Okay now I am not too proud to nymph with a San Juan Worm. In fact my friends are not either, and even though the Worm was not the hot fly we did find a couple fish that LOVED the worm. Jeff Lyon and I made tracks to a now floatable section of XY river yesterday morning with high expectations. We brough streamers, big nymphs and lots of 2x & 3x.


Now I leave the name of this river undisclosed for the protection of my own hide and others. I am sure there are a couple of my 20 viewers (if I am lucky) that know this strech of water but lets keep those who do not guessing.The put in is alway a bit nerve racking but we learned a better way to lower the boat down the 90-100 foot bank.


The first half of the float was streamer action, well no action but a lot of casting. We saw a nice pool that looked fishy so we broke out the Nymph Stick and stuck a few to boost our confidence.


The shute was a little loud and fast….I wasn’t nervous…….Really I wasn’t.


OMG it ate the Worm!!!
We pushed on continuing with the streamers. Had a few looks but it just wasn’t happening. Not For us anyway. Back to the nymph stick we went. Lyon found a nicely colored Brown in a hidden bucket under at Pine Tree.

Out of the Canyon and into some Very Very Nymph friendly water we began to do some damage. Serious damge. We had a 20 incher as the trailing fly behind our bright red worm. The 20 incher was hot.

Lyon is a novice rower so I was on the sticks most of the day sweating out the beer that was forced into my system the night before. Was it forced? Jeff had a field day with these fish. I think he felt kinda dirty after the float.





I couldn’t take it any longer I had to get on the rod and out of the Rowers Seat. Lyon was glad to switch with me and I was able to get a few to the Net.

RAD day on the river looking forward to another today. Headed North to the Upper Colorado for the Salmon Fly Hatch….. suckers.

Here is a short film of the Winter Run Steelhead Fishing with Jeff Brazda. I have been fishing with Jeff for the past couple years and I have only met one or two other people who are as passionate about Fly Fishing. Day in Day out Year after Year he is chasing Steelhead in WA, Trout in Montana and Rainbows in Alaska. If any of you ever get a chance to fish with him take full advantage of his knowledge and his company.

Jeremy Cameron and I just got back from a trip to the East Cape of Baja Mexico in search of Rooster Fish with Jeff deBrown. Things were almost canceled with the Swine Hype but we pushed on and found no swine in Baja. Only Rooster Fish. The fishing was like nothing else I have ever done. Hard is not even the correct word for what the beach fishing is like. The sand is like pea gravel and about 115 degrees, the sun is intense at every level and the fish are tough as hell to catch. The first day we walked nearly ten miles on the baking sheet only to see a few Roosters and a ton of Jacks. Justin was able to get one on the beach but the rest of us went home empty handed.



The second day Jeremy, Jeff and I went out on a Panga and tried out luck just a bit further off shore. Really just outside of casting distance from the beach. this was a great way to learn how Rooster Fish like to see how the fly is presented. too fast they couldn’t catch it, too slow and they wouldn’t eat it. The fly had to be moving slow and fast at the same time. It got frusturating but it was all visual and very exciting. The boat game doesn’t get the press that the beach fishing does but it is also a tough game. You might get more shots on the boat but it still is tough.

Sunglass tan



The rest of the trip we were on the beach. Driving up and down sand roads from spot to spot and walking miles upon miles along the beach searching for “El Grande.” We would sight cast to some bigger fish crusing the shore line but they would decline our offerning and head out into the deep blue. frusturating but still amazing to see.

The roads to the beaches are lines with barbedwire.

In Between beaches.

Rods on top of the Starship Enterprise.
Some of the most incredible sunrises and sunsets.