My friend, John Beth, had an opportunity to fish some spring creeks in southwestern Wisconsin this past week. The weather was great, and as it turns out, so was the fishing. John fished a size 16 Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear though a long slow pool and took two rainbows just over 20 inches. This trip […]
Our friend, Theo Baakelar, has just returned from fishing for sea trout in Denmark with six friends. They stayed in a small coastal cabin, and hunted sea trout every day. And then, there’s the wind. Always present, always strong. The fish are widely scattered, and the ocean is very big. And what fly to use? […]
Healing Waters is a project aimed at helping soldiers returning from the various theaters of war in which we are engaged. Some have had amputations, others any variety of wounds, nearly all carrying PTSD or TBI (traumatic brain injury from concussive explosions or physical blows to the head). On May 16, 17, 18, soldiers from […]
My friend, Capt’n jake Jordan is laid up recovering from hip surgery. But, his heart is still out there on the flats fishing for Tarpon, Bones, and whatever will eat his fly. He sent along some photos of a huge tarpon that his friend, Pat Ford, recent took in the keys. It was caught with […]
I just had an email from my long time friend and fishing companion, John Beth, that had nothing to do with fishing or knives! But, it was a fabulous bit of news. John’s daughter, Kjersti, entered and won the Ms. Wisconsin Untied States competition the other night. John writes, This national event has 4 age […]
Faruk Ekich, who manufactures the Ekich bobbin (see http://www.garyborger.com/2011/03/30/bobbins-the-ekich-ultimate/), also manufactures a very limited edition, Damascus vise. It is a gorgeous piece of equipment that is also very functional. Pete Gray sent me a couple of photos of the vise holding flies that he had tied. If you are interested in discussing the purchase of […]
Thursday, April 18, was hot and sunny with a strong Chinook wind from the Alps. Not a good day for fishing. The fish felt the pressure change and the bright sun, and basically went deep and stayed there. All the fish that I had seen in a variety of places on the Ager were nowhere […]
On Wednesday April 17, Hans Aigner fished the Ager River with Jorg Schuft and me. Hans began guiding for Hans Gebetsroither in 1959 when he was just 12 years old, and fished with a large variety of world class anglers over the years, including Joe Brooks. On today’s outing, Hans caught his first […]
On Tuesday, April 16, we organized at 9 am and got underway to the section of the Ager River managed by Roman Mosier. Roman is a superb fly fisher and fly tyer who taught schools with the late Hans Gebetsroither, who develop the Elliptical casting style in the 1930s. The water in the river is […]
Our friend, Theo Bakelaar, was in Africa recently, fishing for trout, when he encountered a very unusual and very fierce strain of browns. He was only able to land the smaller ones, and one look at them shows why. The bigger of these Croc-A-Browns will take a full dress Gnu or Zebra imitation very strongly. […]