Hidden Lake Trail
Hidden Lake
Renegade Damsel
The idea for this fly started up at Georgetown lake fishing with my buddies Bryan and Sep. Georgetown lake is a shallow, spring-fed lake that sits around six thousand feet in the Pintlar mountains. It’s a super fertile lake that gets loads of pressure and handles it just fine. There’s enough food to feed the…
Too Beautiful
Too Beautiful A thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness. ~John Keats I first crossed paths with the concept of being humbled by nature, it seems, through my grandfather, Louis Dufresne. His outdoor stories could fill the night air of a thousand campfires. He tromped…
The Fink Fly
The Fink fly is a blatant rip off of one of my favorite ice fishing jigs, the “Ratfinkee”. Bryan’s son, Finn, grew up using it and has taken fishing the Ratfinkee to new heights catching every type of fish he can find minus a pike. The fly version here has been a great winter pattern…
Three Days in Bristol Bay
Opportunity knocked on a cold, winter Saturday Night. I sat on a folding chair in a one car garage, flanked by three great friends; two small space heaters; an endless array of tools, decorations, toys, and memorabilia; and discussion of life and fishing. The usual suspects included Phil Leonardi (the Garagmahal’s owner / operator), life-long…