Hi friends and family! Thanks for taking the time to visit my site. If all goes as I plan, this will be a place where you can read a bit about my adventures on the river, check out some photos, and find a couple of good links now and again. Please come back often and comment about anything I post here.
The name “Les Mouches” means “the flies” in French, as it has become a second language for me. Occasionally, I will post in French for my friends and family who live in the land of croissants and Burgundy wine. C’est la vie…
Fly fishing has become an obsession of mine and I relish in every moment I get to spend on or near rivers. Moving water fascinates me and it seems like I always look at water and wonder what lives in it. As a very young boy, my parents took me on a drive through the Uinta mountains of Utah and we stopped at Mirror Lake. Apparently, I kept telling my dad I wanted to “fish it” over and over to the point of annoyance. I had never seen nor participated in fishing before that, so it must be ingrained as part of my genetic makeup. Since then, I have had the opportunity to fish all over the western US, the Pacific Ocean, and several locations in France. I am a fisherman for life, deeply hooked, if you will kindly accept the pun.
This blog will vary in topic, from the obvious fishing stories, to pointed opinions on politics, religion, the environment, popular culture, and photos essays. Occasionally, I will make announcements. Please leave a comment, as I will not censor them and hope to gain something from your contributions. Dialogue is important.
Once again, thanks for visiting. Now, I gotta get on the river. The trout are rising.
