Rivers & Rods

A few more good fish

2011-08-03T19:34:00.001-07:00

Nice fish JOHN! this monster bow took a nymph as soon as it hit the water and then buried himself to the bottom of the river for a few minutes before going on a tarpon run! great day on the water, and a great fish! ANDY--- AKA the humna fly shop!! this fishing trip is one to remember! Fly in big bows and in big ANDY! LOL great fish and great day.

JULY = MORE NOLS

2011-08-03T19:28:00.001-07:00

Here are some NOLS studetns with some nice fish from a 5 day trip on the green and new fork rivers.

Big browns eating big stuff! the best!

Rocking the blue raft! it catches a lot of fish

Big biteing time!

Big poppa ROGER dog!

2011-08-03T19:17:00.001-07:00

So my father-in-law had a chance to come up to pinedale and go fishing for a saturday. We had a blast and caught some really nice fish. Here is Roger with a big bow cuaght on a dry fly and put up a great fight. Here is a dry fly eating brown!

Big ROGER dog with a meat eating Brown!

The Green! Its on!!!!!

2011-07-20T11:35:00.000-07:00

The Green fished great this last week and here is a great brown caught in a rain storm. Check out the blue dots on his face. awesome. Travis and I had a great day on a -notell streamer that has been turing fish all summer. another great day down and in the books. can't wait to do it again.!!!

Green River = HIGH AND COLD!

2011-07-16T19:31:00.001-07:00

The water temp was not even breaking 50 degrees mid-day last week on the upper Green and the fish are not moving much. We flosted 6 days straight and only moved a few fish. The ones that did eat we big though. Check out Cody (NOLS student) with a 23 inch brown caught on the first day of the floats. This fish was a pig and the best one caught during the 5 day fishing trip with NOLS

Here is Jake (NOLS student) with a nice LAKER on the Green river on the upper section near the lake. This was his first trout on a fly rod on the Green.

Here are a few pics from some of the fish that I was able to pick up on some of the evening floats. Nice solid Browns and streamers. Thats what it is all about!!!

Here is one more shot of Cody's monster brown. I love this picture.

The New Fork is fishing better then the Green currentlly and the drakes are out--big time.

Starting the summer off RIGHT!

2011-06-29T07:15:00.000-07:00

Fishing Wyoming During June 2011: High Water and Big Smiles

I had the chance last week to spend some time with a few friends/clients from last summer. We had a blast this year even considering the weather conditions. The rivers are really high and muddy and the feeding tribs are not fishing well up high either, but the 2 days were a much success. Jamie saw his first moose every and then went on to see a total of 6 during a 2 day span. Irby caught so many fish on Wednesday that his super hero fly was falling apart.

Then on Thursday Jamie caught his first ever 20 inch trout!! He had to work really hard and have lots of patience, but it paid off. Just check out his smile in the pic and you an see how pumped he is about it! Nice JOB!! I hope you two have a save return home and can't wait to do it all over again next summer. Get set up to build a rod and we can wrap next summer after a long day of fishing!

Jamie & Irby with a 20" Rainbow in Wyoming

Family and Bows!

2011-03-17T11:16:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I had a chance to go fishing with three of my favorite fishing buddy's; my older brother and his little girl, and my little brother. It was a cold day, like everyday in Wyoming until July, and most of the river was frozen over solid, but we found a little spring that was running into the river and opening up a side channel for a few hundred yards. These Big monster rainbows were hanging in the deep pools and not too interested in eating, but sooner or later our monster streamers did the job! In this picture is Trent, Eve, and Me! Holding a 26 inch female bow! awesome fish!

Here is a monster male that had been beat up a little on his back but still a heck of a fish. look at the mouth! half scary!

This is the same fish as the first picture. one of the most beatuiful rainbows i have ever caught.

This was a great day in early march. first fishing trip of the new year.

Snow White!

2011-02-19T09:31:00.000-08:00

This winter has been brutal! Snow, Wind, Cold temp, and short days have definitely played a tole on a wimpy fly fishing bum! The snow melt should be great this year and provide us with good fishing long into the summer. The last few years the water has been pretty skinny going into mid August. I am really looking forward to the fishing this summer. SEE YOU ON THE WATER!

Thanksgiving Day!

2010-11-25T09:34:00.000-08:00

Hello to all fisherman out there who are spending this day inside with family and friends. I hope we are all thoughful towards all that we are blessed with daily. The friends in our lives, our loved ones, and this great country to enjoy. Well, today I will enjoy it from the comfort of my house. Sitting next to a warm fireplace, looking out the window at all the fresh snow, and realizing that I have no meetings or places to be today. A great feeling. As for the fishing report. I have not been out for a few weeks due to basketball season kicking off at Pinedale High School. The fishing this fall was great. Lots of big fish, some great streamer action, low fishing pressure, very little crowds on the water, and lots of sunshine. I always love september and october. I look forward to fishing thsi winter below the font. dam and fishing near Cody before April 1st. As for now, Enjoy the Winter and Snow. Have a happy gobble day and enjoy the extra 5 lbs of turkey and gravey you all will eat today, but remember the day will come, this spring, when you will have to take your shirt off in public again!

Fall in Wyoming!

2010-09-26T09:35:00.000-07:00

The boat, the water, and a few fly rods casting away at wyoming trout! Does life get any better. This may be the most fun a guy can have with his pants on!
Okay, this may be the fish of the summer, or fall, or maybe both. Over the course of the last month, I have seen some absolutle monster cuttys brought to the net, but this one tops them all! 24 inches, great colors and a great fight!

The release back into the Green! maybe another fisherman can have them same luck!

Here is Tim Scott with a solid 20 inch brown in the same run that we cuaght the monster cutty out of! Big Browns risning to big dry flies! sweet fish Tim!

The fall weather here in Pinedale has been great. This weekend was in the high 70's and sunny! The fishing has been great as well. The full-moon has slowed down the fishin mid day for big browns, but the early morning and late evenings have been epic. I went yesterday on the Green River and had an awesome day with another guide from our shop. Tim Scott, who is one of our top-guides at 2 rivers and I went fishing all day yesterday and had a day for the books. This is the second time we have fished together and both days have been great. maybe we need to get out more together!

Summer Days in Wyoming!

2010-08-25T11:34:00.000-07:00

Well the fishing has been hit or miss the last few weeks here in Sublette County. The good news is I have not seen a Jackson boat in 2 weeks! The fishing has been solid in the mornings until about 1 in the afternoon and then it slows downs dramatically in the afternoon until sundown. The fish have been holding in the fast deep water where the temperatures are a little cooler. I have seen some of the best fish of the summer taken in the last few weeks however. I think the browns are starting to become more aggressive with their spawning season around the corner. Above is a picture from August 23 on the Green River with Ryan Hudson who guides with us at Two Rivers.

Here is a picture from a new client this year from Rock Springs. We boated a lot of fish, some really nice browns mixed in with a lot of 10-14 inch trout. The Tricos and BWO were hatching like crazy mid-morning so we spent an hour or so casting size 18 Tricos to sipping trout.

Above is a picture of a float trip last week, on the lower Green. We caught a lot of fish that day and the best part about it was most of the big fish were taken on big purple dries! We boated a 20 inch cutt and brown on dries!

Here is another nice fish taken on a streamer on the green river in August. One of the best fish of the season for me! A solid 22 inch male brown chasing a big fatty meal!

Rods Bent and Tippets Tight !

2010-08-15T14:49:00.000-07:00

I have been all over the place this last week as far as the fishing goes. The upper green, warren to hatchery, walk-wade trips, the lower green! The big bonus was that the fishing was great on every trip. I had a chance to float the green yesterday with Tim Scott (another guide from 2 Rivers) and we had a blast. The fishing was great, the sun as out and the wind was quiet. If i can get the pictures from Tim I will post them. He caught a fatty cutt that had a bullhead in its mouth and I caught a few really nice browns on streamers. Friday, I floated with Peter Evans from Southern California and had a great day dry fly fishing. We boated lots of fish and even caught a 16 inch Brookie near the hatchery! Crazy! Here are a few pictures from my walk-wade trip on Thursday with an awesome couple! This was one of their first times fly fishing and they spent 3 days with our shop. The both caught a lot of fish and Michelle caught two monster rainbows the day we walk-waded! Way to go! These two fish are real trophy's in any fly-fisherman or woman's book!

Les caught a lot of solid rainbows that day as well. I think these two are well on their way to becoming avid fly-fisherman and I hope to see them again at 2 Rivers!

Here are the two Trophy Rainbows that Michelle caught on our fishing trip.

Float Tubes + Sink Line + Leeches = BIG RAINBOWS

2010-08-05T12:29:00.001-07:00

So I had a chance to take a break from guiding and visited some family in Idaho last weekend. We stayed a few days in Boise and a few days in Pocatello with my wife's family. Monday, August 3rd my father-in-law and I went float tube'n on one of his favorite lakes near Pocatello. Luckily he had scouted the area the weekend before and had an idea of how the fishing was going to be. We tied a dozen or so leech patterns the night before and headed out early in the morning. Just to fill you in a little, we are rocking 7 and 8 wt rods, full sinking lines, and fishing these leeches on the bottom of a 35 foot deep lake. We were casting the line out as far as you could, stripping line from the reel until you had all your fly line out and you were into your backing. Then you would start to slowly kick backwards in your float tube and wait to fill a take on your fly, which is 100 feet out and 30 feet deep! Talk about a hook set and fight getting them to the net! We both lost a few fish, but we had a great time. The best fish of the day was the last fish of the day!

23 inch Rainbow: Massive shoulders and tail!

Above: Another shot of the 23 inch Rainbow

Below: The best fish of the day. A solid 24 inch Rainbow!

The Kansas Couple!

2010-08-01T10:49:00.001-07:00

I guided on the Green River July 30th with some new clients this year. I hope that they continue to spend more time with us next summer. We had a great time fishing dry flies in the morning, streamers mid-morning, and nymphing in the late afternoon. Mike caught a monster rainbow on a dry fly. I wish I would have had a video of the fight and net job because it was a rodeo!! But in the end, we were taking photos and have a great time! The rainbow measured 22 inches and was the biggest rainbow Mike has caught on a river. Congrats Mike! Great fishing and it was a blast spending time with you on the water. Lorraine Fulton also caught a beautiful trophy brown trout later in the day on a dropper rig in a deep current pool. The fish ran upstream and wrapped the line around the anchor. Mike was able to reach around the anchor mount and free the fly line so Lorraine could bring it to the net. What a great fish! It measured just shy of 20 inches!

Here is another picture of Mike's trophy Rainbow on Wyoming's Green River! 2010 Wyoming Fishing Trip.

NOLS! Again

2010-08-01T10:31:00.002-07:00

Our shop finished the Nols flyfishing program this week. The students were great! Stinky, but fun to be around for a few days. These students have been in the mountains hiking, camping, and fishing the Wind River Mt. near Pinedale for over 20 days before we hook up with them and teach them how to fish from a drift boat and row a boat down a river.

NOLS! 2010

2010-07-28T17:41:00.000-07:00

This week our shop has been guiding/teaching the drift boat, river floating section of the NOLS fly fishing program. The kids have been great and the fishing has really picked up the last two days for the students. One of the joys of working the NOLS program is that sometimes I get to fish while my students are learning how to row and position a boat for fishing. This is a 19 inch rainbow that slammed a streamer in the middle of the hot day! We had to measure him to see if it was the first 20 incher of the week! Just an inch short, but a solid fish!
This however, was the first legit 2o incher of the week. She worked this pool for over 15 minutes, throwing drys, droppers and finally a big white streamer! Her second cast with the white death ended up being slammed by this monster rainbow! She did an awesome job fighting the fish to the net and finishing the deal!

We had not even floated a mile down river after the monster rainbow and after eating lunch for a while, Gusty hooked up on this monster brown! Same fly as the rainbow! After this fish, she was absolutely hooked on streamer fishing!

July! Fish On!

2010-07-28T17:23:00.001-07:00

The fishing in July has been Awesome. The fish have started to chase big streamers with more aggression and commitment. We have been floating the Green the last 5 days and have had great success. The pictures below are all from one trip last weekend with my friend from Green River. It was one of those special days that I will replay over and over in my mind every time I look at these pictures. Below is a picture of a solid brown that chased my streamer 5 feet out into the current and took my bug. This brown slammed the streamer twice and on the second hit, Travis stuck him! Solid fish, Solid fight!

Here is Travis holding another streamer hunger fish. This is one of the nice Cutts we catch on the Green River!

This picture is worth a thousand Bucks. It is my proof that when you fish two streamers, you can sometimes catch two fish. The Rainbow hit first on river left bank. Ran to river right and got into some hard water (current). When I finally brought the fish back to river left, I had two fish on! Two 16 inch trout! One cast! Two streamers! One Rainbow, One Brown! Epic!

This monster Brown was just another solid fish in the boat last weekend. Man, I wish I could float that section again this week, but I will be guiding all week with the NOLS Program. Happy Hook Up!

Double D's!

2010-07-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

The Drakes are hatching and fish are looking up! The Green has been fishing great, with lots of action in the mornings and great dry fly fishing all day. Our rivers should start seeing less pressure over the next few weeks as other rivers are starting to fish well. The New Fork has been fishing okay, but not near as well as the Green. I have been floating the Green non-stop for a week now and just got finished floating the upper green today. Drakes are still popping around 10:00 however the hatches are thinning down. Streamer fishing should start to improve over the next few days so get the heavy rods and sinktip lines and hold on! Here is a nice brown caught on a Double D set up while floating the New Fork with a friend. Below is a picture from today. I finally got a chance to take my beautiful wife fishing on the new boat today and she did great. She caught two solid picture fish on drys!

Here is a nice rainbow that I caught while floating with two of favorite fishing buddies. Fishing with family is the best! This meat eating rainbow chased a big white streamer! Yum Yum!

Another picture of a nice New Fork Brown! Happy Casting!

Fear No ROCK!

2010-06-23T19:04:00.000-07:00

The Summer is offically here in PINEDALE! The rivers are still high but running clear. We floated the upper green today and had great streamer action. The water temp increased to 52 degrees when we loaded the boat. We had a lot of success, but not much in the way of size. This brown was the biggest of the day. Good old Mavis--- AKA Guide Guy--- guided me right to the fish! LOL! Look for the local rivers to start fishing good to great in a few weeks. I think we are on the edge of having some great summer dry fly action. Our local waters are starting to see the Jackson crowd in bunches. I wonder if the snake river near jackson ran out of water??

2010-06-17T10:46:00.000-07:00

This past week here in Pinedale has brought a dramatic change in the weather. Snow today, rain and 50 mph wind yesterday, 70 degree temp with sunshine on monday and tuesday. The upper green continues to hold clear enough to fish, but gets pretty muddy near warren bridge. The New Fork remains high and off-color. In a few weeks things around pinedale should start clearing up and we should start to see some of our summer hatches on the water. I had family in town this last week and fished a few days with them. Here is a picture of a nice rainbow from this last week on the Green. This was also the first trip of the year in the new boat. I bought an Outcast PAC 1400. It is sweet! This is also the first fish in the new boat! Congrats Roger! Great Fish!

Rain, Wind, and Clouds!

2010-06-10T09:50:00.000-07:00

The fishing around Pinedale this week is going to be slim to none on the local rivers and creeks, due to the high water and run-off. The flows on the new fork and green are crazy high and muddy. Look for the upper sections of the green to clear up first. This section usually clears quickly but maintains to run at a high level, which pushes the fish to the banks and makes for some great streamer fishing. If you are looking for a place to fish this weekend, you may want to head to a still water. Soda lake has been good in the evening when the wind stops blowing. Cast to rising fish with small midges or chronomidges. check back in a few days! Later

2010 Fishing Coming Soon!

2010-06-05T19:39:00.000-07:00

When will the water rise around Pinedale? Hopefully before the fish start too! Our local waters are hurting bad currently. Low water levels are effected more then just the number of floatable trips. However, on the bright side, rumors around town are that the Green is off-color from run-off and starting to rise this weekend. The New Fork is still clear as of today, but I am betting that it too will see some pre-run-off conditions soon. The fishing around pinedale will soon be postponed for a few weeks while we wait for the water to clear, but for the fish's sake, We need water bad! Meanwhile, enjoy some local lakes, ponds or tailwaters for a few weeks. The ice-packed snowdrifts and banks in the Wind River Range will take awhile to break down and clear out the rivers.

Here is my biggest brown trout to date. An absolute monster. Hooked jaw male brown that measured 27 inches and was figured near 10 lbs. My amazing wife even drove out to my fishing hole to take photos for me. This fish still swims the local lake and hopefully someone else will have the joy of catching him someday! Catch and Release is the only way to go!

Here is a nice pre-spawning brown holding in some pocket water on the Green River. This day will forever go down in my fishing book as the coldest day of fishing EVER!

Here is a fish from the 201- season! A nice Brown on a nice day! You can count the sunny days on one hand this spring.

Save the Best 4 Last!

2010-06-05T19:26:00.001-07:00

Here is another trip in July. Fishing started at 5:00 am. Streamers worked early! dries later in the afternoon.

Same trip as the photo above, but this wild cutty was fooled by a super trude! Nice fish hold! Now toss Him up!

Save the best 4 last! September float on the Green River! Monster Cutty caught on a monster streamer. Sometimes when your fishing partners get massive tangles and their line looks like birds nest--- it gives the rower a chance to fish! While, now you know the rest of the story.

23 inch cutty: sept. 8th, 2009 Green River

2009 Summer!

2010-06-05T19:06:00.000-07:00

Travis-- on one of our many fishing trips last summer together holding a truly beautiful cutty. Caught on a big-nasty dry fly.

One of the my last guiding trips of the season last year I had a chance to cast the rod about 5 times in an instructional manner-- (next time I need to take the streamer off the line). BANG! a 22 inch rainbow slammed the streamer and made for a great photo! Next time it will be my client in the photo!

On one of my days off from guiding last summer I had a chance to float the new fork in August. The fishing was a little slower than normal, but this big cutty was fooled on a foamed out hopper.

This fish fell victim to the white death! If you come spend a day with me on the river, I will show you the money-fly we like to call white-death. It can be deadly on the right day! proof is in the photo! LOL

I had been guiding a NOLS week-long fishing trip and had not been able to fish all week. So after we loaded up the boats from a hard day rowing, Mavis and I re-floated the river, hoping to get some good streamer action as the sun went down. Here is one of the 3 monster browns caught that night. YuKKy BuGGY!

Here is Mavis holding one of the many big browns he caught while floating last summer. He is one of the best streamer rods I have ever fished with! You the man Mavis!

Here is my favorite fishing partner! We have had some of the best memories spending time together hunting and fishing. Here is one more for the books. Big Brown on a site casting sipper on the New Fork. (6-6-09) Superhero Dropper!

All-right! Who says that all in-laws are bad! My father-in-law with a monster early season brown. Big-POPPA-roger-DOG was killing the browns with streamers this day! This fish was a solid 20 inches but still skinny from the iced over winter.

Hard to beat some of the fishing we had last summer! Big Trout almost every trip!

2009 Fall Elk Hunting

2010-06-05T18:47:00.000-07:00

This Big Bull was taken with a rifle during the early Elk hunting season near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Life does not get much better then eating fresh Elk steaks, while sitting near a campfire with life-long friends, watch the sun set on the Tetons and listening to elk bugle in the Timber. Man! That is living-- or at least one solid reason to work hard in life so that we can enjoy moments like this. This was my first 6 x 6 bull elk and it happened on the last day of my hunting season because I had to get back to school the next day to teach. I even bought an old truck to take hunting, but the fuel pump went out about 15 minutes before I was to leave for the trip! I wish I had a picture of the trip home with the elk quarters in the back seat of my 1998 Honda civic and the horns hanging out two windows, while I drove home through the hoback canyon listening to AC-DC! LOL! My hunting partners and I put a plan together to call this bull in to us in the morning (he had been bugling all night). The plan worked perfectly, and the bull came in to us quickly and quietly. I was stalking through the timber, trying to see if the bull has coming in or going away and to my surprise I soon saw white antler tips bouncing down the mountain from this bull coming to my buddies cow calls. 20 yards and two solid hits from the 300 mag--- (it is not even fair) the bull dropped in his tracks. Spending time with friends, in Wyoming's wide open spaces, away from the stress of life, and making memories is about has good as life gets! Thanks Travis and Darrell.