Writing the story and posting yesterday’s blog is a blur. I was exhausted from a month of hardcore fishing in Canada including two weeks in Manitoba, a week of practice here in Kamloops, British Columbia and then the hard fought battle in the World Masters Fly Fishing Competition itself. But I’m smiling. The marathon was … Read more
I did not see one iota of what was coming for me today. Our USA Masters Fly Fishing Team was in second place with the momentum to overtake Team Spain and repeat a Gold Medal winning championship. If everyone on the team could have a decent performance today – we’d likely have it. I … Read more
It felt like I was on vacation this morning here in the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia. Rather than leave on a 6 am bus for an all day grunt on a feared river beat, I left at 7 for a 1 hour ride to the famous Corbett Lake. A lake … Read more
It was nice knowing that after today I wouldn’t be lugging wet waders and shoes through the hotel lobby for a river session again this trip. Starting tomorrow I’ll finish out on lakes. Nor will I need to leave on the early river buses again this week. Lake sessions leave later. But like I said, … Read more
After dinner last night Pete, Bret, Loren, Mike and I looked over yesterday’s results. We weren’t happy being in 6th place but we noticed one thing common in the scores from yesterday. Almost everyone blanked on the Clearwater River. Unfortunately Mike was one of them but what if the rest of us could scrape up … Read more
I’m rooming with Mike Sexton this week during the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships here in Kamloops, British Columbia. Both our alarms went off at exactly 4:45 am to kick us off for Session One. While this may seem early its really not. Mike’s competition bus for the Clearwater River left at 6:30 am and … Read more
The first thing this morning was me and the rest of the USA Masters Fly Fishing Team made our move from the Airbnb where we practiced all last week into the World Championship host hotel, Coast Hotels in downtown Kamloops, British Columbia. One thing for sure, we have a ton of stuff. While Loren, Mike, … Read more
Everyone on this USA Fly Fishing Team has been around long enough to know what a perfect practice is and this week we are very close to having one. Today was our last day before the World Masters event starts and we went fishing. But it was not a whirlwind of fishing insanely hard and … Read more
All of us on this USA Masters Fly Fishing Team here in Kamloops, British Columbia are ready to compete on the lakes when the World Championship competition starts next week. But its not only lakes that we compete on. We all have one three hour session on the dreaded Clearwater River (where we didn’t see … Read more
A pretty exciting and fun day because former USA Master World Fly Fishing teammate Scott Robertson and his wife Sarah arrived here in Kamloops, British Columbia and they joined us for practice today. Scott and I fished on the same team back in Ireland, Portugal, Spain and South Africa. Granny and I also visited Scott … Read more
Fishing on Team USA for the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships here in Kamloops, British Columbia is a great honor. I’ve been lucky to be on this team since the first time I was invited when it was held in Ireland back in 2016. There’s a lot more to it than just getting to be … Read more
It was a cold one today. Pete Erickson, Loren Williams, Bret Bishop, Mike Sexton and I left our Airbnb around 8 am in about 49° and drizzle. We met up with lake fly fishing legend Brian Chan by 9 and soon Brians main boat was loaded with Pete, Loren and Mike and they towed Bret … Read more