Wisconsin Fishing
A Perfect Day in the Driftless
I was in no hurry to get on a trout stream in the early morning last Sunday. I was crossing foggy streams in the morning instead of arriving on one, but I was hoping for a good caddis hatch. My experience has been the fishing doesn’t start to get good until you feel the warm sun on … Continue reading
Spring Swinging
Hit the Milwaukee with Adam a few weeks back and we experienced something out of the ordinary…great fishing. Even though the water was high, cold, and slowly rising all day from snow melt, the Steelhead were in and on the grab…bigly. Water clarity was great and very few anglers were on the water giving us plenty of … Continue reading
Paradise Lost and Something Found
A little late picking up on this story, but if you haven’t already heard the sad news, here it is. A dam failure June 20th, 2015 caused Paradise Springs in Eagle, WI to drain. Most trout escaped through a cracked hole in the dam and wound up in the creek flowing from it. Some probably … Continue reading
Boats & Beasts
I’ve been quiet on the blog front for awhile and a lot has happened since my last post. I got married back in August and wedding planning took over my life for the better part of 3 months. Truth be told, I probably spent more time planning my Bachelor’s Party. I spent a lot of weekend … Continue reading
Fall Changes
This October my friends and I have changed up our game plan to avoid the crowded salmon circus on the southern Wisconsin tributaries in favor of more peaceful places with aggressive predators that start feeding more frequently in the fall. October does bring the fly fisherman very large trout into small rivers along the coast … Continue reading
Menominee Day Trip
I can’t count the hours Anthony, Andrew, and myself have sat around tables, fly vises, fire pits or other gatherings to discuss us all making a trip to the Menominee. We finally made that a reality on 7-31 when the stars aligned and allowed us a shared Sunday void of any true responsibility. We took … Continue reading