brown trout
Paradise Springs 2014
For the last few years Paradise Springs has kinda saved me from insanity during the long cold midwest winters. If winter temperatures are mild enough (around 20-30 degres fahrenheit) there are many places around the great lakes to chase steelhead and lake-run trout. If winters are like this one options dwindle down to mostly ice … Continue reading
Michigan Rivers Part I – Pere Marquette
Last weekend my fishing buddy from work Jim and I took a few days off to visit the Pere Marquette and Big Manistee River. As we reached Manistee National Forest I could hear one of the many Tim Allen “Pure Michigan” ads in my head. I really didn’t know what to expect since the Salmon Run was … Continue reading
Rebound Brown – Southern Wisconsin Tribs
Hit the water with a few friends yesterday and we picked up a couple drop-back brown trout. These are the browns that entered the river last fall to spawn and hung around foraging on the rivers bounty until the water starts to warm and then they will head back to the lake. Adam had a … Continue reading
Tenkara fishing on Boulder Creek, Colorado
I was lucky enough to get introduced to Tenkara this last weekend by the owner of Tenkara USA, Daniel Galhardo (www.tenkarausa.com). Daniel brought 3 rods and a box of flies in a small bag and we went fishing. The rods are telescopic and don’t need a carrying case, so it makes it very easy to … Continue reading
The Browns are Back in Town
Fishing has proved to be more difficult than I had expected on the tribs in southern Wisconsin the last couple weeks. I have been out three times in two weeks, and one of those days I fished almost sun up to sun down covering all my favorites spots without ever seeing the indicator drop or … Continue reading
Back In Colorado
My family and I headed back to colorful Colorado for a wedding last week and took a few extra days off to enjoy the Rockies while we were out there. We got a lot accomplished in seven days. We stayed with friends in Denver, family in Boulder, two nights with the wedding party in Estes … Continue reading