During this last trip to South Africa I spent a day with a local guide fishing for wild rainbow trout. Tim Rolston of Inkwazi Flyfishing was my guide for the day. I found Tim through the Stream X site, and I’m so glad I did. It’s interesting that the streams outside of Cape Town are...
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Hot Creek was Smokin’
After spending a day and a half in Yosemite I moved outside of the park to the Eastern Sierra’s and fished Hot Creek for the next couple of days. What an amazing place! I stopped by two local fly shops in Mammouth Lakes, CA, Rick’s Sportscenter and Troutfitter. Both places were fully stocked with whatever...
Wild Fun
Inspired by recent posts at www.troutpreadator.com I stopped by the local fly shop today looking for native trout. Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) are the only trout native to much of the eastern United States. They are arguably the most beautiful freshwater fish, and they are amazing. Andy, Melissa and Miles of Concord Outfitters were spot...
The Gunpowder River
Just got back from a great three day trip with good friend Marc Barbeau to the Gunpowder River in central Maryland. We were based out of Backwater Anglers in Monkton, MD, a beautiful fly shop
The Gunpowder is a small river teeming with wild brown trout, salmo trutta. Most of the fish we caught were in...