Teton Trout

Brush Creek

2010-08-30T21:31:00.000-06:00

So now that I have updated my blog for summer 2010 I should tell everyone that I have taken a new job for fall 2010... I will be working at Brush Creek Lodge in Saratoga Wy... This is an all inclusive luxury guest ranch located nex to the medicine bow national forest... We have privaet access on both Brush Creek and the North Platte... I have a few more days up here in Montana and then it is off to Wyoming again...

More updates to come soon.. Also Hank Tony and I will be headed back to New Zealand in November.. Cant wait to get back!

Oh boy

2010-08-30T21:21:00.000-06:00

Dry Fly Pig

2010-08-30T21:19:00.000-06:00

Then at the end of the trip... I caught the biggest fish I have ever caught on a dry fly! (except for NZ)... This bad boy at a golden stonefly.. This might be the prettiest fish I have ever caught.. it was a long summer but this fish really capped it off...

Summertime

2010-08-30T21:15:00.000-06:00

Caught a few more fish :)

Scenery

2010-08-30T21:14:00.000-06:00

Saw some waterfalls... and some snakes ;)

Wyoming

2010-08-30T21:12:00.001-06:00

Then I took a 4 day trip to Wyoming... we caught a couple of fish :) Grasshoppers and stoneflies....

Night Float

2010-08-30T20:53:00.000-06:00

Hank and I did a night float looking for a big fish.. we put in after work around 7... we finally dragged the boat off the water around 2 or so... we caught some decent fish... then the sun went down.. BIG HUGE moon.. nothing.. we tried mice.. streamers... everything not hits.. no tugs.. I guess we will keep trying

Missouri

2010-08-30T20:50:00.000-06:00

Then skip forward to the end of July (the next time i went fishing)... I spent 2 days on the Missouri with my good friend Jeff Church... we caught a few really nice fish.... both of these fish were feeding heavy on caddis tight to the bank.. Al Caucci would have been proud :)

Rock Creek

2010-08-30T20:46:00.000-06:00

Had a great evening float with Hank, Sarah, Mary Jo, Sage, Luna, and Koda :) 4 people 3 dogs in a driftboat floating down Rock Creek... HAHAHA... we even caught some fish.. Nice wading belt Hank :)

Sage Fishing

2010-08-30T20:42:00.000-06:00

Sage loves fish too :)

Sage

2010-08-30T20:40:00.000-06:00

Sage really loves the camera... and the boat :)

Bitteroot

2010-08-30T20:38:00.000-06:00

Mary jo, Sage and I went fishing on the Bitteroot.. Salmonflies were everywhere.. caught some nice for 2 days... MJ caught this sweet rainbow..

Lake Fishing

2010-08-30T20:28:00.000-06:00

Here are a few shots of Sage the terror... watch out she can turn at any moment.. she has a thing for wading boots :)

Sage's First Float

2010-08-30T20:21:00.000-06:00

Well Sage did her first float on the Big Hole with Hank and I... she loved the boat... all kinds of fun stuff to try and chew on... then she found Hanks boat bag... this Articulated Zoo Cougar bit Sage right in the lip.. she was really upset... good thing it was barbless :) Poor girl... she has now learned her lesson.. after trying to bite a stonefly that bit her back in the nose :) she was 8 weeks old here

Fly Book Convention

2010-08-30T20:14:00.000-06:00

The Big Hole in April... It was sunny... beautiful... fish eating streamers HARD... then this cloud came over the canyon wall... 3 inches of snow in an hour.. fish still ate streamers :) The boys from the fly book came down to Montana... It was awesome

Sage

2010-08-30T20:06:00.000-06:00

Well... then i decided to get a puppy... SAGE... she loves slippers.. and anything else she could get ahold of.. This is sage.. 2 nights after I got her.. she was 6 weeks old..

Hank's Baby Brown

2010-08-30T20:02:00.000-06:00

This damn fly keep showing up on the boat all spring when Tony Hank and I were fishing.. there were a few bets on it... If Tony landed a fish bigger than 20 inches on it... I would have rowed all day... SO CLOSE.. he had the fish.. at least 22... up to the boat... but no go... hook must have been dull :) Tony rowed for most of the day :)

WOW Longtime!

2010-08-30T19:59:00.000-06:00

OK OK OK... i have gotten enough emails and phone calls from friends telling me to update... they are sick of seeing Henrick... well here goes!

So many of you know that when i got back from NZ I took a new job up in Montana at The Ranch at Rock Creek... I started up here on March 1rst... things have been great for the last 6 months.. i was the head fishing guide at the ranch and helped Hank Welles run the activities department... This is a new ranch with a great crew and beautiful scenery... I got a chance to fish a bunch of great rivers... met some great people... guided some famous people and had a great time working with hank.. I got a dog... caught some fish... and learned a lot..

Here are a few shots from early season.. A couple of shots from the Clark Fork and Big Hole.. We spent a lot of time on the Big Hole, Bitteroot, Clark Fork, Rock Creek, and the Missouri...
I am going to have to let the pictures do the story telling... I did not fish as much this summer as I have in the past but I got a few good days in ;)

Henrik's Double

2010-02-02T19:43:00.001-07:00

I fished with Henrik, Thomas, and Magnus on my last day in New Zealand... it was a beautiful sunny day with some big fish around... Magnus caught a 5 lb fish and I had a HUGE fish follow my cicada 10 meters... after a bit of a walk we found this beautiful pool where Henrik landed this 10.5 lb monster... It was an awesome day and one I will remember for a long time... nice work Henrik!

The Winter Family

2010-02-02T19:31:00.001-07:00

The two weeks of my trip were spent in the Murtchison area... I stayed with at the Kiwi Park with the Winter Family... the owners Brent and Lynn Winter and their 3 kids, Henry, Daniel and Adelaide were awesome... I had the opportunity to spend a couple of weeks with them fishing and messing around... They have beautiful accomodations with a small farm and a bunch of animals... This will be one of my best memories from my 3 month stay in NZ... It was amazing how warm and welcome my new friends were... if you are planning a trip to New Zealand you have to stop by the Kiwi Park in Murchison... Here is a picture of a 7lb brown Lynn, Henry and I caught on a nymph... and a 5 lb fish that Brent and I caught the following day...

Big Boy

2010-01-22T20:53:00.009-07:00

Josh and I have just returned from our last back country trip... We spent 5 days exploring a remote river.. The weather couldnt have been better and water clarity was perfect... We bushwhacked for 4 hours into this isolated river... It really should have only taken 3 hours but I had a fever and was feeling awful so little josh had to carry me... We finally got to the river set up camp and starting working our way through some gorges... we spotted very few fish on the first couple of days but we did spot a bunch of foot prints at every hole... what we didnt realize at the time was we were following someone up the river... they were a couple of days ahead of us and alone but it still beat up the water pretty bad... on the third day we had moved our camp up through a large gorge and into the upper section of river... Josh and I came up on a pool and I peeked my head over the top of a large rock... sure enough there was a big fish sitting on the edge of the current swinging a little bit... I was sure it was a rainbow... it had a HUGE red side... only problem... i have never heard about a rainbow in this river? Weird but it didnt matter.. about 4 cast later little Josh and I are running up and down the pool chasing this massive fish around... he ate a size 12 hairs ear nymph and he was pissed! Josh somehow cornered it and was able to net it.. he started yelling at me that it was not a rainbow but a really big brown with red sides? As it turned out it was the biggest brown I have ever landed.. 10.5 pounds and meaty... The fish has some really interesting colors on it.... The size and proportions of the fish say that it is definitely a healthy fish but the colors are very different... I think the fish has just eaten too many mice and is having trouble digesting them... Anyways... this was the fish of the trip for me... I have been looking for a fish this size for a long time... The next 2 days were a dissapointment... while we saw some very large fish they were absolutely not feeding.. whomever was ahead of us had fished up and walked back through the pools... the fish were more than spooky they were not feeding... Little Josh did manage to land a beautiful 6 lber in some quicker water but other than that we were skunked... We had a long 5 hour bushwack back to the car... up over a mountain and out... we were very happy to emerge from the woods to a big field with Rambo sitting on the other side.. thank god for the GPS... the bush is so dense here in this part of the country you honestly felt blind in there... we just trusted the GPS and a compass and we made it in and out safe as can be...

Anyways... this was our last backcountry trip for us... Little Josh flies out on the 27th and I will stay here in town until the 2nd... We may do a little fishing from the road but both of us are resting up and getting prepared to come back to the states... I have updated the blog and webalbum but unfortunately i dont have many pictures to update.. just a couple of fish pics... :) Thanks to everyone for reading my updates... I may send one out just before I fly out on Feb 3rd but we will see... hope everyone is doing well and I will see you all soon... Thanks again to everyone who has written over the last 3 months...

Little Josh

2010-01-22T20:51:00.004-07:00

Here are a couple of shots of Josh's beautiful 6lb fish... This guy ate a big dry in some fast water and was quite a handful to land...

Piggy Piggy

2010-01-20T02:54:00.004-07:00

5 days of fishing... landed 2 fish... but... it was worth it... caught this 10.5 pound meat eating beast on a size 12 hare's ear... I think the coloration comes from eating too many mice!

Update

2010-01-11T01:32:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to write a quick update.. Little Josh, Marty and I drove from Westport down to Queenstown for New Years... Queenstown was crazy as usual with thousands of young people running around... After New Years I met up with my parents who had flown into Queenstown... Josh and Marty stuck around in the area and fished some of the local waters in the area... We took off and headed to Te Anau and Fjordland... We spent 4 days hiking the Kepler Track... This Great Walk was unbelievable... we had a mix of weather but all in all it was a beautiful hike... From Te Anau we headed to Milford Sound for a day cruise out in the sound... again weather was mix... we had some pretty serious wind and a little rain... It is supposed to be summer here but it sure feels like fall this week... After Milford my parents and i headed back up to Wanaka to find some sun... we did some biking and hiking around... visited the world famous Puzzeling world and relaxed... Today my dad and step mom fly out of Queenstown and Little Josh and I are headed back north to do some more fishing... This break has been great but I am starting to realize that we only have a few weeks left... Marty had some things come up and he is headed back to Wyoming a few weeks early... Josh and I will stay here with Rambo and go chase some more fish... Sorry for the lack of fish photos... there will be more to come... Hope everyone had a great Holiday and New Years...

Kea's

2010-01-09T14:48:00.001-07:00

Here are some alpine parrots called Kea's... they are very curious guys