Thompson Rainbows,Lahontans and Sea Runs

The 2018 fishing season ended with some great action! A quick 500 mile drive to the Thompson from Seattle and a stop at Trout Waters in Kelowna, BC led to some great winter Rainbow action ! Even though it was in the 20's the fish were on!! A quick stop on the way back for a beautiful Lahontan and a great outing with my friend Larry Phillips in the pouring rain for sea run Cuthroat put the icing on the cake for 2018!! Happy Fish  year!!

Chum Salmon hotel surprise

 Recently I was in hoodsport, Wa and checked into the Sunrise motel The owner Frank said the chum were schooling behind the hotel . Sure enough they were there and on the second cast I hooked one .A lady living in the trailer came out and walked right in the water and netted it for me!!!

Coho on The Skeena

My friend Gill McKean took me on a covert early morning operation to get the best run near Terrace!We crossed the river at dark 30 and beat it up stream for A half K.  A Coho surprised me taking a waking fly!! Also pictured is hook jawed brute taken on the single hand!!plus a bonus cutthroat!!!

Big King in Campbell River

I had a chance to tour Vancouver Island recently and headed out with my friend Chris Strong out of Campbell River , We landed a few beautiful springs and my favorite a beautiful dogfish!! Wuf,

Jacks gone Wild!!!

Well I had a quick family emergency to my home town in West Palm and I followed rule #1 Never leave home without a flyrod!! My friends condo and is on Lake Worth and the Jacks were going wild!!

Are you Man or Mouse

Well I hit the Pm late night and stuck to one great hole! It was a perfect night ,still , no moon and it felt right !! Casting downstream and stripping in this 20 and half " brown boiled and grabbed the mouse!! Alex from Ann Arbor came by in his drift boat and we had a mouse Toast!!&

toast!!

Manistee Smallmouth

The waters below Hodenpyle are crystal clear and I spotted this bass and threw an olive and black streamer . The fish nailed it!!

A Mouse in the House

I had the pleasure of Mousing with Frank Willets and Robbie Scott in Baldwin recently! The fish were out and we all had a blast walking the river in the dark!!

Michigan Smallmouth

I finished my gig at my favorite place called Pearls in Elk Rapids and stopped and made a dozen casts before heading to Baldwin. This bass slammed a muddler and gave a spirited battle before I turned him back!!!!

Brook Trout Cle Ellum

I was accompanying my friend Tim Collin And Kelly on a private lake in Washington and we hit the jackpot on Wild brook trout!!

Brown Trout on the Pere Marquette

I was able to walk in on 5/12 /2018 after a long hiatus on this river. and beat the crowds, This fish was caught near Green Cottage on a fry pattern. 1 strike 1 fish and on to my gig!!!

Big Carp on Fly Northern Michigan

I was surprised with this Carp while casting for Lake trout! It took a big Mickey Finn streamer and almost spooled my reel!!!!!

Steelhead

Sometimes you have to cast for 2 years to get a strike from a lake run Steelhead !It was worth the wait and the Fish Gods were on my side!!

Lahontan Cuthroat

I was recently on tour in Washington and had great luck on Cuthroat !! They take a variety of patterns but an olive muddler is best with red flash on the side.

Julie kelner

My friends Julie and Chris hit up the salt on Bainbridge Island on Superbowl Sunday. We had lots of action on small coho and blackmouth on squid flies!!!