Having been raised in Seattle I always root for the hometown boys; that makes me a fan of Olympia Beer, Boeing jets, the Screaming Trees, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, the Sounders and, formerly, Starbucks coffee.
My problem with Starbucks, Continue reading
Fishing Labs
Note: This story occurred several years ago. The two main characters, Shadow and Moose, are now gone.
I’m on night one of a five-day trip to Idaho’s Clearwater River, an attempt to land and release as many of those big, meaty B-run steelhead as is humanly possible. But Continue reading
Bobblehead This
Bobblehead Envy at DIA
Brooks Montgomery is one of the good guys in the fly-fishing industry and he happens to be one of the most respected fly-fishing representatives in the country. He gets paid to talk fishing, to go fishing, and to make sure that fly shops, especially in the northern Rockies, get the quality product they need, Continue reading
Rock Hard Power Spray in Helsinki, Finland
Ok, so they’re not a household name in the States. Not even in Helsinki, Finland where I bumped into them while staking out nightclubs on my way to Russia to fish the world’s most prolific Atlantic salmon stream. What else are you supposed Continue reading
October Caddis on Idaho’s Kelly Creek
I am not afraid to admit my interest in tailwater streams and large rainbow and brown trout, but cutthroat trout, especially the west-slope cutthroat, are a rare breed and I give them full respect, especially when chasing that beautiful fish in its north-central Idaho bastion.
It’s there, in an area stretching from Coeur D’Alene southeast Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry, Flies, Idaho
Tagged Idaho, Kelly Creek, October caddis, westlope cutthroat
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Motels I’ve Known
It was a late-May night in Alpine, Wyoming, sleet fell hard from the sky, my tent was soaked from the previous night, and my sleeping bag’s zipper did not work Continue reading
Alaska Kings on The Kenektok
The Price for Fresh
Although most anglers consider the capture of any anadromous fish to be a small miracle, there’s no doubt that a fresh fish, just in from the ocean, is better than a dark fish any day. That’s why I’m prone to drive right past the inland steelhead and salmon fisheries in my backyard and jump planes for mint-bright fish in Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Northwest, Spey
Tagged Alaska West, Deneki Outdoors, Kanektok River, King Salmon
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Fishpond’s Dakota Carry-On
Don’t think that Fishpond’s new Dakota Carry-On is just for overhead rod storage during commercial plane flights. Instead, this solidly built case is equally adept at keeping gear safe and handy while drifting down a river or flying in a cramped de Havilland. Constructed with rugged 1680 ballistic nylon Continue reading
Trashfishing Turneffe Atoll, Belize
There’s nothing wrong with guided trips. In many cases, a guide is absolutely necessary, a man or woman to navigate a boat, to tie the proper knots and leaders, a person who can point to the proper three-foot square surface Continue reading
Running The Bulls Missouri River, Montana
Bulls Eye There was a good bank on the Missouri, just down from the dam above Craig, with caddis fluttering and trout rising. We’d waited all day for a hatch, any hatch, and all of a sudden it happened. We grabbed Continue reading
Posted in Montana, Northern Rockies, US & Canada
Tagged Bulls, Kevin Jurgens, Missouri River
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