My Own Private Idaho

Last weekend I went to Idaho to fish with my dad and brother. We had talked about it for years and we finally did it. We rode horses in for the day and did a little fishin. It was a pretty slow day. The biggest fish was a 14 inch Cutt. Beautiful fish, with a nice red gill plate. I was hoping to find a grayling but no sucsess. I cant wait to take my boy up there on a horse and set up camp and fish.

Casting for Trout

A little casting sequence. I love photos with the line in the air. photos by Roberta Boice

My Brown

Here are a few more pics of our South Fork trip. I think about this brown trout everyday. Just about finished with another rod. I am starting to build my first net too. Mostly just researching and getting ideas, and in a few years I want to build a drift boat. I have to save money for that though.

Casting

This photo is one of my favorites. Cort and I on the South Fork. It was taken by his mother. Awesome day of fishin.

South Fork

I had the chance to go to Idaho this weekend with Cort. We delivered a bamboo rod I built for his brother Shawn, and of course we fished. I would first like to thank our wives for letting us have this time to be boys again. Second I would like to thank all of Cort's Idaho family. They all took such good care of us with meals and a place to sleep and really nice company. And a special thanks to Shawn. Shawn woke up at 5:30 in the morning to row for us as we drifted the South Fork. He has years and years of experience floating rivers. He took us to some really awesome spots, on a pretty dangerous river. Then he took us the rest of the day and all of the next jet boating. We would hit these gravel bars loaded with fish. We all landed lots of fish. Two of my favorite came from the same hole. One is the 19 inch Brown that I landed with my 4wt bamboo rod. I felt really lucky to get him in. He fought like a monster. the second was a nice Cutt, really really colorful. Trip of a lifetime. Hopefully we can get back there again. Thank you so much Shawn and Cort for hooking me up.

WestSlope Rods

A few of my latest Rods


Shawns Rod








Codys Rod







Sams Rod







Corts Rod

Caddis Brown

Lincoln's first real camping trip

This was my boys first camping trip in a tent. I am really hoping he loves to fish when he gets older, so I took him to the fish hatchery so he could get a few visuals. The camping trip involved alot of fish and a black bear in camp.