Tim's Fly Fishing Page

I grew up fishing and began fly fishing at about the age of 12.  I remember reading about fly fishing and wanting to try it so my Dad took me out with a friend to a trout pond to try out fly fishing.  I don't even think I learned to cast on that outing but I was hooked.  I bought a cheap fiberglass rod, began tying some simple wet-flies and caught bluegill and crappie at the lake we camped at all summer.    Within a few years I was ready for trout and spent my high school days roaming the northeast corner of Iowa in search of browns, brookies, and rainbows.   In college and shortly afterwards I spent time trout fishing when I had the chance but most of my fly fishing was for largemouth bass and crappie in local lakes and ponds and for smallmouth bass in the Middle Racoon River outside of Des Moines. 

In 1990 I made the move out west where I knew there were mountains, oceans, and big rivers.  I have explored most of the fly fishing options in the Northwest - fishing Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana waters.  I spend at least a day a week out close to home fishing the Yakima, swinging flies on the Snoqualmie for steelhead, or wading off a beach in Puget Sound in search of salmon or cutthroat. 

Northwest Fly Fishing

Other Places I fish somewhat regularly

Saltwater Fly Fishing Trips