I slept in the back of my truck. ¾” plywood covered in marine carpeting kept me sleeping dry. A homemade setup underneath my camper shell. Another forest service road and another after that had found me a safe spot to camp after the yesterday’s storms. To me, everything after yesterday was icing on top. I
The First Day Back
Night was falling, elk were dashing through the forest, and there I was admiring the moon coming in over the sharp canyons hemming me in. Then as I was slowly stripping the last bugger I had on my person, dozens of miles from the nearest shop, thousands of miles from my fly tying kit, something
Some Tricos
Well, I finally ran into some Trico activity. I got up at 3:30 am and staked a spot before dawn. To kill time, I threw a bobber at a likely spot, and an 18″ buck brown took a nymph (video here). At mid-morning, some fish started to rise. Some Caddis were emerging as well some
Fun Trout Streamers to Fish This Fall
Fall is my favorite. No contest. My blood is too warm to really get to enjoy summer, so when autumn rolls around I can finally feel comfortable again. Even if I wasn’t excited about the feeling of cooler temps, I would still be excited about what those colder thermometer readings mean for trout fishing! Fall