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Tying a Trude

The Royal Trude is a great attractor dry fly to have in your box. It fools trout across the country and is one of my go-to fly patterns for fishing backcountry trout streams and pocket waters. Here in Wyoming, I carry several sizes of Trudes including #10- 16. The Royal Trude works great on bigger […]

Midges, Rising trout

For those that wonder what our local cutthroat trout do in the winter, Sage will show you…. As you can see, the trout yesterday were very active. Not every day in February is like this on the Snake, but most days, provided the wind isn’t blowing too hard, fish can be found sipping midges along […]

Overnight in Dubois, a two day fly fishing adventure

I strive to give fishing clients the best experience possible, whether it be a float trip or wade-fishing adventure. Two years ago, Jamie and I were able to purchase a cool A-frame cabin over in Dubois, Wyoming. Dubois has been a favorite spot of ours for quite some time and now I am able to […]

a few days out

Yesterday, when I began casting in the sunshine, I thought I was in for a nice day in Wyoming. I figured I had payed my dues the previous days; fishing in temperatures that never got out of the 20s. Temperatures that kept my waders and fly line frozen pretty much nonstop. Yes, it was going […]

The fishing and catching was pretty good

Given that it’s February and temperatures have been hovering in the thirties lately, it seemed as good a time as any to go fishing. Typically, winter fishing begins to pick up this time of year and continues to be good well into the spring. Today was no exception. We located fish holding in some nice, […]

The quintessential western fly

             If there is a more quintessential western dry fly than the Stimulator I know not of it. The stimulator is everything western about fly fishing; an easy to see bushy profile that floats like a cork, yellow and orange body that resembles canyon river walls at sunset, and a […]

Fishing guide builds guitar amp part 1

Not much of in the way of fishing to report from Teton Fly Fishing world headquarters. Temperatures have been on the cold side, with single digits and below zero numbers being common the past week or so. It was -13 here mid morning and we may have gotten above zero for a high… Because of […]

Custom Fly Assortments

Custom Hand-tied Flies for Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Beyond! Over the years, many of my clients have asked to buy flies from me; ensuring they get patterns that work well here and that hold up to numerous fish. I decided to put together a box of my favorite flies. I consider this to be a […]

Here’s to the New Year

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 […]

small stream fishing video

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 […]