Withdrawals......aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrhghhghhhhh

Well it is good to be back in civilization, going to bars, hanging out with old friends, and best of all... GIRLS!!!!! When it comes to women in Driggs, Idaho the situation is definitely bring your own! All of the pretty ladies out there are either married at nineteen or Mormon, neither of which makes them available to me. But hey, I went out there for the fish anyways, right? Which brings me to my main subject. I am suffering from major fishing withdrawals! You know... when you wake up at night in a cold sweat shaking and clutching an imaginary brown trout, or sit around watching your favorite TV shows while making casting motions with the remote. Some of us have even gone as far as to buy "fish porn," videos of professionals catching lunkers in exotic destinations like Patagonia and New Zealand just to ease the pain until our next fix. If fishing were a drug, Idaho would be the heroin of all destinations. Miles of scenic beauty packed with huge trout. I close my eyes and picture myself casting into an etherial sunset. The line unfurls as fluidly as the blood flowing through my veins. The fly lands without creating a ripple, and is instantly inhaled by the largest fish I have ever seen. I swiftly strike with a snap of the rod tip and experience the electric surge of an angry lunker ripping line off of my reel. A brilliant flash like an underwater bolt of lightning sends shockwaves of adrenaline through my body. I breathe heavily, and relish every ead of sweat that drips off my brow. There is no experience like it that I know of, a sensation that must be felt to be wholly appreciated. Fly fishing is my drug of choice, and I badly need a fix.

End of Season Update

Its well into fall now and the guide season is at an end. The lodge closed its doors for the winter on the 12th, and no sooner did it begin to dump snow all day!!! I need to get back to California where the sun is still shining...
Funny only last week I was catching 16-20" rainbow and cutthroat trout on dry flies and now I don't even want to go outside.
Weather aside it has been a fantastic season out here in Idaho. The South Fork is the most diverse and challenging fishery I have ever visited, and it has become my favorite! Stick around because I've got more sweet pics and epic tales coming soon...