Archive for September, 2011

The picturesque town of Stanley, Idaho wouldn’t be so picturesque without the helping hand of the Sawtooth Mountain Range. These steep, bold, sharp and towering mountains rise up from the valley floor like a rocket destined for the moon. The near-vertical pitches of their summits stretch a jagged and clear “saw blade” in sharp contrast [...]

It was a crisp, late summer morning when my fly reflected off Yellow Belly Lake and landed softly on the surface. Little ripples echoed off the Orange Stimulator (thanks to McCoy’s in Stanley, Idaho) and it wasn’t three seconds later the fly was hit hard – with a flash – by one Idaho’s famous Westslope [...]