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FALL COLORS

To me, nothing says stillwater trout more than the short days and cold water of autumn.  So when I arrived…

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

50/50 on the water

Behind every good man is a woman, right? At least in my case it seems to be true. However, woman…

6 years ago

Idaho Desert Carp

Ever since I started targeting carp with a fly rod back around 2015, I’ve been in love with it. They’re…

6 years ago

Swinging up Kings on the K’tok

It’s been three seasons now of swinging up king salmon on the Kanektok River for me, mostly a steep learning…

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

TABASCO IS MORE THAN HOT SAUCE

Tabasco is the state in Mexico that lies along the curve of the Gulf, just below the Yucatan. Offshore oil…

6 years ago

Lakers On The Fly

Catching lake trout on a fly rod. It was something I had wanted to do for a number of years…

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

Lakes: They Might Be Growing On Me

It was that time of year again in my neck of the woods. The time of the season where we…

6 years ago

Spring Stillwater Brookies

(You gotta know when to troll’em…) I arrived at West Blue Lake in Manitoba’s Parkland region on May 19. The…

6 years ago

Why Do We Fly Fish?

It might be a question you’ve heard many times before, or it might be a question that you’ve never thought…

6 years ago