Hosted White Mountain Trips

Hosted White Mountain Trips

I am excited to announce that we have, once again, partnered with AZ Fly Shop for all-inclusive trips to the White Mountains of Arizona.  There are multiple dates to choose from- June 8-11, July 21-24, August 18-21, September 10-13. These trips include three nights...
Pyramid Lake Trip

Pyramid Lake Trip

Every year, I host a trip to Pyramid Lake in Nevada. If you have ever dreamed of catching a prehistoric trout in an alkaline lake where the fish reach 20+ pounds, then this might be the trip for you. This is truly a unique fishery as we fish off of ladders. Why, you...
FLOUROCARBON VERSUS MONOFILAMENT

FLOUROCARBON VERSUS MONOFILAMENT

I was just talking to a friend and he was asking about flourocarbon and if I think it is really worth the extra cost. We also talked about when to use flourocarbon versus mono. As with anything, there’s good and bad with both. The theory behind flouro is it disappears...
SET THE HOOK!

SET THE HOOK!

On Wednesday, I was guiding J.J. from Tucson. He called a few of weeks ago and said that he has been fly fishing for a couple of years and wanted to work on improving his skills as his goal is to fish a lot more in 2016. We hit a private pond first so that we could...
PROJECT HEALING WATERS DONATION

PROJECT HEALING WATERS DONATION

Last year I donated a full day guided trip to be auctioned off between Desert Fly Casters and Arizona Fly Casters as a fundraiser for the Phoenix Project Healing Waters chapter. Dave Briscoe from Sun City won the trip and took it earlier this week. He brought along...
BIG BROWNS

BIG BROWNS

It has been a really good week for big browns in small streams and I can’t believe how long it took things to really turn on. Just six weeks ago, I was fishing water that was still 32-40 degrees but now that it has warmed up, the big fish are coming out to play. All...