Fly Fishing

Hoppertunity Lost – Friends Gained

September 27, 2009 ⋅ 10 comments

Testing out Robert’s hopper patterns on the Logan River doesn’t turn out quite the way we anticipated, but ends up a good way to make new friends.

Fishing Imperiled in the Rocky Mountains

September 23, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Ten parcels of public land in the Rocky Mountains are set to take big hits from gas and oil extraction.

Logan River – Sept 2009

September 7, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Fly Fishing the Logan River, Sept. 2, 2009. A hint of turning colors. A handful of fish. A solitude of mind.

Confessions of a Kiss and Tell Angler

August 30, 2009 ⋅ 26 comments

Hotspotting. Spilling the beans. Blabbing your big, fat mouth. Kiss and tell. No matter what you call it, mentioning online where you’re fishing can raise some grizzled hackles and get you kicked out of the brotherhood of the angle. Me, I’m a teller about 95% of the time.

Jazz & Fly Fishing?

August 23, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

A Scandinavian jazz group who also have a passion for fly fishing. Combine the two and you get a made for TV series titled, “Jazz & Fly Fishing.”

Native Fish – A New Resource

August 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

For those interested in native fish, or would like to become better informed about them, or learn how and where to fish for them, you’ll find this new website, The Angler’s Life List, to be an excellent resource. It’s mainly dedicated to North America and salmonid species for now.

“Bonneville Creek” and Greys River

August 14, 2009 ⋅ 23 comments

Two trips of two days each fishing “Bonneville Creek,” Idaho and Greys River, Wyoming for Bonneville and Finespotted cutthroat trout (including a brief recap of Scott’s most prolific 3 hours of catching fish ever experienced).

The Nostalgia of Homewater

August 7, 2009 ⋅ 10 comments

We often think of home as a place of origin or place we currently live. But in this post I’m referring to one’s homewater as that place in which one finds refuge; a place where one is secure or happy.

Logan River Fishing Report

August 4, 2009 ⋅ 20 comments

The Logan River is my “home” water (it’s the closest, but I haven’t fished it as much this year). I was able to fish it twice last week. Here’s the report (along with some amateurish video of Cutthroat Stalker stalking cutthroat).

Fishing for Desert Natives – Day 3

August 2, 2009 ⋅ 14 comments

Desert Fishing Day 3 – in which Dan and Scott drive the endless desert to fish Willow Creek, then continue, surviving steep, dark terrors of the backcountry as they headed toward the Jarbidge Wilderness Area.

“Northwest of Normal” – My Book Review

July 24, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

My book review of the fly fishing novel, Northwest of Normal by John Larison.

Fishing for Desert Natives – Day 2

July 23, 2009 ⋅ 14 comments

Day 2 of Dan’s and Scott’s Desert Natives Fishing Trip along the northern edge of the Great Basin wherein we fished for redband trout on Rock Creek and Alvord cutthroat and Lahontan cutthroat on Guano Creek. And suffered a merciless attack by mosquitoes.