#fishingandstuff Nathan Leavitt August 20, 2013 Fish Stories, Memorable Fish, One-Hit Wonders, OSF Video Edits 11 Comments The fly fishing world is funny nowadays. That's mostly a good thing. More and more people are getting out and getting after it. More and more of those same folks are choosing to share their love for fly...
The Truth About Jurassic Lake Derek Olthuis May 29, 2013 Fish Stories 5 Comments Ok, so it's been a long time. Too long. Thanks to those that are still with us! We're back. We're back and we have a lot of goods in store so expect to be fed. We've got some great posts coming and we're...
Attack from Above & the Undercover Submarine Nathan Leavitt November 1, 2012 One-Hit Wonders 8 Comments Perched atop my lookout, I'd seen this fish cruise in and out of this backwater. A healthy rainbow wandering slowly and occasionally swallowing suspended morsels or going tail up for one off the bottom. It's...
Tryin to Catch Me Riding Dirty Derek Olthuis September 8, 2012 Fish Stories 3 Comments There we were chattering excitedly about the next days fishing adventure. We had just pulled on the the highway and driven no more than a few miles when... slam!!!...
No Refunds Stillwater Fishing Nathan Leavitt July 9, 2012 Fish Stories, OSF Video Edits, Popular 2 5 Comments Blitz trip. Again. I think this was the gnarliest one we've taken this year so far, but you gotta pay your dues right? Sometimes it pays off and sometimes it doesn't. We had a little of both but without a...
Roadtrippin’ Ch.2: wiggywiggywoo Nathan Leavitt June 26, 2012 Fish Stories 5 Comments I don't even recall when we arrived at our ultimate destination in Wyoming. It was late. I swear we get dumber and dumber the more we fish together....
Spring Wanderings Nathan Leavitt May 14, 2012 Fish Stories, Popular 2 9 Comments I look forward to spring every year. I find myself jonesin' for a fix more on those first pleasant, warm days of early spring than almost any other time. Maybe it's partially the thought of days on the water...
Fishing at Night + Mice = Bowzilla Phil Tuttle May 7, 2012 Memorable Fish, One-Hit Wonders 8 Comments When I heard rumors of a GIANT bow lurking in a local public water, I decided to start my usual “CSI” investigation. Visiting the water and watching for cruisers on my way home from work became the...
Estancia Laguna Verde – Last Day Derek Olthuis April 30, 2012 Fish Stories, Memorable Fish 3 Comments Sipping my orange juice at the Estancia Laguna Verde Lodge, I felt half disheartened and half elated. It was our last day at and Jurassic Lake. As we saddled the quads and rode down the rim toward the lake...
Sight Fishing Jurassic Lake Derek Olthuis April 25, 2012 Fish Stories, Popular 2 Comments Wind, wind and more wind, at least that's what I had come expecting but Jurassic Lake had yet to reveal her true nature to us. The guide told us we were having about the best weather possible and we soaked...
Jurassic Lake! Derek Olthuis April 16, 2012 Fish Stories 9 Comments It was Super bowl Sunday...at least to me. Today I would get to see Argentina's fabled Jurassic Lake and find out if it was all I had imagined it to be. Stories, fishing reports and videos: today I would...
Rio Barrancoso and Laguna Verde Derek Olthuis April 3, 2012 Fish Stories 7 Comments Remote, way out there, untouched, in the middle-of-nowhere: Jurassic Lake Argentina. It seems long dirt roads to get to prime fishing locations were my forte while traveling Argentina. Each and every dirt road...
Southern Utah River Fishing Derek Olthuis October 14, 2011 Fish Stories 5 Comments Kicking it at Kyle's GP's house in Southern Utah was like waking up to a private brown trout heaven. Like most ranchers I've met, Kyle's grandparents had welcomed us into their home, fed us country style and...
Fall Rainbow Trout Fishing Nathan Leavitt October 4, 2011 Fish Stories, Popular 2 5 Comments As fall begins to set in, the feesh are getting their eat on and it was time for the usual suspects (Derek and I) to take a quick trip to a little-known and sluggish tailwater in search of some fat tails. Time...
What the…Splake?! Derek Olthuis September 29, 2011 Fish Stories 2 Comments Small Streams. There is just something about skinny water and hunting trout that gets me crazy excited. Peering through bushes, over boulders and crouching in long grass to cast into a tiny hole you just...
Fishing with my kid, Zev Nathan Leavitt September 7, 2011 Fish Stories, Memorable Fish Zev has already been fishing with me a number of times but for me today was a monumental day. I've been away from the water for a few months now and in that time Zev has continued to grow into the little...
Day 1 for some Fat River Bows Derek Olthuis August 8, 2011 Fish Stories 2 Comments Montana! This past week I got the chance to head home to Montana for a family function. I had been talking with a friend who guides in the area so we could meet up in my down time and fish. Over the past...
Working for a Big Bow Derek Olthuis June 25, 2011 One-Hit Wonders 1 Comment Things have been crazy for us at OSF. We've appreciated the emails and for the continued feedback. Posts won't be as numerous as we'd like over the next couple months but we promise to make up for it!!...
Oncorhynchus mykiss Nathan Leavitt August 3, 2010 Fish Stories 4 Comments I was just getting of work and I got a call from Derek saying that I had to come fish a stream with him. He said the fish were willing and super good looking. "Browns?", I asked. Nope, Oncorhynchus mykiss....
Beautiful Winter Day on the Provo River Nathan Leavitt February 2, 2010 Fish Stories 6 Comments It was beautiful, sunny Saturday and the lady and little man were wanting to get out. My wife didn't care where we went as long as we got to get out in the freshly fallen snow....