Author Derek Olthuis

I had begun to feel like Frank Smethurst dreaming of far-off Russia. But then there I was eating dinner in Naknek, Alaska with one of the last members of the Aleut tribe, Paul Boskoffsky. Alaska, the final...

We all do it, faces pressed against the window every time we pass water. Admit it, it's ok, full grown man or not. All of us infected with the world's greatest disease have these side effects, fly fishing...

Naked, or so I feel when my glasses are not with me for a day on the water. What is the most important piece of gear you bring to the river with the exception of your rod and reel? Without hesitation the...

Blah, Blah, Blah. "What are you talking about?" "Brown Trout" "Seriously? Brown Trout over 100 pounds? Are you high?" "That's right!"...

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...

We hear it all the time, "reels are nothing more than expensive line holders." This might be the truth when fishing small streams and lakes for average sized trout or other freshwater species. The reality is...

So obviously fall is here. Even the "evergreen" are changing colors 'round these parts. Just a reminder to pick your head up from the water to look at what's around you! Hope fall is treating everyone well!...

"What are the chances?" said Nate. "Who knows?" I responded, "but it was the baddest brown I have ever seen!" Rewind several hours and once again that cursed alarm is buzzing uncontrollably.  A long drive...

The task seemed daunting at times, almost impossible to tell you the truth. It's the hunt, the challenge, the reward, those rare times when things just come together. I am talking about hunting trophy brown...

Back on the road again, the first leg of the week long fishing adventure had concluded. More than content to have caught an amazing fish, the rest of that night's drive passed quickly. It was about 6 hours in...

Mishaps and days where you think nothing else can go wrong.... These are the days that we call paying dues and this trip just happened to be one of those trips, one of those days....

Hundreds of miles of driving, miles and miles of hiking, camping in the woods with unpredictable fall weather in the forecast, all in order to chase char? What can you say when you are invited to go on a week...

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!!!...

Eyes tired and sick of driving. I had been in the car for hours, although with the amount of time on the road lately you think I would be used to it by now. I was heading back to Utah from Montana for a quick...

Pulling up to the Missoula airport waiting for Matt and Kyle to come out I thought, the time is finally here! Months of phone calls, emails and planning finally about to become reality....

It seems like everytime I have been to Montana lately the weather has tried to shut me down. Rain, lightning and hail. I get a few hours each day to go chase fish and the weather suddenly turns on me....

We've been on a hawg hunting kick lately and have been putting in time exploring unfamiliar waters. We arrived a little later than we had planned so I eagerly decided to run over to the water to have quick...

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...

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...

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...