Arizona Fishing Blog


Rambling Review – G.Loomis Eastfork Fly Reel

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Rambling Review – G.Loomis East Fork Reel   Why: Having been through my share of disappointing reels, I started looking for a nicer reel for my 5 weight. Most of the fly fishing that I do is on mid size rivers and streams, where a smooth drag can come in very handy. After a bit […]

Book Report: A Fly Fisher’s Guide to Arizona

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One of the best purchases that I made when I began fly fishing in Arizona was Will Jordan’s Fly Fisher’s Guide to Arizona. Living just outside of Phoenix, it was difficult to believe that there was any water in this state, let alone, ice cold waters teaming with wild trout. The Fly Fisher’s Guide to […]

KC Badger Brown Trout Original Pre-Sale

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If you’ve been living under a rock and have not been following along here or on facebook, the KC Badger Brown Trout Original T-shirt is on pre-sale right now. I even added a little incentive to the mix. So now, if you purchase one of the Brown Trout Shirts, I’ll throw in one of the […]

New T-shirt: KC Badger Brown Trout Original

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Arizona Wanderings has teamed up with local legend KC Badger for the new artist series t-shirt design. For those that do not know KC is a household name in the BMX industry and a well known face in the fly fishing scene in Arizona too. I had seen several of his fly fishing art pieces […]

Fly Fishing Arizona: Holding on to the Dream

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Spent the day in the mountains with my buddy Antonio, who from here-forth shall be known as Samurai Tony. The reason being that Antonio has discovered tenkara. We fished a nice creek and found some willing fish to eat our flies. Watching Antonio fish with his tenkara rod, I could see that he was having fun and I can […]

Wall of Fame: Texas Quail Hunting

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Check out these photos from Pat and his recent Texas quail hunt. Note the awesomeness of the I “Quail” AZ t-shirt.  Thanks Pat for your support. The photos are from a recent quail hunt here in Texas.  My hunting partners were my nine year old son, Sean, and our dogs, Angel and Sassy.  Sean started the […]

Arizona Wanderings meets Fat Guy Fly Fishing

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It was a brisk morning when I rolled up to the Burger King in Sedona, AZ to meet Alex Landeen, one of the guys over at Fat Guy Fly Fishing. It had been a long time in the making, but the stars had finally aligned for us to meet up and throw some flies to […]