Incredible Trip with Mike O’Brien of Fly Fish With Me Utah.

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I had another incredible trip last weekend with Mike O’Brien of Fly Fish With Me Utah.

If you have fished with Mike before, you know his best quality is not just finding the fish—it’s that he’s an outstanding teacher. Whether it is a float trip or wading the Provo River, or chasing cutthroats on the Strawberry River, I walk away every single time having learned something new.

If you are visiting the Heber Valley or Park City area, do yourself a favor and book a trip with Mike. You will have a blast and, more importantly, come away a much better angler.

#ProvoRiver #UtahFlyFishing #FlyFishWithMeUtah

2019 Bacon Bash Texas

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For a third year I was asked to be a final table judge the Bacon Bash Texas in Cranfills Gap, TX. It is a great event and set a calendar reminder to buy tickets every August at www.baconbashtexas.com.  Here are the pictures of the items from the top 10 teams along with a couple fun pictures.   

#baconbashtexas #Baconbash #cranfillsgap #foodfestival #bacon #foodporn #food #foodie #instafood #bbq #delicious #yummy #pork #brunch #foodphotography #lunch #dinner #foodgasm #foodstagram #keto #foodlover

My Favorite TED Talk-Allan Savory

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Much of the earth surface isn’t suited for growing crops and I believe the only way we can feed the world’s growing population is through the use of grazing livestock.

This video does a really good job at showing why we need to manage the environment.  A hands off approach wont work and is actually increasing desertification.

Reata @ the 2014 Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit

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For the past five years every April Reata Restaurant has participated in the Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit.  These year’s theme was Argentina so we decided to roast a whole pig.  We served pulled pork on a crostini with toasted provolone and finished with a chimichurri.

2014 Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival

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As many of you know I was one of the founders of the Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival.  I was lucky to work with a great team of community leaders to make the inaugural Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival an incredible success.  Here’s a video that the Fort Worth CVB produced that highlights the festival.

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Fishing for Bluefin Tuna aboard the Excel!

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Tuna Aug-13 034A good friend of mine, Matt McMillan and I went on a 3 day trip out of San Diego aboard the Excel.  We were targeting mainly Bluefin Tuna and Yellowtail.  On the final day we really got into them about 50 miles south of San Diego.

 

Pig Roast

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I decided to roast a pig on a fire pit a made in April of 2013. The fire pit has a grill, and area from skewers for a Brazilian churrascaria but those elements can be removed and a rack added for roasting pig, cabrito and lamb.

Catching Stripers at Lake Amistad on the Alabama Rig

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While fishing at Amistad up at mile marker 19 when the lake was 50 feet low I saw some herons on the opposite bank.  When I went over there I saw some streaks on the Hummingbird when I was about 20 yards from the bank in 35 feet of water.  The video contains pictures of about a 1/3 of the striped bass that I caught.

 

 

Rope Swing and Blob Adventures at Possum Kingdom July 21, 2012

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I spent last weekend out at PK with some of my good friends.  We had a great time on the rope swing and blob but as you can see, I’m not as acrobatic as a couple of my buddies.  They were all divers and feel comfortable doing a double flip prior to hitting the water.  I keep my boat out at Possum Kingdom and if you need a great place to store your boat, try PK Boat Storage. 

Fort Worth Food & Wine Festival

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As some of you know Russell Kirkpatrick and I have been working at starting a Food & Wine Festival in Fort Worth.  North Texas and specifically Fort Worth is home to some outstanding restaurants and chefs: Juan Rodriguez at Reata, Tim Love at Lonesome Dove, Molly McCook at Ellerbe’s, Jon Bonnell at Bonnell’s, Blaine Staniford at Grace and Michael Thomson at Michael’s to name a few.

Fort Worth Food & Wine Festival is an exploratory committee started by Russell Kirkpatrick at Reata to look into the idea of creating a Food & Wine Festival in Fort Worth.