For those interested Thought some of you guys who like to find some out of the way places might like this site. at Mytopo.com, you can basically select any area you would like across the country (although I think they are still working on Alaska) and get a 1:24,000 topo map. The great thing...

Haven't posted in quite a while. I was in Colorado with my family last week. My son turned twelve and he is really taking to fly fishing. All the casting practice and coaching time is really starting to pay off. He caught 16 fish on Friday on the Middle Fork of the South Platte outside of...

Ok, let's say you are in a tail out of a long flat. Big old hog is rising in thin water. You have on a 12' leader tapered to 5x or maybe 6x. How long a tippet do you add on? How long a leader can you reasonably turn over? Feel free to add any other helpful tippet advice. The upper WB kicked...

Report - The good news is I saw plenty of rising fish early in the morning. Bad news is I got skunked. I headed up late Saturday evening and when I reached the WB out of hancock, I just folded the back seat down in the truck and went to sleep. I sure I broke some camping rule, but what the...

I went to Mexico on vacation about 4 weeks ago and stayed at a beautiful resort about 1.5 hours south of Cancun. Before going I stopped into Streams of Dreams, plopped some $$ on the counter and asked Harry to give me some flies for the bones. I took an 8wt Sage RPLXi and a 7/8 Reddington reel...

On our family vacation this past summer in Breckenridge, CO, my son, daughter and several friends were fishing the Blue River. If you know the Blue, it flows right through downtown Breckenridge. We decided to grab a trout or two if we could in the park area on the edge of town not far from the...

Wondering what your approaches are. I have had some luck with elk hair caddis, large attractors etc just dapped and skidded. It's always tough to see the fly, but the strikes are usually quick and slashing. By the way I mean thin, here 6-12 inches. OMC

It was nice to meet you guys face to face. I saw DaveB, Willow, RW and BJMiller. Little OMC sends his thanks too. He has the flies you guys tied for him on his desk and keeps asking me if he should fish them or save them. I look forward to seeing you guys again in June. I really enjoyed the...

I need a rod for out west and maybe to use now and then on the Big D or possibly Steelhead fishing I want something that I can cast streamers, hoppers etc with. Primarily it needs to be my Big Wind rod. I have a 5 wt T&T which I love, but tha is not the rod to push something big out there in...

Dennis: I don't know why but I never noticed the link before. Three years ago I went to Denmark. My wife had to work two days at her parent company near Copenhagen. I found Martin Jorgensen on a website. He is one of the founders of GFF. Anyway, he was about the nicest guy I ever met. All...

I am working on finishing off my basement just after the holidays. My wonderful wife has given the go-ahead for me to have a small tying room. While in the planning stage, what could you guys suggest as a "must have" for my fly tying and fishing room? It will be small, maybe 8'x10' with...

I noted the comments about size and tend to agree that over estimating quantity and size tends to happen often. Well this one did not hit 21", but he was a shade over 20" I was hoping to get one of the big dogs but it didn't happen. There was no shortage of fish in the 17-19" range. Wyoming...

I've fished a fair amount this year and at some pretty nice places. I am heading out to Wyoming this week, one day of work, three days of fishing followed by four days of work. Six of my family/friends are flying out from NJ to meet up with me in Casper Wyoming on Thurday. One guy already...

I'm not sure how to post a picture so I will just attach. I hooked a nice Rainbow here, but he got off after some beautiful aerials. Caught many fish but I never count. It was a great getaway for a long weekend. Dennis, please post the pic

NJFred: I have not seen you describe your method in a while. Would you mind posting directions again? I didn't attach leaders to the line using your method this seanon and used nail knots instead, but I think I am going to change over before a trip I'm going on at month's end. Paul

I know it's been discussed before. I took my son a few weeks back to the Beaverkill. I intended to be his guide and not fish. I let him use a 5wt T&T rod, my usual rod of choice. I also took a 4wt Orvis that I've had for about six years. I put both rods together but did not sting the line...

September is my lucky month!!!!!!!! One of the only positive sides to traveling for work is I accumulate air miles and expense miles. It helps defer the cost of family vacations and fishing trips. I am heading out to Colorado Springs late next week to stay with some friends and fish for a...

Interesting and a little scary - IBSP Jetty The waves were roaring in yesterday morning. I thought I had let the high tide recede enough to make it safe to venture out on the Jetty. Man that is not for the faint hearted. I was out to the first pole, that is half way and maybe 100-125 yards I...

C&F flyboxes - I picked up two of these fly boxes a couple of weeks ago. They are great! Expensive:( but great! One of the boxes comes with five threaders on one side and slots for about 150 flies on opposite side. I have size 22-26 olives, tricos and midges pre-threaded on one side. I put...

Fished the gamelands, above DRC last night (Aug 7). On his way out, a local guide informed us that there were NO bugs and NO fish rising all day. Figuring it was 6:00PM, we thought, just maybe, he was heading in the wrong direction and things might just start heating up. It never happened...