Destinations

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Earlier this year, I went on a fly fishing adventure to Iceland joining a group of 8 total anglers, eager to hit the water and catch ice age brown trout, sea run char, resident browns, and Atlantic salmon. With six days of scheduled fishing, one hotel, three lodges ranging...
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This August I went on my 16th float trip in Alaska, joined by longtime friends Ken and Craig, for their first. The last few years I have arranged a DIY style float trip based out of Bethel, using Wade Renfro as the outfitter. Over the last 16 years, I...
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I may be partial about my fondness of Alaska, but once you have stepped foot on those wild lands, tangled with fish in the waters, and played in the land of the midnight sun, you can’t shake it. The vast array of waters that you can fish are unscathed...
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It’s negative seven degrees as green slime sprays our left wing on the Missoula runway. We are leaving winter in pursuit of Louisiana Redfish. This adventure is several years in the making, piggy-backed by an absence of a Water Master Rafts adventure. So, goodbye minus seven! Hurricane Ida took...
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Extraction day I flip and flop like a fish in my sleeping bag, searching for any peace, as the rain continuously beats upon our fragile nylon fort. Glancing at my watch, and it showing 4:24am, doesn’t add to the mood.  “Damn, three more hours of this crap,” I snort.“Yep,” chuckles...
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My eyes open, and I am amazed, not only being alive, but actually feeling rested. I was later informed that my snoring kept the big bruisers away. My apologies, Will. Unzipping our tent, I am greeted with crisp salty air dragging a spattering of clouds across a faint blue...
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“Congrats, boys, we made it,” the three of us cheer, spitting flies at each other. These things get into every orifice known to man. I couldn’t cover up enough. Our only option was putting our heads down and getting to work, besides our gear was soaking in salmon decay....
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Two decades ago, I exchanged my bar rag for a chance to manage a small crew at a local manufacturing business known as “Water Master.” A packable, one-man raft, light enough to check on any commercial flight, or better yet, a bush plane. Water Master rafts were being manufactured...
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New Zealand, one of the best fly fishing destinations in the world. It boasts of some of the most pristine lakes, rivers and streams for trout fishing. Although the whole country has plenty of fishing opportunities, this post will focus on South Island. Here you’ll find plenty of opportunities...
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Tobacco Root Mountains in Montana. Should I keep going? Okay, my brother Jason, and I decided to hike into an alpine lake and spend the weekend fishing. One of my goals for this angling season was to do more camping and more still water fishing. I needed incentive, and...