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After knocking the dust off my fishing gear at the beginning of the week, On Friday we headed south for a long weekend in the Smokies. This would be the fourth consecutive year my son and I have made this spring break adventure and this year (3 of 4 years) our close friend would be joining us.
Day 1
After a quick stop at Bass Pro in Sevierville and a check-in at our hotel, we...
After eight very long months, I finally made it back on the water. The last trout to grace the end of my leader was a greenback cutthroat in Lawn Lake (RMNP) on August 9, 2011. I have been fishing all of my life and eight months may be the longest period of time I have gone without fishing.
Due to work I had to pass up several opportunities to fish earlier in the year, including multiple...
After a long stretch without any fishing, I got out for my first outing of the new year with a my buddies Craig and Bob. To say that the weather was beautiful would be a vast understatement as it was as nice of a bluebird day as the Evergreen State has to offer.
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I've finally got around to updating my Native Species Life List from the Alaska trip last summer. Species added included King, Chum, Coho, Sockeye Salmon (did not get a pink), Arctic Char and Dolly Varden. This is in addition to countless big bows and greyling.
There are 33 species on the list with some notable absences. Time to get back to it!
Dave...
It's been quite a while since I made an entry and even longer since I have been on a trout stream - August 9 to be exact!
Coming out of a year where I only made five fishing trips (quality over quantity), a divorce, and a transfer back to my home state of West Virginia - it's time to start looking forward to a new season and a new chapter in my life.
I am now gearing up for the...
Not to long ago, my buddy Craig and I got out to the Olympic Peninsula for to try for the first of the winter steelhead returning to the area rivers. Unfortunately so did everyone else. In fact on the river that we had decided to fish, there was a rig in nearly every pull out and easily over three times the amount of anglers that I have ever seen there. Also unfortunate is that fact that it...
Several weeks ago now, my buddy Jonathan and I made a long day trip east of the Cascade Mountains to search for some redband steelhead. With fall rapidly progressing towards winter the morning started off rather brisk and a bit drizzly, but the river was in perfect shape so we were on the water shortly after sun up. Our first spot was a run that had treated Jonathan well over the past few...
Although this post should be a month old by now, I finally have found some time to get back to the blog. Per my usual fishing traditions for the end of the general Washington stream season I did a bit of searching for sea-run cutthroat fresh from the salt water in my home creek....
It's been over three months since I have returned from my trip to Colorado and I have not wet a line since. Between my personal life, professional career, and an unusually wet fall; it has been a long drought.
Picking up where I left off in Part 2...After fishing what may have been one of my favorite western streams anywhere, I took a couple of days off from fishing. I dropped my...
Although I have done a bit of travelling around the west coast I had until this last week never been east of the Rocky Mountain states, so when the chance arose to join my Dad and sister on a trip to the east coast at the end of October, I jumped on it. The trip would see us heading to several states and while it wasn't a fishing trip per-say, I did make sure that I would at least get a little...
