Blogging about Fly Fishing in Alaska and Montana
Going back to December of 2010, I failed to put up a single post. When the new year rolled around, I decided to become a more regular blogger and post on topics such as fly fishing on the Kenai River, piscine insights, a little humor, calls to action regarding fishery issues, fly fishing travel and a bunch more about fly fishing on the Missouri River in Montana.
In January, I posted some Kenai River Alaska videos about Rainbow Trout and Silver Salmon: A unique Alaska guide story: Some trip details from Missouri River Montana winter ventures: And I remained vigilant about Pebble Mine.
Ice Fish
In February, I posted some sage advice from client and friend Matt Ruck: Some words on the state of the fly fishing industry: And some Tips for Alaska Fly Fishing Success.
In March, I revealed 12 Ways to test your fly fishing guide: My personal encounter with Bigfoot: And why Bananas and fishing are never a good pairing: I’m often hard to reach by phone, so I apologized.
12 Step Guide
April was a busy month. My blog got a face lift thanks to Rebecca the Outdooress of OBN fame. I joined The Best Fly Fishing State Debate started by Kirk Deter from the Field & Stream Fly Talk Blog and Editor of Angling Trade Magazine. Kirk even stopped by for a comment.
April means fishing season for real in Montana and Simms Ice Out for fly fishing guides. At Ice Out, I met with Andrew Bennett of Deneki Outdoors and planned some hosted trips in 2012. Join me in Alaska or the Bahamas.
I also provided a guest post on Howard the Cofishers’ incredibly popular Wind Knots & Tangled Lines Blog. He said a bunch of people actually read it.
Islamorada Happiness
In May, I hosted a trip to Islamorada in the Florida Keys to chase tarpon. We stayed at Roland Martin’s pad next to the Lorelei. I met and drank with some of the colorful guides and anglers from Islamorada and Key West. I even managed a side trip into Bahamian waters. We watched a Coast Guard plane chase a cigarette boat, while our captain started telling us about all the weapons he had on board in case we were attacked by drug runners or pirates. I caught a big barracuda that burned my fingers and then watched it get vaporized by three sharks, seconds after release.
Kenai River Rainbow
In June, I got back to work living the dream as an Alaskan fly fishing guide for my 23rd year. The season started out pretty well with the landing of Troutzilla. I also began posting over at my Kenai River Fishing Report Page.
In July, we experienced a pretty amazing sockeye salmon run and I got bashed for not posting fishing reports enough.
I got a bit more active in August and managed 8 posts on Mystic Waters and 5 on the Kenai River Fishing Report. It was much easier with a new lap top and WiFi connectivity at the Kingfisher Roadhouse.
Fish Alaska!
In September, I mentioned my love of trout spey and linked to my latest article in Fish Alaska Magazine. I also talked about how awesome the Kenai River is and kept on typing, rowing and netting fish, despite severe net elbow.
The Man
In October, I posted about a guides vacation over to the Naknek River while fishing with Stacy and Justin Crump from Alaska Sportsman’s Bear Trail Lodge. That was a pretty sweet side trip, capping off another great Alaska fishing and guiding season. I’d gladly go again and anyone who would like more information should contact me.
October is my yearly southbound migration time and my post was OBN Reader Approved. My next post featured a video about the road trip back to Montana.
Save the Sacred Headwaters
November brought about a new winter job at the Big R Fly Shop and I posted another Alaska guide story that developed an unexpected second part in Montana. I also got an email from April Vokey, because I voiced my opinion to the Premier of British Columbia about the Sacred Headwaters.
In December, some of my guests made bold statements…I Really Must Protest and If beer, women and fishing aren’t the answer, then you’re asking the wrong questions.
I went back to talking about the summer solstice in Alaska in Kype Magazine (pg 12).
Giant Carp Hole
The year is ending with me staring wistfully at a small disc of water twelve stories below my parents urban condo in downtown Phoenix Arizona. There are some huge carp down there on the other side of the Phoenix Country Club fence. Hmmm…
Happy 2012. Tight Lines, Great Fishing and Good Health. Maybe we can meet on some Mystic Waters.
