Fishing with Nick

Midnight Brown Trout It's a fact, most people are afraid of the dark. For many people, turning off the basement light forces them to not only walk up the stairs, but sprint in fear of what the darkness behind them holds. Imagine being in the dark at night, in the middle of a national forest, all alone, and having to keep that trusty headlight on your head turned off. Sitting on the bank you stay quite. Listening for a "Gulp" while in the distance you  hear the birds of night, coyotes, and everything else that stirs in the night. If you hear a swarm of mosquitos and trout rising, You're fly fishing. 8:00 Pm I arrive at the river with a plan. I throw my waders on, get out your 9 foot 4 weight fly rod and start peeling out your fly line to feed through each loop till your line come out of the tip of your fly rod. I attach my premade nylon leader to my fly line then tie and additional section of 5 pound tippit to the leader. Me personally, I don't tie a fly o...

Innovation In the world of fishing there is always space for innovation. In the industry there are millions of anglers but very a small percent of people are doing the work to change the game.   In any situation, there are the leaders and the followers. Big time players in the industries are always coming out with new flies, new ideas, new fish, and new ways to catch them, that’s innovation. Lately it seems there is a growing number of followers ripping off ideas that the true OG’s crafted in their career as a fisherman. To be a leader in the fishing career, you got to be either an engineer, outside the box thinker, or straight up crazy. Bright ideas don’t come from dull minds. Playing it safe will hinder your ability to grow in the fishing industry. To innovate the sport of fishing, you must do stuff that no one has ever done. With doing stuff no one does, you do not have a predetermined outcome. Every day can be a mystery! You must accept failure as a place for growth. Yo...

It will be all worth it. Why would you spend that much time and money for a stupid fish? You don’t see any other kids driving around the state by themselves to fish every weekend, why don’t you just start being normal? Why does it matter? These questions have been asked and my answers have thousands of hours, thousands of days, blood sweat and tears all backed behind them. My answer is “I only get one life to do as much as I love in this short period of time”. It’s the truth. Many people find excuses for the truth but it is what it is. If I must face death one day, I’d rather have the most completed resume with things I love. We all die, that’s the truth, but its our job to pack as many good people, good times, and best of memories in it. I fish because that’s my life dream. I’m not in it for the fame but rather the ability to be remembered. I want to improve myself and innovate the sport and then one day pass my knowledge down. Fly fishing to me is happiness. I don’t ...