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Big sky journal uncovers our hidden gem
As a new fly fishing destination, Jemas Ranch is still unknown to most of the world's anglers. While we hope to be a bucket list location eventually, we know our guests are treasuring the seclusion and exclusivity right now. We may be only an hour outside of Jackson, Wyoming in Daniel, but when you arrive, you feel as if you've stepped into another world.
"Jemas Ranch is like no other fishing lodge I’ve visited. Surrounded by water in every direction, the landscape teems with wildlife — we see an adolescent bull moose when we drive through the gate. Nighthawks and shorebirds patrol the marshy areas. I startle a young skunk by one of the hay meadows. He aims his tail at me, but never fires a shot." - Writer David Zoby
We were fortunate to welcome David Zoby, an accomplished writer and a fly fisherman, to the ranch to explore what we have to offer. Accompaning him was photograher Natalie Behring, whose breathtaking imagery has graced the pages of The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and many other venerable publications.
David Zoby spent a weekend fishing at the ranch and he describes his experience poetically:
The rising rainbows and browns, emboldened by the slanting light, begin to take the caddisflies in violent gulps. Blue herons and bald eagles watch us. A herd of cattle bellows from the neighboring ranch. Red-winged blackbirds sway on the tallest stalks of marsh grass. The more the wind stills, the more the caddisflies emerge and skate across the dark water. The lake boils with slurps, rises, and honest takes that bend my rod to the cork. - David Zoby
To read more about what David Zoby thought of the accomodations - and more details on the fishing - visit his article at
Big Sky Journal.
