Anglers!

The 2023 season on the Yakima is over for me. It was a tougher one in terms of fishing. Summer was weird. Spring was good until blowout. Fall was meh. Not the first won’t be the last. The Yakima is a fickle river.

That was my last Full time guide season on the Yakima. Next season we are only running 80 days total between the spring and fall seasons. I’ll be in Michigan next summer guiding and taking some much needed time away from guiding to spend time with my children. They are older now. Teenagers and I have the ability to not work in the summer and spend it with them so I will.

I also have new adventures in Michigan that my partner and I are working towards. After finishing up this season and after last year’s haul of 207 guide days I’m ready for a change.

I can take summers off and work sparingly because I am going to add the southern saltwater to my guiding program. I am currently on my way down to Florida.

Kristen and I are trout bumming our way down to Crystal River Florida to link up with Hog Island Boatworks and Portside Marine on a new skiff just for me!

It’s been a long time coming and I’ve worked really hard to get to this step. This has always been the goal. To hit 10 years and them branch put more. With saltwater on the winter schedule. Being a trout guide for years, I know the winters suck. And I do t chase steel. And I hate the cold. So Florida it is.

We are in Pendleton Oregon right now. Lotta prep work today before traveling across the country with our camper, dog, cat, and us. We wanted to get out of Washington today and beat the incoming snows.

We are just in front of it. We rest again in the Sun Valley area of Idaho tomorrow. Chase Some Idaho trout and visit my kids over the weekend. Then through Utah, canyons, New Mexico, little bit of Texas, dash of Oklahoma, Halloween in New Orleans, jump through Mobile Alabama, and into Florida. Where we will hang until December.

Here we will be enjoying time off, gathering content for social media, experiencing saltwater fishing and parts of the country we’ve never seen. Chase and learn new fish and water. I hope to find water critters I like to chase and guide for. Above all, I get to explore and discover something I have dreamt about as an angler for a decade. I’ve wanted to travel south and chase fish down there since I became a guide. Now I get too. And I am on my way.

I am stoked to share it with everyone.

I get to see places I never thought I would and fish them. I am beyond grateful for the support of my clients and the angling community over the years and can’t wait to guide and share more. This shit is pretty cool anglers.

See ya on the road, ramblin’ down south for some salty fish.

Tamarack

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I have been fishing the Yakima River and its surrounding tributaries, creeks, and lakes for 10 years. I have been tying flies specific to this river for 10 years as well. I have guided not only the river but also many of the hiking and mountaineering trails in the area and fished some of the more remote lakes and streams. I love to fish the Yakima River and have been running my driftboat here for 5 years. I guide a little differently than the other services here and have a slightly different philosophy on guided fishing trips. Its all about the experience, and while I can't promise there will always be cooperative trout, there will always be good times. I learned from some of the greatest anglers the Yakima has both on the water and at the vise and I guide to share and pass on that knowledge and expertise so others can enjoy this river as much as I do. I love to teach people to fish, I love to teach people how to read the river, and I love showing people the beauty and art of fly fishing. My service is a bit cheaper but that is because I have no shop taking a percentage. I use a lot of my own fly designs and patterns that no other guide has and have spent the past 10 years fine tuning my tying and patterns specific to this river. I have flies, leaders, tippets, and fly rods and reels, and always welcome anglers to bring their own gear. If you need waders and boots I can arrange for a rental. I support my local fly shop for my trips as well as it is important to me that our local shops stay open. When you take a trip with me it all about fishing and the experiences that happen along the river. I love getting my clients to have great moments with our trout here. Ask me all the questions you can, I want to teach as much as you want to learn. Whether you are an experienced angler or brand new to the sport I love sharing this river with people. I guide the Yakima River and many other secret waters in the area. When you give me a call I will ask you lots of questions as I want to make sure you have the best experience possible while chasing the trout we have here. Whether its a guided river float or a hike and fish, or a walk and wade to the secret places, I can help make your fly fishing experience memorable and fun. Give me a call today and lets set up a time to go fishing.

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