Mammoth Fly Fishing.Com Testimonials
and say thank you again. You took us out on a guided trip to the upper
Owens last Sunday. You helped get my father, brother and myself back
together again to go fishing, something that we have not done together
in over 5 years. My father was very happy to be fishing with both his
sons again. You truly helped us make memories that we will have for a
lifetime. Not only that but my brother is now hooked on fly fishing, he
said that he has never caught that may fish so fast, he will never fish
another way again, very cool. He had a great time and owes it all to
you. You can consider us your clients for as long as you guide! We plan
to come back up and go to the East Walker river in October, I know at
the end of our trip to the upper owens on Sunday you said that if we
wanted you would take us, well we would really like it if you would
take us there. We haven't set a date yet but we are looking at the
second week of October. How many days in advance do you need to know to
set up an all day trip? We might have more people coming too, six total
(that is including my father, brother, and myself) maybe. if we do is
it possible to have one of your buddys come along and guide the other
three people? My brother and I told our cousin, nephew and brother
in-law all about our trip and they want to come up with us in Oct. and
fly fish too. I am telling you fly fishing is spreading like wildfire
in my family LOL. If you could drop me a line and let me know that
would be great. Once again thank you for your patience, I know guiding
three people is not easy. We really enjoyed ourselves, the trout fly is
lucky to have a guide of your caliber.
Thank you,
James A. Escoto
Chino, California
on Brad. He was outstanding and worked very well with the boys. We stayed
at Alpers. Working with a 9 year old who has not fished much as well as a
16 and 19 year old (you guided both the last two years) and having me along
was not easy but he had good patience and worked very well with each. He
may have told you he got Bradley the 19 year old into a very large rainbow
over 24" and estimated 5-6 lbs using the nymphing technique you have taught
us. It is the largest trout I have personally witnessed being caught in the
Sierras. He had Jeremy 16 trying for another large rainbow which they
could not entice and a real large Brown estimated 27-30" which made a pass
or two at a streamer. Jeremy however went back in the evening and on his
own using the same nymph set up caught the rainbow which actually measured
24". Not quite as fat as Brad's. Will email pictures. You can feel secure
sending Brad to any client. He like yourself is first class. He also made
it clear that he understood we were your clients.
Milford W. Dahl, Jr.
Rutan & Tucker, LLP
611 Anton Boulevard, 14th Floor
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714-641-3438 Direct
714-546-9035 Fax
mdahl@rutan.com
www.rutan.com
Manager, Quality Assurance
Teichert Aggregates
Office (916-) 386-6979
Fax (916) 386-8455
Mobile (916) 296-3680
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Whats up Terry. Dude my hands are still shaking from watching all those burly fish tear up my #14 orange stimmy. I think that fly needs to retire now. Not me though as I have the bug like never before. Thanks for showing two die hards one of the best days of their lives on that river you guys call home. Neither Chris nor I can recall where we fished SaturdayI recall it being somewhere on Hot Creek but maybe chris knows (wink). Please thank Sam for making it possible for us and well send you copies of pictures when I get them.
I wanted to give you a report on the east walker as I got on the water below the dam about 8:15am. I fished the long run around the bend from that first fast section (maybe 400 yards down the river). Big submerged rock about 150 yards down that run..white foam line and a couple huge wood piles on the opposite side of the river). San juan worm to your hot creek caddis emerger.first cast, first rainbow. No shit. Ended up hooking into quite a few fish but had left my net (read: Chris stole it) in Chris car and he didnt join me on the Walkerhad a very hard time landing any of them. All this happened from about 8:15-9:30 or so as the fish were very active. It literally shut down for me at about 10am (tried midge patterns, yellow stones, and every caddis pattern I could think of).
You had warned me about some feisty browns but it wasnt until my 4th hook up or so that I got absolutely worked by what I believe may have been an underwater locomotive. Never saw the fish but he freight trained me across the river into his wood pile home. Couldnt so much as slow him down or turn his head in the 4 seconds or so that I had him hooked. This actually happened twice and I never saw either fish. My gut says they were the largest browns Ive ever hooked.
Lesson learned for me as I will return to the walker with a 6wt (I wouldnt refuse a borrowed 7), 3x tippet in mind, a good sized net, and a fishing partner to help me land these monsters.
Hope to fish with you again soon and thanks for all the great tips.
Zach Fisher | m a c r o m e d i a
Corporate Sales
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Hi Brad, Robert Deming here. You guided me, Ray Milano and Danny Stymacher two weeks ago on lake Crowley. We went out on the boat in search of the big ones. Anyway, sorry for the delay in thanking you for one of the most memorable great fishing days of our fishing lives. When we drove home later that Sunday afternoon, we relived story after story of that day. We all wanted to whole heartily thank you for the great time and learning experience. You were a great guide and we all learned something. We would recommend you to anyone.
Just so you remember who's who I attached
a picture of myself , Danny and Ray. Ray's picture is from the East Carson river. I figured you get a kick out of that since your familiar with that river. The picture of Ray is right below the Markleeville confluence but upstream from the river height gauge. My picture and Danny's were from that day on the lake. Check out the mouth of my fish an me!
We will certainly try to get you to guide us next season. I hope you have a great winter. Again, thanks for a great day !
Sincerely,
Robert Deming
Camarillo,Ca.
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Consider me a client!! Great trip last week and thanks again for doing a super job!! Both Chase and Robert had a blast and certainly for me it was just an awesome trip. You do an excellent job and we all were very impressed with your knowledge related to the sport. Certainly your technical expertise was like icing on the cake-----especially with a dufus like me who kept getting line hung up somewhere!!! We will come up more often for sure. Robert and I would like to do the Bishop thing this Winter so we will be in touch after the first of the year. We both will work on our game prior to then----maybe even step up and get the equipment we need. Its nice to be with a pro and you certainly fall into that category. I will spread the word among my fishing friends here so they know about you. In the meantime, keep me posted on the fishing. Thanks Brad!!
Douglas J. McCrea
Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management
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Dear Brad, One of the reasons I fly fish is because I love spending time where trout live -- beautiful places with amazing scenery. Unfortunately, when I fish with you, I rarely get to enjoy the scenery -- because I'm too busy CATCHING FISH! You make every moment of my time fishing in the Sierras more productive -- and more fun. Thank you for the terrific introduction to the sport you provided to my friends this weekend. Taking two novice women from their first casting lesson to landing fish -- out of Hot Creek, no less -- within four hours is impressive. Once again you've demonstrated that you knows your stuff -- and that you're good with all kinds of people (and anglers with all levels of experience). I'm excited about the fish we threatened this year, and look forward to our 4th season fishing together in 2006. Dr. LeAnn Zunich, Long Beach, CA ----------------
Hi Brad, fun trip! Enjoy the photos. My brother and I are talking about a trip in early Oct. We'll stay in touch. Keep up the good work! -Tyler
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Brad, thanks for such a great time fishing on the San Joaquin. My grandfather and I had a great time this week and really appreciate your guidance and patience for us as two beginners. Your teaching helped us grasp hold of the fly fishing techniques and areas in which we were able to catch a large quantity of fish. Without you, we would still be strugling with the common lure fishing. Thanks for teaching us and we look forward to fishing with you in the future.
--Chris Aaron and Bill Petak
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Brad, just wanted to say thanks again for a great day of fishing on Lake Crowley
and the San Joaquin River. This has to rate as the best day of fishing in
my whole life. You are a great guide and I thoroughly enjoyed the company
as much as catching a lot of "big" fish. Just sitting here at the computer
re-living the experience makes me want to jump in the truck and come back up
and "rip" some more lips! Looking forward to our next trip.
David Higginson, AIA
Higginson+Cartozian Architects, Inc.
Redlands, Ca. 92373
www.hcarchinc.com
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Brad, I have got to say that you are the best guide that I have worked with in the 20 years that I have been fly fishing. Your technical skills helped myself and my 14 year old son, Asher, to catch numerous trout in less than ideal conditions. You're patience and ability to teach are superb. You kept a positive attitude even when we ended up with a rat's nest of fishing line on our rods. The ultimate proof of your expertise is that you have turned Asher into a fly fishing maniac. He is dragging me into the back country next week to fly fish for some wild trout.
Thanks,
Steve Lober
Thousand Oaks, California
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Brad,
I just wanted to thank you for the great time we had Saturday on the Owens river.
Patrick was absolutely delighted at his catches and was very pleased at the day.
We went down for a bit on Sunday and caught some more…the true test of a good guide is after the trip! Now my wife wants to do something later in the summer when my older boy gets back from the East. Maybe when the East Walker settles down. Again, thanks for a memorable day!
All the best,
James D. Johnson
Managing Partner
Level Three Performance Solutions
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Hi Brad, my brother and I had an awesome time with you last week on the East Walker. Thanks. In fact, we went back on our own on Saturday and, using the knowledge we gained from you, had another great day. I can't think of a more fun place to fish, though I got a little tired of getting the fish near the net and then "See ya" and no more fish on. Kind of felt like "advantage, fish." There’s a chance I'm going to be back down in mid-August. Any guesses on how the river might be fishing then? What’s your schedule like?
Take care,
Tyler L. Easley
Senior Pastor
Sammamish Presbyterian Church
Sammamish, WA
-----flower etiquette----------------------- Hi Brad. Web site looks good, I’ll keep checking in to see how you grow it. My brother and I went back to the East Walker on Sat. morning with the flows at 600 +. We had a great morning, I landed a 21” brown with huge jaw bones. It was great. I had another big fish straighten a hook on me, and I had another one on that was way bigger than the one I landed that the hook just came out after a couple minutes. I caught three standard rainbows in between the big ones. Tyler did o.k. with one or two big fish lost. Thanks for the great day on the Walker together and the good instruction with the big water. We were the only one’s to hook up in the meadow area that we could see. Paul
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