“Do you want to stop for lunch?” TJ asked. “No thanks,” I replied. It’s typical that I would not stop for lunch if I am fishing and haven’t caught a fish. I’m not sure if that habit is based out of stubbornness or a calculation that when the fishing is slow I will need every
Category: Guides
Long-line Euronymphing: Derrick Kirkpatrick and Zach St. Amand
There are everyday anglers and then there are guides. There are guides and then there are those with afición, as Hemingway described in The Sun Also Rises. These are people with deep passion for something. I would put Derrick Kirkpatrick and Zach St. Amand in that bucket. I was fortunate to take a fly-tying clinic
Salvaged Trip
A buddy and I have an annual fishing trip. It usually involves a float trip somewhere in New England, a couple of good meals, and much catching up. I have been dead set on floating one of the premier rivers in Western Mass. This river has been quite the mystery to me, as I have
Salmon River Steelhead 2022
With one of my two jobs temporarily done until January, I looked at the calendar and realized that I could squeeze in a fishing trip. In the winter, there’s really one fish I want to see: steelhead! It had been a few years since I last was up in Pulaski, NY. It’s a very friendly