FINALLY SOME RAIN!

Fishy morning!

Perfect!

Josh with one of many!

Translucent fins!

A few pics from a recent trip with Leland Fly fishing Outfitter's Josh Frazier

Our rivers finally got their rain and I finally got my much needed sleep-in! I had the day off and loved every minute of it. Our rivers spiked hard all day and have left little hope I will be back on the water tomorrow. It will be Sunday before things settle down and I get back to work. On a high note, our fishing should be darn good as the rivers fall back into shape. There should have been a couple weeks worth of fish that pushed in on this high water. I am expecting some of the best fishing of the year as our next week begins. Tune in for the pics of some pretty fish.

The day off has given me the time to post some pics from a recent trip with Josh Frazier (the owner of San Fran's Leland Fly Fishing Outfitters) and Thys Heynecker. We had some great fishing and Josh was able to capture the mood on film.

THE LATEST CHROME!

The last week or so our fishing has really fallen off. We are still usually seeing 2-4 fish a day but we are working hard for each one of them. We have had some glimpses of great fishing but it has been far from consistent. Thankfully, many of the fish we have been seeing have been exceptional. I have included shots of a couple fish Super Dave and Mitch ended Sunday's trip on. I also attached a photo of one of Bill's fish from today's trip. The rain is pounding down as I write. Hopefully, it will raise our rivers and shuffle the cards. We need to get our fish moving again.

OINK!!!!

DAVE FREDERICKS WITH HIS 37"X19"

Once again, the fishing started off fast and furious but was short lived. The river looked perfect this morning but unfortunately, it was not full of fish. The 3rd and last fish we landed this morning was around 10:00. Fortunately, we ended our catching on Dave's 18 pounder. Our big fish are in! It was the third exceptional fish I have seen caught in the last several days. It was raining when I left so who knows where we will be tomorrow.


I also wanted to add a pic of a beautiful fish George Maybee caught on his first cast his second day!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Look at what Lance Watkins got his wife for Valentine's day!

Lance and I thought we would be the only guys foolish enough to leave our wives and go fishing on Valentine's Day. We were sure we would have the river to ourselves. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. Ultimately, I am not sure that the pressure really mattered. It rained on us all day and the river was rising from the mornings start. The fishing started off with a bang. We had 3 before we knew it and then things came to a screeching halt once the river began rising hard. I am expecting great fishing tomorrow as the river drops.

SLOWED A BIT

George Maybee with 3 from today!

Things have slowed down a bit from the double digit fishing we were seeing over the last couple weeks. We are still seeing some fish but it is not what we are used to seeing. We are supposed to see some weather over the next couple days and that should shake things up a bit. We need some water to get our fish back on the move. I got into a good bite late this afternoon with George Maybee and I have included a few of the pics from that session. Back with George again tomorrow.

GREAT DAY!

Our fishing remains good! We were back into double digits again today after a couple days of working for 3 or 4. Long time friends/clients Dan and Ev had 14 today - including one double. The river just dropped into perfect shape today after the last rain and it was stuffed full of brand new fish. Just about every fish we saw today was right out of the salt.

Our fishing has just been damn good this year! I have seen more double digits days already this year than I saw all last year including 3 in a row last week. We have seen some exceptional fish as well. I have had several fish in the upper to mid teens and one fish pushing 20 pounds. I hope to post a whole slug of pictures from the last week tomorrow.

TRY THIS ONE ON FOR SIZE!

Couple shots of Scott's slab of chrome!

Can't take a picture of a mirror!

Scott with another beautiful chrome buck!

We have just been hit with a big blast of weather that will slow our fishing down for the next day or so. I hated to see the rain because I was seeing some of the best fishing I have seen all month last week. My last two groups will definitely be high lights of my winter. I just finished up a couple days with Josh Frazier (owner of Leland's Fly Fishing Outfitters) and his buddy Thys Heynecker. They ended their trip 18 for 22!!! Photos to come. Before that I was with ex-pro baller Scott Hatteburg and Mike Davis. We finished up their 2 day trip with a fish that hit the 20 pound mark. Scott is already featured as the title photo of my web site with another giant he got a couple years ago. Needless to say, the fish seem to like Scott. Check back for some great photos from Josh and Thys's trip.