As I clean up after the trip to Christmas Tree Lake, my thoughts have turned to the next set of trips.

Mark Merrill and I will be fishing at the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge in early July, and the Wind River in Wyoming in mid-July. Bill Elk will be joining us for a week after that to fish Rock Creek in Montana. Soon after that, Rick Allen, Kim Pomeroy, and I will be embarking on a week long float of the South Fork of the Flathead River in the middle of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. As soon as we’re out of “the Bob”, I head to Boulder, Colorado for some climbing, but after a week, I’ll be headed south to fish my way back home to Arizona. That’s it for the summer, but I’ve been thinking beyond that!

In November, I am thinking of heading back to Cypremort Point, Louisiana to see if I can tangle with some Redfish there. And in February, I am strongly considering a 3 or 4 week trip to New Zealand, at least in part with Mark Merrill, who has been there well over a dozen times. Air fare is expensive but not as much as you might think. Plus, Mark says it is very inexpensive once you’re there. There’s free camping everywhere, fishing access is virtually unrestricted, and there are numerous “world class” trout rivers nearly everywherei