Well, vacation's over and it's back to work time. I'm easing my way back into trips and today Dan, Lauren and Big Fish Bob were up first. We had a good trip, caught four really nice grouper and had a couple get the best of us. Dropping live baits on the ledges did the trick and we wrapped it up around noon. With the oppressive heat right now, I'm just fishing until noon and were getting in before it gets to unbearable hot "plus the thunderstorms". We did well and I thank you guys as always... Capt. Dan
A great time in the Rocky Mountains with Becky and some great friends. We caught some really nice trout and saw some new beautiful country. We've been going out there now for 12 years and this trip, we even did some more exploring. Some of the new streams paid off great and some not so much, but they will definitely produce in the future when they have a normal water level year. As I mentioned before, this year was a below average snow pack and extremely warm summer which made it a bit tough fishing the smaller streams. One highlight from the trip was, I was able to Marry my good friends Jc and Kayla in Teton National Park for their wedding. I've recently became an ordained minister and it was an honor to marry them in such a beautiful place. It's always hard to leave, but we have next year and I'll be looking forward to it again.... Capt. Dan
Hello everyone, just wanted to check in and give a quick out West report. The trip so far has been excellent in both Wyoming and Idaho. We've caught cutthroat's, brown trout, rainbows and saw but didn't hook up chinook salmon and bull trout. We're using mostly dry flies and a few streamers. It is a hot one out here and the water on the Idaho side is quite a bit lower than the Wyoming mountain range streams. That's the only down side is some of my favorite Idaho streams are really not worth fishing as the low hot water puts to much stress on the fish. We still have a bit more than a week to go and I'll check back in when I can.. Capt. Dan
A fun one today as I wrapped up my tarpon season and I was able to put my brother Jeff on his first tarpon. Jeff and I Don't get to spend to much time together and he's been asking me forever to experience a tarpon fight. Well, today was his day and he did great. He made a perfect presentation and soon enough launched one in the air. He had about a 40 minute fight and brought a real nice one boat side. A couple pictures and I finished the season strong. I may do some river tarpon fishing in August for them, but as of right now the migrating fish are just about gone. Now though, I'm preparing for my July vacation to Wyoming and really looking forward to it. I'll do some updates as I'm out there and I thank you all as always... Capt. Dan