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Backpacking the Fork of the Kern River Trail

July 24-27, 2014 There are very few positives to California’s worst drought and water shortage in over 100 years. One of them is the spectacular fly fishing on one of, if not the wildest and most...

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Timber Coulee Creek, Driftless Area, WI

August 10, 2014 The Driftless Area – Not many of us Western Fly Fishermen know about it and the literally thousands of trout laden rivers, streams and creeks that encompass it. From Wikipedia: The...

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Bozeman, MT – August 21-24, 2014

I really figured that I’d be able to fish…a lot… in the 4 days during the process of moving my son Mark into his dorm at Montana State University in Bozeman. I cannot tell you how much pain, suffering...

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Kern River – C&R Section above the Johnsondale Bridge

August 30-31, 2014 Our first trip as “Empty Nesters” was a wedding near the Sacramento Area. We hit our good friends the Scripps up in Mammoth on the way up to break up the trip and have some fun. We...

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The Green River

September 4-9, 2014 Every Fly Fisherman has the Green on his bucket-list. And I had never been there before. I had read numerous stories about 40+ fish days on the Green from my Fly Fishing Group, SD...

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Kauai Fly Fishing for Trout

September, 2014 An 8 year quest is finally complete. I have finally caught and released the legendary rainbow trout of the island of Kauai. And it wasn’t easy. First a little background: Not many...

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Best Birthday Ever

February 14-16, 2015 I had the best birthday ever. My wife of 26 years sacrificed Valentine’s Day. She suggested I go visit my youngest, Mark, 19 who is a freshman at Montana State University in...

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Backpacking Alone- The Forks of the Kern 2015 Opening

April 10-12, 2015 Well, I checked off another “bucket-lister” – I back-packed the forks of the kern trailhead into the Sierras wilderness for 3 days and two nights – alone. The Forks trail opened up...

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Backpacking with two Moms

For a long father’s day weekend I planned a back packing trip to the Forks of the Kern months in advance. I invited a number of “value-adds” to the trip, but because of that particular weekend it ended...

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Bucket-Lister: An 8 foot Tarpon

July 10th, 2015 – I should have known it was going to be a special day.  In the morning I was fly fishing and a manatee swam up to within 5 feet of me, stopped and stared at me for a few seconds.  My...

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“It was the best $100 I ever spent.”

I say it all the time when I’m fly fishing, “It was the best $100 I ever spent.” What I’m talking about is the zipper on my Simms G4Z Waders. And I am frequently asked. The “Z” is for zipper. The...

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Humbled by the Henry’s Fork

August 20th, 2015 Part of our deal with my son Mark was if he got good grades he could have a car his sophomore year in Bozeman at Montana State University.  As much as buying a car without sales tax...

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Kern River – C&R Section above the Johnsondale Bridge

August 30-31, 2014 Our first trip as “Empty Nesters” was a wedding near the Sacramento Area. We hit our good friends the Scripps up in Mammoth on the way up to break up the trip and have some fun. We...

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The Green River

September 4-9, 2014 Every Fly Fisherman has the Green on his bucket-list. And I had never been there before. I had read numerous stories about 40+ fish days on the Green from my Fly Fishing Group, SD...

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Kauai Fly Fishing for Trout

September, 2014 An 8 year quest is finally complete. I have finally caught and released the legendary rainbow trout of the island of Kauai. And it wasn’t easy. First a little background: Not many...

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Best Birthday Ever

February 14-16, 2015 I had the best birthday ever. My wife of 26 years sacrificed Valentine’s Day. She suggested I go visit my youngest, Mark, 19 who is a freshman at Montana State University in...

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Backpacking Alone- The Forks of the Kern 2015 Opening

April 10-12, 2015 Well, I checked off another “bucket-lister” – I back-packed the forks of the kern trailhead into the Sierras wilderness for 3 days and two nights – alone. The Forks trail opened up...

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Backpacking with two Moms

For a long father’s day weekend I planned a back packing trip to the Forks of the Kern months in advance. I invited a number of “value-adds” to the trip, but because of that particular weekend it ended...

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The Bighorn River – Sept 11-14, 2015

Driving from the Billings airport to the world famous Bighorn River near Fort Smith Montana is not a beautiful drive by any stretch.  In fact, in Montana terms it’s pretty much the ugliest…in Montana...

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Stillwater River, Montana – May 3-7, 2016

I had been dying to fish the Stillwater River for one simple reason: the guides don’t typically go there.  And consequently, it’s a lightly fished river: it’s just about equidistant between Bozeman and...

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