It was a great visit up to our friends Dave and Tammy and Blackburn’s Kootenai Angler. I can’t believe it took me years to make the trip up to fish with Dave. But, for me lately my fishing has been 2 hours from home in the car or flying somewhere far away rather than a … Read more
Its our last day here at Dave Blackburn’s Kootenai Angler. Its been a true blast hanging with Dave and his wife Tammy. Dave had a long list of things we had to do while here and we’ve done many. But until this morning we had not yet experienced Dave’s homemade buckwheat huckleberry pancakes. Well, check … Read more
It hasn’t been a full year since Granny caught her last fish but dang close. You might recall on May 16, 2019 Granny had a fantastic day fishing in Baja. That night, she fell off the top of a 7 foot high fence and landed directly on her right shoulder. Long story short, she wrecked … Read more
It was classic spring morning here on the banks of the Kootenai River in Libby, Montana. There was a steady drizzle making it hard to get up from bed. I managed however because I had a blog to write. Granny and I are settled in a cozy cabin here at our buddy Dave Blackburn’s Kootenai … Read more
It was a wild few days at home this week. The WorldCast Anglers online presentation I gave last week generated a ton of Cliff Fly Box art orders. Since Saturday afternoon I did 25 of them! Toss in my online Yellow Dog presentation, the usual projects like the blog, updates in social media and general … Read more
I’m not a video guy. I only shoot still photos. But with all this weird stuff going on, some of my sponsors have been asking me to do Online stuff including some homemade video. Yesterday I did a 14 minute tutorial about how I organize my flies for Yellow Dog. It aired live on Face … Read more
Word on the street is that the world is bored to death while stuck in lockdown. I hear that the internet is slow with all the folks on it all day and that Netflix and Hulu and all the other TV type things are rolling in the dough entertaining people that have nothing to do. … Read more
Get ready for my first ever Online Presentation – “Trout Bumming the World”. Wednesday April 8 at 6 PM MST. Click here for details. No doubt the COVID-19 will change our world forever. In these early stages as I watch the snow continue to fall we don’t know what to expect. Social distancing and … Read more
When Granny and I left home to wander Idaho Friday we intended to return home Sunday night. But as we relished our coffee from the banks of the Snake River near Glenns Ferry in 50° temps yesterday morning, Granny checked the weather in Victor. It was 29° with light snow. I was comfortably working on … Read more
Idaho Governor Little called for a stay home rule for us on Thursday to slow the spread of COVID-19. Like most states that have already done this, exact rules are vague. The way Granny and I read it is let’s avoid contact with other humans and that if we want to go camping by ourselves … Read more
Granny and I should be on Aitutaki Atoll in the Cook Islands as I write. I should be posting all kinds cool fish from colorful wrasses from the reef to huge bonefish from the flats. Instead, just like most of you reading, I’m only dreaming about saltwater fly fishing and Granny and I are in … Read more
I’m back from my speaking tour that started in Great Falls, MT then on to Lethbridge, Alberta then Calgary. Let’s just say that with the epic changes around the world in which we live our lives to fight the war against the Coronavirus, my tour was interesting. This being said, I made it through start … Read more