Nancy and Jason and I started teaching fly fishing schools at the Vermejo Ranch in 1975. The next year, Bob Pelzl, from Albuquerque joined us. And then in 1977, Dick Blumershine and Jim Aubrey came on board. It was a great crew, and for 25 years we held forth at Vermejo, teaching both advanced and […]
I’m off to Denver tomorrow to speak at The Fly fishing Show held at the Merchandise Mart in Denver. It’s always a fun time, but this year it will be tinted with the sadness of the death of my long-time friend, Charlie Meyers. He was the Outdoor Editor of the Denver Post and was a […]
Cal Gates started Gates Au Sable Lodge east of Graying at Stephan Bridge in 1970. Only three years later we held our first Fenwick Fly Fishing School there. Cal became a great friend over the years and when he died, Rusty and his wife Julie bought the Lodge from his mother, Mary. Rusty was still […]