Here’s to the New Year

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Happy holidays to everyone out there! I hope everyone’s
enjoying themselves and recovering from excessive eating and
drinking… Jamie and I just returned from spending Christmas
with family back in Pennsylvania. We got lucky and managed
to travel without any major problems; a rarity now a days. As
nice as it was spending time with family, it was great to get
back home to Jackson yesterday. We’re keeping the holiday
train rolling tonight and heading out to ring in the New Year
with some live music.

Since we’re on the verge of 2013, I thought I’d think about
fishing related things I’d like to try and accomplish this
upcoming year. Who knows if I’ll get around to everything, but
at least I’ve put ideas down in writing; a crucial first step in
planning a new year of fishing. Soooo, in no particular order,
here are a few of my goals:

Tie as many flies as possible BEFORE guiding gets busy,
ensuring that I won’t have to spend as many nights at the vise
after fishing all day.

Try to get in the Winds with Jamie and hook a few golden
trout.

Explore several small streams in Yellowstone that I drive by
every year but never stop to fish.

Get back to the North Platte in early spring

Bighorn, Bighorn, Bighorn

2 new trout paintings a week until spring

Take clients to new “secret” spots over around Dubois

Explore X creek with Matt

Overnight to X Lake with Jamie

Take Matt back to “that” lake and show him that you can fish it
without getting shot

I’m sure I’m forgetting a few, but the ideas above are enough
to get me started. Here’s to the New Year and new Fishing
opportunities!

small stream fishing video

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With new snow on the ground outside, my mind thinks back
to some of the great days of fly fishing that occurred around here
this past summer. Below is a short clip of fishing a small stream
near Dubois, WY. I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, but
was having technical difficulties (i’m not the most proficient
computer user…) Early in the summer this stream was on fire,
with rising rainbows everywhere. My brother Pete and his wife
were visiting and this was one of the fishing stops we made. We
hooked colorful rainbows on stoneflies and wet flies, all while
keeping an eye out for grizzly bears. Can’t wait to get back there
next summer with my little four weight!

 

Xmas trees and moose

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Things around here at Teton Fly Fishing world headquarters
have been pretty quiet. Snow has been falling intermittently
over the past couple days making it feel more like Christmas.
I haven’t done much fishing lately, opting instead to devote
time to fly tying and painting.

Jamie,Sage and I ventured out and cut down a tree last
week and have it set up, giving our little place a festive feel.
Below are a few pictures from our adventure. We saw a few
critters, including a porcupine on a mission and a lot of moose.
Note the group of bull moose hanging out together. Typically,
Moose are solitary, but in the winter they seem to like
company. There were a total of 8 in a group together taking it
easy.

Bennetts with their tree

porcupine

porcupine on the move

three's company