Charleston Movie is UP

I've been super busy lately since I've been back in NC for the winter, but that hardly means I haven't gotten any fishing in!  Last summer (and some of the fall) I frequented my buddy, Kinnison's couch and collected some great footage of early summer fishing for Redfish.

The new Tetons on the Fly video is a culmination of all the trips last year to Charleston.  We set out on many a bleary eyed morning tide with the sole intent to sight fish to active, tailing reds and even on fish-less days, were not disappointed.  The entire Charleston and Wando watershed has taught me so much and always reinvigorates my passion for salt water flats fishing.  There truly is nothing in fly fishing that can rival sight fishing for active fish, and whether it's a Henry's Fork Rainbow sipping mayflies, a Keys Permit searching for lunch, or a Charleston Red tailing away, the intensity is the same and it's what I crave as an angler or as a guide for my clients. 

 

As it begins to warm up in the spring and the tides shape up, I'll get the itch to see some more spotted tails, but in the meantime enjoy the vid.

Green River

I've had quite a bit going on lately and I'm playing catch-up here as far as getting videos and blogs finished.  Here we go.

I fished the Green the other day with guide friends Dave Smith and Ben Brennan and was not disappointed.  Late fall fishing on the Green can be utterly insane it's so good, or it can leave you scratching your head.  The day we had was leaning more towards the former.  We had perfect weather, got multiple, healthy fish over 21-22 inches and simply put, just killed it.  It was yet another great, enjoyable day fishing with buddies and it didn't hurt that Ben got the biggest 'bow I've seen come out of a river (possibly ever) at the ramp.

I'll let the pic's do the rest of the talking.

We even ran into some nice Kokanee Salmon.

Now that's teamwork.

Biiiiiig freakin' bow.

SF Upper

I had to give the South Fork upper stretch one more go before the weather turns over in Swan Valley for awhile.  I planned to fish with my buddy Owen Jones and while making some breakfast, Scott Smith buzzes in trying to fish with us too.  It worked out perfectly and being that we now had a full boat crew, we made tracks toward Palisades dam.

The weather was great in the morning with the sun just starting to peek through and the temperature approaching upper 40's.  Streamer fishing was productive early with buggers and hairy, leechy looking flies and 

the Baetis hatch in the afternoon also produced some nice fish.  

I haven't had a chance to fish with my boy, Owen much this summer, so it was gonna be a good day anyway just fishing with friends; little did I know ol OJ was planning on freakin 'em all the way to the boat ramp.  Juice box got this bruiser Cutty in a riffle on an olive streamer and it turned out to be one of the bigger Cutthroat he's ever caught!  Congrats Owen on your hoss, nice work! 

OJ, freakin' em.

Also, Juice deserves accolades for maintaining composure with a big fish, even with two guides with cameras yelling at him the whole time...