My old friend, Cap’t Jake Jordon is having a great tarpon season. The excitement of catching a big tarpon is only exceeded by catching them after dark. Here’s his latest report. Greetings from Tarpon World April 18, 2012: Tonight, Ann McComas (originally from Woodstown NJ) replaced her ill husband Jim to fly fish with Brian Long […]
My old friend, Jake Jordan, is back in Florida and hunting tarpon at night. Here’s the latest report. If you want to fish with Jake or see more about his operation, go here. April 4, 2012: This evening my old friend Jerry Gibbs (retired fishing editor of Outdoor Life Magazine), joined aboard “Fly Reel” at […]
It has always been a great piece of water. It’s especially known for its Trico hatches and runs for big rainbows in the spring. It has been renamed the Charlie Meyers State Wildlife Area after my old friend who wrote for the Denver Post, but to most it is still the “Dream Stream.” It’s the […]
I had a nice comment from Michael about fishing with Martin in NZ. I’ll let Michael tell it in his words. See the link to Martin to the right. I have just spend eleven days fishing with Martin in the Canterbury area and I gladly give my testimony. Martin accommodated our wishes in every respect […]
There is a chunk of Montana that most anglers don’t really think of when the envision going “West.” It’s the far northwest of Big Sky country–the land that lies to the Pacific side of Glacier National Park. This wild and rugged area holds a special river, the Kootenai. It is in this wonderfully remote and […]
When Bob Pelzl and i filmed South Island Sampler in 1986, we had the help of a young man named Martin Langlands. Martin is now very much a well-known guide on the South Island, with a good reputation for finding big fish. You can see his operation at www.troutlands.com. Great fishing with a very solid […]
This year, the week between the Pleasanton and Pasadena Shows is affording an opportunity to fish at a new venue here in California. Roy and Daneen Gunther have invited Chuck and Janet Furimsky and I to join them at their facilities on Goodwin Lake near Jamestown. This long, narrow lake sports very healthy rainbows in […]
I saw my good friend Capt’n Jake Jordan at the Raleigh Show and he told me of all the recent adventures of fishing for sails and marlin. Here’s a report from his group in Guatemala. Greetings from Guatemala, just to keep you up to date, the fishing has been good to say the least. Some big […]
I had a nice note from my friend, Tom Sutcliffe, the other day. He lives in South Africa and has written several delightful books about his fly fishing adventures. I then had the opportunity to visit his web site, and had the opportunity to examine all the many topics he covers. I greatly enjoy reading […]
I recently received a very kind note from Tony Watson, who lives in Africa. In it he makes reference to fishing for tiger fish in the Okavango Delta, So I’ve included a couple of photos of fish from that area. He says, Dear Mr. Borger, Just a short note to say how much I enjoy […]