“To him, all good things – trout as well as eternal salvation – came by grace; and grace comes by art; and art does not come easy” -Norman Maclean I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome happiness for it enlarges…
While fishing for redfish in South Carolina last week, We caught a ten pound redfish in the warm shallow Lowcountry Flats that was difficult to resuscitate. I learned from Jeremy that it is harmful to move a fish back and forth in the water trying to oxygenate a fish which forces water through the gills…
When I first heard, several years ago, about an American Solar eclipse like no other in history, I thought about fish, specifically trout, and how they might react to a premature evening light and temperature drop. I pulled up a map of the “path of Totality” and noticed that it began its 1400 mph…
Its been a long time since I had a day like today on the lake. It was 7 years ago when the lake was last full. There were lots of 5-10 pounders along the shoreline back then, I think the lake is coming back. The fish are fattening up on bait which…
Funny thing about fishing for Dorado, it is addicting. After my first experience with these fish 9 months ago, I found a less expensive way back. Angling Frontiers Expedition Casare – a relatively new Dorado Flyfishing Camp- sits in the same watershed as Untamed Anglings Pluma Lodge. It is approximately 100 miles away from…
I only have a couple fishing days left on San Luis this November and I’m remembering last Novembers phenomenal luck landing 3 fish over 20 lbs in the main lake. I haven’t had much luck this month on the main lake having fished it three days without a big fish only to retreat to the…
It’s hard to come back from a fantastic trip and return to the regular world. Im not talking about work. Im talking about fishing in the northern hemisphere where the fish are normal size and the insects actually respond to DEET, and where you can drink tap water and even if we have problems with…
Deep in the remote jungle territory of the Isiboro Secure National Park (Tipnis) in Bolivia, where the Andes meet the headwaters of the Amazon, exists a species of fish unique to the Southern Hemisphere–an Apex Predator called the Golden Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis). Small minnows and baitfish called Sabalo migrate up the greater Secure system and following them are aggressively…
I spent a half day on the forebay this Saturday with Steve Sakamaki. In three weeks, we are heading to Bolivia for Golden Dorado. This morning at 5:00 am the winds were up about 20 mph and I hoped that they would die down by early morning but they didn’t. It was tough fishing the…
The cloud cover and low winds gave me an opportunity to take Steve Sakamaki out for a day on the Forebay. We fished from 6:30 till Noon and managed 5 fish . I was surprised at how clear the water was compared to the main lake. The weeds were definitely less…
Last week Ken Oda caught a big striper on Palm Beach. I also heard that Mark Won broke a couple big fish off as well. I had my opportunity this morning and decided to fish my 10 foot Sage One 8 wgt with a T-14 Custom Cut. The high tide would peak at 10:30 and…
It seems that less people these days know the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. It is a day to remember and honor the 1.8 million that gave their life for America since 1775. It is a day to honor the dead who served and a day to visit cemeteries and place flags or flowers on…
I get a little bit nervous when too many things go my way. I got pretty lucky today at the lake and landed a second fish over 2o lbs in two weeks. The euphoria over last weeks fish had me on the fly tying bench last week tying up all sorts of giant flies flies.…
Today was a memorable day at San Luis reservoir for me. After years of pounding the lake with flies, I finally beat the 20 lb mark with a big striper from the Bay of Pigs. The day started off pretty slow as it had last week. I decided to only cast 7 inch flies. The…
It was easier to fish together when we were kids. Wayne and I finally got a day together on the delta with renown guide Steve Santucci. I think we were due for some luck and the weather gods blessed the day with perfect weather and good fishing. We started our day driving to the…
I haven’t fished the Forebay for a long time. While I was in Alberta, I started to think that trout pull harder than stripers. I don’t know what came over me. Today, the stripers had something to prove. They were in prime shape and fought as good as I can remember. They treated my eight…
More Videos to come as I edit them! This years St. Mary’s anglers consisted of Wayne and the twins, Jon Leonard, Dick and Mike Sasaki. Halfway through our week long expedition, Alberta Fish and Game closed a vast amount of its river system to fishing due to low and warm water conditions in order to preserve the…
I thought shooting little league baseball and high school lacrosse was a challenge even with a Nikon that shot 8 frames a second at full frame. To capture that right moment, you had to anticipate the moment and hope that a 1/100th of a second event could be captured with a one of 8…
Long Screws Screwed me The Vision 2 that I was preparing to sell lost 4 motors to my negligence when I accidently put some long screws into the short holes while placing prop guards on the bird before selling it to a friend. Its very easy to mess a motor up just by pushing on…
Memorial Day this year was indeed memorable with some of the best May trout fishing I’ve ever had. Large 20-25 inch trout selectively feeding on damsels and calibaetis made it challenging and fun. This years annual Memorial Day Syn Family Fishout got redirected from Antelope Creek Lodge to Baily Springs Lodge. Our hosts – Peter and…