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 offer it to my
guests as a great fishing option for those who wish to do some
serious fly-fishing away from the hustle and bustle of Jackson
Hole.

Dubois is an authentic Wyoming cowboy town that has
remained much the same as it was 100 years ago. In addition
to the beautiful landscape, Dubois offers miles and miles of
trout water. The upper Wind River is the primary drainage
flowing through town and has plenty of browns and rainbows
in it, some of which are quite large. Additionally, many of the
smaller tributaries offer adventurous angling too for browns,
rainbows, cutthroat, brook trout and mountain whitefish.
Anglers can expect to fish both dry flies and nymphs.

My overnight trips typically begin with me picking guests
up at their hotel in Jackson around 8 am. We then drive over
Togwotee Pass, a beautiful drive that crosses the continental
divide and puts us at my cabin, where we drop off supplies, in
a little over an hour. Then we fish; driving to whatever water
is fishing best at the time. After fishing all day, we head back
to the cabin to relax for the evening with cocktails, dinner and
tunes on the record player. Guest can do a little evening fishing
on their own, as the Wind river is just a stones throw away.
 The following day starts with breakfast and is followed by
another great day of fly fishing. Guest will arrive back in
Jackson in time for dinner. Three day trips are also possible
too. Contact me if you’re interested in this trip option or have
further questions. Check out the pictures below…

Mike casting to rising trout on the Wind River…

This cuttbow rose eagerly to a hopper on a remote
tributary…

The upper Wind close to the cabin…

A beautiful native cutthroat trout…

River in the cottonwoods; spectacular scenery where
forests meet high desert badlands…

View from my the deck; a great place to tell a fish story…

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, deep-green water. After giving Jeremy a crash course in short-line nymphing, he was able to land 8-10 fish during our outing. In addition to picking up fish subsurface, there was also quite a few heads breaking the surface, sipping midges. This was great to see and has got me fired up for the 2013 fishing season!

working the water….

Success! Jeremy meet Mr. Whitefish, Mr. Whitefish meet Jeremy

An occassional tangle is part of the game….

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 the cold, I have some time on my hands and
decided to embark on a project that I’ve wanted to do for some
time. As some of you know, I’m a music junkie. In addition to
collecting cds and records, I also love guitars (Martins and
Fenders), ukuleles and tube amplifiers (Old Fenders). Last year
I refinished a strat in sea foam green nitro. This year I decided
to build a tube amplifier; one based on a 5F1 Fender Champ
amp. Jamie was kind of enough to get me the necessary
electronic components for Christmas and I thought I’d delve
into woodworking and build the cabinet myself, customizing it
to hold a 10” speaker, thus making it louder!

After a few hours and a few burns on my fingers, I got the
electronics soldered and wired up. Unfortunately I managed
mix up something along the way and fry my transformer- a
rookie move (at least that’s what I’m telling myself). Not to be
defeated, I ordered a new transformer and am now awaiting its
arrival to see if I’ve remedied the situation…

Handwired chassis 

This past weekend I put in some time in my Dubois
workshop. I began with ¾” pine, cut into the appropriate
lengths. My goal is to make this cabinet much like the
originals made by Fender in the 50’s, so finger-joints were in
order. After attempting to cut them by hand with dovetail and
coping saws, I settled on using a scroll saw to get a much
more accurate cut. Surprisingly, my measuring was pretty
accurate and the joints came out pretty uniform. Once the
joints were cut, the box went together pretty tight, with
minimal chisel work. I glued and clamped it, letting it dry over
night. Then I began cutting and gluing extra cabinet pieces for
the top, sides and back as well as the baffle board that will
hold the speaker.

The workshop:

Measured for finger joints:

Finger joints cut:

Glued, clamped and fairly square: