After 14 years, I finally updated the video that is in the right hand column of my WEB Page. The old video was done in my old workshop. Finally, I’ve updated to a much more interesting video showcasing my rod building process. Thank you Olivia Elia so much for helping with the filming and editing of this video. I’m very happy with how it came out. Click on the link, and enjoy.
We got the chance to fish Big Creek in Central Idaho this summer with a group of friends….fly in by small plane to a dirt runway…and pack horses to a wilderness camp. Fishing was excellent for cutthroats in the 10″ to 15″ range with large dry flies. Mary Ann and I fished our 8′ 0″ 5 wt bamboo fly rods the entire trip. Here are a few photos.
Waiting for the planes to take us to Big Creek.
Ready to board.
Big Creek down below.
Saddle Up!
Ready to ride!
Working a great run with dry flies.
A nice cuttie!
One More that fell to a Clark’s Stonefly Dry.
Mary Ann and I spend a week fishing in Stanley, Idaho this summer on the Salmon River. Here are a few shots our time out with our 4 wt bamboo fly rods.
All about Bamboo!
My 7′ 9″ fast action 4 wt rod.
Mary Ann working a nice run.
More “fishy” water with Mary Ann.
Some of the local wildlife.
I made it out to my favorite local small creek this past week with my good friend, Joe. I fished my 6′ 8″ 3 wt bamboo and Joe took out his 7′ 0″ 4 wt bamboo that he built in my workshop. This creek runs right below my house and gets almost no fishing pressure, so we had the water to ourselves for the afternoon. This is some of my favorite kind of fly fishing…getting out on very small local waters with light bamboo fly rods. We found several willing native rainbows in the 6″ t 11″ range ready to take assorted nymphs and dry flies.
My favorite small rod with a classic Pflueger 1492 reel.
Joe fighting a nice little rainbow
A nice fish landed!!!
We each caught several of these colorful native rainbows.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on my Blog…been fishing a lot this summer. Mary Ann and I spent 6 weeks fishing in Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado. In Oregon we fished the Owyhee River, in Idaho we fished the Salmon River, Marsh Creek, and Bear Valley Creek, In Wyoming we fished the New Fork River, Savery Creek, North Platte River, and Encampment River. In Colorado we fished the Frying Pan River, Yampa River, Service Creek, and the Poudre River. And, we used a variety of bamboo rods along the whole trip. Here are a few random photos from our “summer vacation”.
The Sawtooth Mountains near Stanley, Idaho.
The Salmon River
A beautiful Salmon River Cutthroat.
Marsh Creek, Idaho
A Marsh Creek Cutthroat
The New Fork River, Wyoming with our great guide, Ryan Hudson.
A beautiful New Fork Rainbow
Mary Ann fighting a Savery Creek Rainbow.
Cicadas were the bug-of-choice at Savery Creek
A Savery Creek Rainbow
A Frying Pan River rainbow that took a PMD Comparadun.
The Yampa River in Colorado
A beautiful brown that came to the surface for a dry.
A Yampa River Cutbow
Euronymphing on the Poudre River in Colorado
Service Creek, Colorado
A nice Service Creek Brookie