Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live "off the grid?" Out on your own ... completely surrounded by nature ... making your own power ... hunting for meat ... tying flies ... even brewing your own beer. It's a calling most wild souls have heard at some point in their lives. But only the hardest of the hard-core actually answer.

Dan Fink, a.k.a. Danbob (a fly-tying legend), did it 16 years ago. He now lives somewhere up in these Rocky Mountains, fending off the elements, building (not fighting) windmills, and churning out some of the wackiest fly creations on earth. We bummed around with Danbob for a glimpse into renaissance mountain man living, and here's what we learned: