High Desert Angler hosts a couple of annual trip to the Big Horn River near Ft. Smith Montana. We fished for three days and spent our evenings at the Big Horn Trout Shop lodge.

Sandie and I spent two days floating and fishing the Wind River Canyon, just south of Thermopolis Wyoming. Day one was a very cold and dreary, pictureless day. The second day was just the opposite. This river is not for the weak of heart and it requires fairly good casting skills to enjoy it.

We returned to fish the Trinity River in Northern California in 2009. We covered two sections of the river that were new to us. While the trip wasn't as productive this year as last year, we caught quite a few. According to the guide, we did great. However, he said that a good steelhead trip was a few hook ups and only landing a couple of fish. Well our 18 fish beat that by a bit.

These fishing pictures were taken during a two days on the Pecos River in September 2008. Our fishing days were spent with Jarrett Sasser, owner of High Desert Angler in Santa Fe. The private waters are part of a lease that he manages. Excellent management job! Fishing these waters makes it hard to go back into the public waters. This section of the Pecos River is located about 25 miles east of Santa Fe and four miles north of the Village of Pecos. There are over 14 miles of river to fish above Pecos, including plenty of public water.