Updates
February 5, 2010
The big snowstorm is here. I saw a few small flakes drift down around 9am and now it's coming down steadily. Although I'd rather be fishing, it's time to go outside to shovel the driveway. If you're going to be stuck indoors over the weekend scroll over to the right and check the New Blogs lineup and see what other anglers are up to or spend some time looking over the whole Blog list.


Click over to the new Idylwilde website. Hot flies, great content.

Avoiding the skunk, Hawaii, February 2, 2010


A bonefish caught by SteveT on the south shore of Oahu, Hawaii. ___________________________________2009 file photo, mikescatchreport.com
I wonder if it's still fly fishing if I tie a real crab to the end of my leader and use an indicator? Like nymphing for bonefish. A report from SteveT--more

Somerset Fly Fishing Show, NJ, January 22, 2010


It's always a good to see happy people streaming out the door laden with rod tubes, bags, caps, hackle and brochures.--more

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Previous trips
Reports from past fishing trips. Stories,reports, slideshows and movie clips from myself, friends and other anglers fly fishing (or just fishing) throughout the United States and around the world.

Beaver Creek, Maryland, January 15, 2010 I pulled line in and recast, but the fish never came back and that's pretty much how it usually goes on Beaver Creek. You have one shot at the big ones and if you miss, that's it for the day. They didn't get big by being stupid--more Holmes Run, Virginia, January 1, 2010 "Don't bother," said the gentleman walking his dog. I was standing on a bluff swapping out one nymph for another while Jin laid out a few casts below me and his comment caught me off guard--more Franks Tract, California, December 18, 2009 After a few years of flogging the water (and several million casts) in the delta I've finally been able to land another double digit striped bass--more For more mikescatchreport.com reports: FRESHWATER-SALTWATER BLOGS-NEWS-ARCHIVES

Public Access Preserved, December 31, 2009 The parcel represents approximately 20% of the 1.7 mile “Fly-Fishing Only, Catch and Release” special regulation section of the Upper Letort--more The Voyage, Hawaii, December 2009 It was a mini-adventure that started with a raft ride across the channel then it was on to the flats that stretched along half a mile of shoreline--more Once In A Blue Moon--trailer A truly strange and bizarre story. ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ unravels the mystery of the mouse hatch, an event that occurs briefly once a decade in southern New Zealand--more

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Special reports
Cold steel, Pulaski, New York, December 12-14, 2009


There's only one fish species on the planet that will push an angler to drive 300-plus miles up the ass end of a major snowstorm to fish from dawn to dusk in freezing conditions for three straight days--steelhead--more

The Salmon River, Pulaski, New York, November 14-16, 2009


I tag along with Jin and guide Greg Liu to pursue steelhead on the Douglaston Salmon Run--more

Craig, Montana
Drift boat fishing on the Missouri River


A long float--July 1, 2009
Negative miles--July 2, 2009
Overcast and cool--July 3, 2009
Thunder, trout and beer--July 4, 2009

The Missouri River slide show

When you can't go fishing, build a pod of trout--more