Random

It’s another cold, sub-zero day here in Montana Yesterday, I laid all my fly boxes out on the floor and began the ritual spring sorting of flies. It didn’t help matters—it’s still too cold to fish here locally—but at least I could close my eyes and pretend I was somewhere tropical, eyes scanning turquoise waters for the tell-tale shadow of a fish.

And then I’d look out the window.

Anyway…

Hope everyone is enjoying a relaxed weekend (or charging hard off on some adventure). This image, made during a shoot with Alaska’s Bristol Bay Lodge, will somehow always embody “weekend vibes” for me. Sage, one of the best boat dogs I’ve had the pleasure to spend time with, would raise her head now and then to check on us anglers, sniff for bears and then plop her head back down on my Patagonia dry bag. Keeping the cameras safe, as it were. She was the definition of work hard, play hard, and it was lovely.