Category Archives: Trout Fishing
Sunday Classic / Trust The Boo
I’ve fished bamboo rods my whole life and I’ve made my own for the last twelve years or so. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked if I was afraid to fight big fish on a bamboo rod. The answer is no....
A Closer Look / For the Love of Brown Trout
This year, it seems, has been all about steelhead and tarpon for me. I’m not complaining. I’ve been really obsessed about both of those fish and it’s kept me jetting back and forth between the Florida Keys and the Pacific Northwest. As a result I’ve...
F-ing-A Yampa!
IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO SET IN, WE ARE ON ONE OF THE GREATEST TROUT RIVERS IN THE WORLD AND THE FISH ARE GOING OFF AND WE ARE TOTALLY ALONE. Wal-Mart, Frisco, CO, 7:45AM. I lift a small canister from an end cap display. "Pods, got...
Sunday’s Classic / Are Gold Beaded Nymphs Out?
When I first started guiding for trout it seemed like every nymph in the fly bin had a gold bead on it. Everyone caught fish on them and you didn’t hear of anyone back then shying away from using them. So why do I find...
Must Save Tokyo!
“Must save Tokyo,” I mutter in a completely offensive fake Japanese accent. My buddy John looks up to see what I’m staring at. Thousands of bright backlit forms are etched against walls of the Black Canyon and the deep blue Colorado sky like angels on...