Everyone on this USA Fly Fishing Team has been around long enough to know what a perfect practice is and this week we are very close to having one. Today was our last day before the World Masters event starts and we went fishing. But it was not a whirlwind of fishing insanely hard and … Read more
All of us on this USA Masters Fly Fishing Team here in Kamloops, British Columbia are ready to compete on the lakes when the World Championship competition starts next week. But its not only lakes that we compete on. We all have one three hour session on the dreaded Clearwater River (where we didn’t see … Read more
A pretty exciting and fun day because former USA Master World Fly Fishing teammate Scott Robertson and his wife Sarah arrived here in Kamloops, British Columbia and they joined us for practice today. Scott and I fished on the same team back in Ireland, Portugal, Spain and South Africa. Granny and I also visited Scott … Read more
Fishing on Team USA for the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships here in Kamloops, British Columbia is a great honor. I’ve been lucky to be on this team since the first time I was invited when it was held in Ireland back in 2016. There’s a lot more to it than just getting to be … Read more
It was a cold one today. Pete Erickson, Loren Williams, Bret Bishop, Mike Sexton and I left our Airbnb around 8 am in about 49° and drizzle. We met up with lake fly fishing legend Brian Chan by 9 and soon Brians main boat was loaded with Pete, Loren and Mike and they towed Bret … Read more
It felt good to wake up here in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. I’m here for the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships that begins September 24th. I’m early with my teammates Pete Erickson, Bret Bishop, Mike Sexton and Loren Williams to practice. We have one thing in mind – defend the Championship Title we won last … Read more
Last night was my final Wisconsin 2023 summer evening on the porch with Granny. Once the sun set we had a nice dinner then I hopped in the Explorer and headed for the Duluth Airport. This morning I had the 5:04 AM Delta for Minneapolis. I dislike doing 3 AM drives. Instead I prefer to … Read more
If I ever had a day where I had no business fishing, it was today. I’m just back from fifteen fun days of adventure fishing at Gangler’s in Manitoba and leaving right back to Canada on Saturday to British Columbia to help Team USA Master Fly Fishing defend the gold medals we won last year … Read more
The sun was out this morning here at Gangler’s Courage Lake Tundra Outpost. I had to get my dark Costas on immediately because my eyes weren’t ready for it. Before we went fishing we needed to tidy up some things and make sure most our stuff was packed. At 2 PM we had to be … Read more
It was almost calm here at Gangler’s Courage Lake Tundra Outpost this morning when I got up at 6:30 am. It was cold and we remained socked in with clouds. But the rain stopped. The hellacious storm that hammered us yesterday afternoon and evening and shortened our fishing day was over. Being calm meant … Read more
The morning was a cold and only in the mid 30°s. It was obviously we were going to get smacked with bad weather once again here in the north of Manitoba at the Gangler’s Courage Lake Tundra Outpost. The clouds above were thick and the wind shifted from south east to the north overnight. The … Read more
We suspected before it was even a real day that today would be the day we finally made it to Courage Lake. At 1:15 am I woke up and looked outside. It was clear and the greenish beams of the Northern Lights were jumping. I woke Granny and we sped down to the Gangler’s Lodge … Read more