah from Montana for...
View ArticleSkinny Water
Patagonia is top on my list of places I’d love to visit and fish. One of the main things that draws me there is the brook trout. Not only do they grow them big there, but in some incredibly awesome...
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