Always on the prowl for good regional fly fishing books, I
thought I’d give folks a heads up on a great book about fly
fishing in Yellowstone, written by fisherman, freelance
journalist and rocker, Nate Schweber. Schweber’s book,
Fly Fishing Yellowstone National Park, an insider’s guide
to the 50 best places, came out a few months back and
I’ve been meaning to mention it, but haven’t found the time
until now.

While there are many good books about fishing in our first
National Park, Nate’s take is a little different; not so much a
how-to book, as much as a personalized account of special-
waters and memorable moments told by a collection of
fisherman such as Tom McGuane, Jimmy Carter, etc. You can
even read a chapter/interview with yours truly about fishing
the Fall River. (who would’ve thought the “Powers that Be”
would allow me to share pages with Dick Cheney…)

Schweber’s book is a great read and deserves to be on
your bookshelf. Plus, Christmas is coming and it’d make a
great gift….. Get it here.

Last Friday, Sage and I drove the 11 hour round trip to
Helena, Montana to pick up my new Adipose driftboat. As
many of you know, for years I have used a raft to float the
local rivers. And while the raft treated me and my clients
great, and allowed us sneak down skinny water and stop
almost anywhere fish were to be found, I finally gave in to
temptation and pulled the trigger on a shinny new drift boat.

The Adipose skiffs are built by fisherman for fisherman;
looking at the design and layout, this couldn’t be clearer. The
boat has lots of room for storage, a walk-around interior and
removable casting braces. Before towing the boat back to
Jackson, I let Sage get in and check it out; making sure she
approved before taking off with it.

All in all, I’m really happy with it and can’t wait to get it on
the water next season! Enjoy a few pictures…

The Snake continues to fish well! Keith got his first taste of western fly fishing, fishing dries all day long!

As some of you may know, I’m a bit of a Flat Creek junkie. I
love the challenge of fishing to selective trout in slow, clear
water. I’ve spent some days over the past few weeks guiding
folks on it, but today was my day. Despite having a long list of
things to take care of on my day off, I managed to fish it this
morning for a few hours and had a blast. Here’s one of the fish
that fell for my fly…

It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been spending
nearly every day out on the water with some great folks and
haven’t found the time or the energy for typing; my apologies.

We’ve been having some fun dry fly fishing on the Snake
lately. Clients have fished everything from Royal Wulffs to tiny
PMD emergers; raising cutthroat trout of all sizes. Many of the
bigger fish we’ve picked up have come from fast seam lines
and deeper riffles, but bank fishing is coming into it’s own too.

I’ve also spent some time guiding folks out on Flat Creek
in the Elk Refuge. While this stream isn’t for everyone, it’s one
of my favorites to take folks out on. I love the challenge of
finding rising fish and helping anglers choose and present their
flies correctly. This is PhD fly fishing and a good day means
catching one or two NICE trout (many fish in Flat Creek exceed
20″) The other day I had Dan and Steven out on it to test their
skills. Both did well hooking and landing a few fish. The
highlight of the day was helping Dan get a MASSIVE cutthroat
to rise in slack water to his emerger pattern. Unfortunately,
once hooked, the beast of a fish made a run for it, snapping
Dan’s 5x tippet. Despite this, Dan said that experience was
one of the coolest things he’s experienced on the water.

A nice rainbow caught last week on the Green River. Nice
work Tom!

Dan passing Flat Creek’s challenge!