A great start to the week and a really good first charter back from vacation. Stu and Tess were the team today and this father and daughter team did terrific. I had a couple thunder storms to contend with, so I stayed close and dropped pin fish down on some ledges. Well, the bite was excellent as we actually limited out by 9:30am and Stu even tackled a huge jewfish that ate one of our grouper. They did a terrific job and we called it a day - but we did get soaked on the way home. I thank you both.... Capt. Dan
As I write this follow up about our trip, I'll be back in Florida tomorrow. This year was absolutely perfect and the average trout this year was mush larger than years past. After missing last year due to my medical issues, it was so great to be out here. We hiked to some upper meadow streams and I believe one day we did close to eight miles round trip. All but three fish were caught on dry flies "my buddy Bill Lent would be proud as I caught three on a nymph" and on our last day yesterday I fished exclusively a mouse pattern and caught over a dozen between cutthroats and browns on it. It was an awesome sight to see those trout hit a top water mouse twitching on the surface. My dear friends Jim, Dana, Matt, Gail and my wife Becky made it so special. I'll always be looking forward to next year and I'll see you on the big pond in Crystal River next week... Capt. Dan
I just can't get enough of the West, and the fishing continues to be extremely good for us. We have ventured over to the Idaho side a little bit and we found a stream with some hefty cutthroats and a few Browns. Targeting the shady shorelines from the Willow trees has been the go to tactic lately; as it has been quite warm. An assortment of dry flies have worked well, but you guessed it - the madam X is still our number one producer. We have just a week to go before I'm back home and I'll check back in soon. Here's Becky with another nice brown trout... Capt. Dan
Another really great week out West and it truly couldn't be any better. The weather has been terrific and were exploring new streams everyday. The small hoppers are beginning to start and this has the trout looking up. An assortment of dry flies have been producing for us, with the Madam X being our go to fly. I had my good friend JC come out here for a couple days and he absolutely loved it. From moose, deer, badgers, beavers, eagles, etc... the wildlife is outstanding. I'll check back soon and good fishing.... Capt. Dan