Sunday, May 13, 2012
Norfolk Trout Club Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Outing Yesterday
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Panama Big Game Fishing Club Adventures!
My son Bill and I spent last week in Panama fishing with a number of our friends at the Panama Big Game Fishing Club. We flew into Panama City on a Saturday evening and spent the night followed by a tour of Panama City and the Panama Canal on Sunday before proceeding by plane to David (just south of Costa Rica) on the Pacific side of Panama. We then took a drive for about one hour and were transferred by boat to the fishing club on Isla Boca Brava. We spent five nights and fished four days and caught Sailfish, Yellowfin Tuna, Bonito, Cubera and Mullet Snapper. The accommodations, staff, and food were superb. When I got home I told my wife Sue that I now know what it must be like to be the queen of England and have a staff attentive to my every need. Hats off to everyone at the Panama Big Game Fishing Club who made our experience unforgettable! For more pictures see http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3195578454164.165270.1407053045&type=1&l=5db1c98086
Friday, October 21, 2011
From my number one son, John. Trout
fishing and steelheading out in Idaho and Washington. What a trip. We
drove out to Superior, MT and over Hoodoo pass into the Idaho wilderness.
Once we made it into the woods, my friend Nathan and I stayed in a forest
service cabin on Kelly Creek. Kelly Creek flows into the North Fork of
the Clearwater River, which flows into the mainstream of the Clearwater River,
near Orofino, Idaho. Orofino is home to the Dworshak steelhead fish
hatchery. This place is a very popular fishing area because the hatchery
grown steelhead run from the ocean all the way back to the hatchery waters to
spawn.
Anyways, Kelly Creek is a world
class Westslope Cutthroat dry fly fishery with fish averaging 18-22"
during the summer season. As we get closer to fall the Cutties migrate
down river into the N. Fork of the Clearwater and down into Dworshak reservoir
to spawn. We caught mostly resident fish in the 14-16" range, but
catching 30 in a day on October Caddis dries made for some awesome fishing.
I highly recommend you look into trying this place out some time.
The access to awesome camping spots is unlimited out there, and once you
get tired of catching cutthroats, you can go chuck big streamers on the N. Fork
for big bull trout. And these guys get BIG, like over 30". A
great place to catch a trophy trout in the Idaho backcountry.
From there we spent a
couple days swinging wet flies on spey rods on the Clearwater below Orofino.
The final destination was the Grand Ronde River in Washington. All
in all, an awesome and humbling fishing trip.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
2011 Captain Kirk Fishing Report

Sorry for not making regular post this year but we have a good excuse…………………..we’ve been too busy fishing!The season started off great with the spring migration of Striped Bass and the Blues have been strong all year long. We’ve also caught quite a few nice Black Seabass while trolling over shallow rips for Blues, Bonito, and Bass. They have been coming up after chartreuse Yozuri Deep Divers as have the Fluke. Most of the Fluke in the rips are small while the Black Seabass that choose to attack a 7 inch lure are good size. We have also done a bit of bottom fishing and taken nice size Fluke, Scup, and Back Seabass.
Bonito showed up more or less on time off the end of Martha’s Vineyard at the Hooter but fishing for them in Vineyard Sound has been slow. We made one Tuna trip to Peaked Hill Bar off of Provincetown and got into some top water action but were unable to hookup. We will be doing more of that in October so stay tuned. Right now we are waiting for the False Albacore to show up.More photos
Friday, June 10, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Capt. Kirk Receiving 100+ Hour Bedford VA Hospital Volunteer Service Pin
Captain Steve Kirk received his 100+ hour pin from Mary Ann Petrillo, RN, Acting Nurse Executive at the Bedford VA Hospital at the volunteer recognition luncheon on April 17th at Hanscom Air Force base for his 100+ hours of voluntary service during fiscal year 2010. Steve is the Program Leader at the hospital for Project Healing Waters Inc. a program dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and veterans through fly fishing and fly tying education and outings.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Concord Carlisle Fishing Club March 8th Meeting
Concord Carlisle Fishing Club Tuesday March 8, 20117:00 – 9:00 p.m. - Union Hall
First Religious Society, Carlisle MA
PRESENTATIONS
Fly Fishing the Deerfield River
Tom Harrison, Harrison Anglers
&
Atlantic Salmon on Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec Plus Spey Rod Basics by Jim Rusher, Jim Rusher Spey Schools
PRESENTATIONS
Fly Fishing the Deerfield River
Tom Harrison, Harrison Anglers
&
Atlantic Salmon on Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec Plus Spey Rod Basics by Jim Rusher, Jim Rusher Spey Schools
Tom and his brother Dan specialize in guided float trips on the Deerfield and other Western MA rivers. The Deerfield is a great trout fishery consisting of native species and large stockings of rainbows, browns, and brook trout. The lower Deerfield also holds great shad, smallmouth bass, and “bronze bonefish” (carp). Tom will discuss river access, fly selection, water conditions for big fish, give practical tips for wading and float fishing, and the opportunities for winter fishing.
Jim Rusher will talk about his Atlantic Salmon fishing adventures in Quebec on the Gaspe Peninsula and discuss the basic of using a spey rod for long distance fly casting. Jim owns and operates Jim Rusher Spey School in Routhierville Quebec.
For more information call Steve Kirk at 978-371-0176 or email Stevekirkfisherman@gmail.com
There will be a five dollar admission for room rental.
Friday, November 26, 2010
John Kirk Addresses the Concord Carlisle Fishing Club
Captain Kirk at the Carlisle Cub Scouts
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Montana and Idaho Fly Fishing
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