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Buzz Ramsey’s massive bull

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Buzz and his bull



Buzz Ramsey is probably the most recognizable salmon and steelhead angler on the planet. Normally you’ll see him in magazine articles or on TV, hoisting up some chrome monster, but the guru of graphite also knows his way around a rife as well…Ramsey just returned home from an epic moose hunt in northern B.C. where he bagged this massive 61-inch bull. His hunting partner, John Weinheimer, harvested a beautiful 55 incher on the same trip!

The guys were hunting with guide/outfitter Mike Danielson of Little Dease Ventures. According to Ramsey, the hunting area Danielson has exclusive rights to hunt contains 3,400 square miles of wilderness — an area larger than Yellowstone National Park!

Holy Hucho! A nearly 50-lb. record Taimen on the fly!

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Yep, that's a big one!


I‘m guessing that when nearly 50 pounds of river monster grabs you wad of feathers and glue…you know it! The fact of the matter is Marles H. Frankman of Golden Valley, MN spent a half hour dancing with this 47-pound, 8-ounce taimen (Hucho taimen) after it grabbed the Dairiki streamer she was fishing in Mongolia’s Ur River on June 7.

With the help of guide Ganpurev Enebish, Mrs. Frankman finally bested the beast and, in the process, qualifed herself for the International Game Fish Association’s 16-lb. tippet world record. She absolutely smoked the previous record, a 28 pounder caught in Mongolia’s Eg River in 2001.

The coolest part? She released the fish!

Good to see you again, Chinook #14!

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Kyle with our ol' pal No. 14


As most of you probably know, I’ve been involved with a multi-agency salmon project in which I’ve been hired to capture (with rod & reel…I know, cry me a river!) Chinook salmon and then outfit them with acoustic tags so their progress upstream can be monitored and tracked.

Well, we tagged 60ish spring-run kings in May and June and now we’re onto fall-run. While fishing for falls the other day, I encountered an old friend, Chinook 14. I hooked and landed him back on May 25 on sulfite-cured eggs and then on Aug. 31 he decided to sample a sardine-wrapped FlatFish. Proof positive that catch & release works.

Take a closer look of these two pics of him with my crew member Kyle holding — it’s not often that you get to see the same salmon at various life stages. Notice how many more spots he’s developed since he was a freshie. Overall, he looks pretty good considering he’s been hanging around for three months. Now, Fourteen…get upriver and make some babies!

The Kid’s First Striper

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Took the kid out the other night for a quickie 1-hour (that’s about all a 4-year-old can handle) fishing mission on the river to dunk some sardines. It was a beautifully cool August evening, just dad and the monkey. On the first cast, his little rod doubles over and the fight is on! I have to hold the back of his lifejacket as the scrappy striper is determined to yank the kid over the side. It all looks like a scene from one of those long range tuna boats…rod pinned to the rail and the angler grunting as he struggles to lift the fish from the depths.

A moment or two later, I heaved the 15 incher, Coop’s first-ever striper, aboard. Judging by that grin, it might as well been 50 pounds! You should have seen my smile…