I’ll be the first to admit that I typically get caught up chasing big, dry fly sipping trout around and neglect more readily available fishing opportunities. Usually this time of year, I realize that and try to take a step back and relax. This weekend, instead of trying to cram a 5 day trip in to my two days off, we opted to take to dogs in to the High Uintas to chase some cooler weather a …

Last night I had the opportunity to get out with a few buddies, Jim McGeever and Scott Barker on the Middle Provo.  Although late in the season we were still hoping to find a few caddis popping, some cooler temps and a fish or two taking notice of any bugs that might be about.  By the time I pulled into the Bunny Farm they were already enjoying a cold one and suiting up.  There w …

Somewhere near Tremonton Utah with Willard Bay, the pasture full of well bred horses and the bridge of "Welcome Home" behind us, it began to dawn on me that the memory of where my fly-rod was in the mountain of camping gear, was eerily absent. The trip to the Sawtooths over the weekend was inspired by a birthday and a group of us were headed to a place few of us had been to hoot-and-holl …

This past Saturday I offered to help the Utah Rivers Council raise awareness on a rapidly progressing proposal to dam Temple Fork; a unique Utah stream that feeds the Logan River. Unless we do something and quickly the dam will be built inundating this unique stream and one of it’s tributaries; both vital cold water habitats that will be lost forever. We will also lose one of the states critica …

We throw on our waders, set up our rods, and head toward the river to play what Western Rivers Flyfisher calls, “The Game.” It begins at the Legacy Bridge in Midway, UT, on the Middle Provo. It’s a perfect overcast day for trout hunting. The hatch is on. Little midges smaller than our smallest fly — thousands and thousands of them — hover along the surface. I’m following Kigen, 33, a guid …

When I started Western Rivers Flyfisher’s over thirty years ago my friends told me it would ruin my love for fly-fishing. Fortunately that proved to not be the case. If anything it has enhanced and given me a broader view and appreciation for how the challenge of catching fish continues to be with a fly rod and how beautiful our cold water trout streams are. Although I don’t need to catch a fis …