Chad Agy

Stalking the Jungle Vampire

I heaved my cast in to the roiling rapids for the thousandth time that day.  The sun was setting on…

5 years ago

Travel During the Time of Covid

“So you’re like a human smallpox blanket then, huh?” I received all sorts of reactions when telling people about my…

5 years ago

Back From the Dead : The Incredible Survival Story of Pyramid Lake’s Legendary Cutthroats

[gallery type="columns" size="medium" ids="5636,5633"] The Lahontan Cutthroat Trout of Pyramid Lake in northwest Nevada defy description of the written word. …

5 years ago

Hunting The Hunter

I firmly believe that there is no single “right way” to fly fish.  I’ll happily crawl through a thicket of…

5 years ago

The Joy of Fish Bacon – The Alaskan Trip Of A Lifetime!

Have you heard of Fish Bacon?  I doubt you have.  I hadn’t either, until I invented the term. I’m not…

5 years ago

Trout Bum Rio Pico Trip Report

I received my official introduction to the Trout Bum Rio Pico fishing program on just my third cast.  A 20-inch,…

5 years ago

New Zealand, The Supreme DIY Fly Fishing Adventure

As a do-it-yourself destination for the traveling fly angler, a New Zealand experience may surpass any other possibility.  Despite its…

5 years ago

Risking the Ultimate Price for a New Zealand Trophy: Part 1

“This one’s worth dying for, I’m jumping in!” These were the words of my friend, Mike, just before leaping in…

6 years ago

In Pursuit of the Esox King: Part 2

I desperately want to become a better musky fisherman.  While all the amazing trout fishing of the intermountain west often…

6 years ago

Bull Trout: The Coolest Trout?

Everything about bull trout is cool.  They definitely look cool.  Their scientific name, Salvelinus confluentus, is cool.  It’s cool that…

6 years ago

A Land of Ice, Fire, and a few Brown Trout

All fly fishermen dream of that trip. Bugs hatch endlessly. Fish rise to dries or crush streamers without a second…

6 years ago

Chasing Dolly Varden in the top of Alaska

What amount of suffering would I be willing to pay for a shot at a trophy sea-run dolly varden?  I…

6 years ago