Breamfest was a hoot!  A “hoot” is a good thing by the way, in fact, real good.  I had a great time and actually took second place, winning an Abel reel and a check for $500. My best fishing buddy, Albert Wood, won first place.  I know  how well that guy can fish so I … More Breamfest Update

I was invited to fish at Providence Hill Farm in advance of their Breamfest tournament on May 21.  Two of my buddies and I had the time of our lives with the numerous monster bluegills. Incidental catches of bass and crappie didn’t hurt our feelings a bit. We didn’t catch any monster bass, but of … More A Day on Providence Hill Farm Lakes

Made a little weekend run to Louisiana with sight casting buddy Rusty Hook for a guided trip with Miles Larose (@Shallowsouth on Instagram).  Had a great trip, even though we were far short of our 25 fish day back in April of 2015. Saturday was the first day and though it was clear and pretty, … More Dog Fly Morning, Spoon Afternoon

I hope my title doesn’t offend any “Pastafarian’s” but I couldn’t resist.  I attended the Fly Fair of the Gulf Coast Council of the IFFF in Ocean Springs this past summer.  It was a great event and I just love that it is in Ocean Springs, MS, near my redfish patch.  Unfortunately the timing makes … More Defeating the “Flying Spaghetti Monster”

Talking about the Samurai system doesn’t seem to always get my message across, so this weekend I put my new GoPro to work to try and capture the system in action.  Its hard enough solo fishing with a fly rod in a kayak with the wind “helping” me every chance it gets, but the videographer … More See the Fish, Catch the Fish

I just got back from a trip to southern Louisiana with a friend, booked with a popular and well-known guide.  The guide had called to let my friend Rusty Hook know about a cancellation and the fact that conditions might be favorable (sun in the forecast) for sight casting to big bulls .  The big … More Winter Bulls

Recent back-to-back trips to Venice for big redfish and to Andros, Bahamas for bonefish gave me a unique comparsion of fly fishing for the two different species. All sight casters are accustomed to getting excited instructions from the guides when stalking a fish, but until the bonefish trip I wasn’t aware of the differences in … More One Fish, Two Fish, Redfish, Bonefish

“Twelve o’clock, 300 feet” guide Miles Larose shouted. Three hundred feet!  My first thought was “did I hear him right?”.  I’m accustomed to hearing 30 feet, 50 feet, even 70 feet, but 300!  Our guide was teaching us something new.  We were fishing Pass a Loutre out of Venice, LA and we were one day … More Push at Twelve o’clock… 300 feet…

This is one of six I caught Tuesday.  Sorry about the sun in the background, the GoPro doesnt know any better. But if it looks like I have a halo around my head, the angels WERE singing when I caught this one… The wind was horrible, the nearby gauge history shows 8 meters per second.Roughly, … More The birds saved it…