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May Caddis – Driftless Area

Saturday morning Bret and I went to fish some spring creeks south of the Wisconsin River in the Driftless Area hoping for enough sunshine to get some caddis active and find some fish in a frenzy, but really any trout on any fly would do.  It’s just that in the last five years the most … Continue reading »

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2013 WI Trout Opener

If you were not aware Wisconsin opened the inland trout early catch and release, artificial’s only season last Saturday.  A few friends and I, along with quite a few other brave souls who faced the freezing temps, got out this last week to scratch that itch that’s been outta reach since the end of September. … Continue reading »

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Early Trout Season Preparations

With trout season rapidly approaching there are a couple things in particular that come to mind; black stone flies and big streamers.  I’ve yet to capitalize on the early season stone fly hatch, but I have seen them crawling around on snowy banks near riffles on more than one occasion.  Now prepared with a few … Continue reading »

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Driftless Area Season Coming to an End : ( Steelhead Season Just Heating Up: )

I had to go back to Southwest Wisconsin to get another day in of some of the amazing hopper fishing that has been happening these last few weeks.  Last weekend, Bret and I headed out with light rods and big hoppers and had a great time making long cast over slick runs watching fish come … Continue reading »

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Driftless Area – 5/5/12

Not much insect activity on the surface where we fished yesterday, but again the fish were willing to eat a variety of nymphs.  Bret took a beautiful 20 inch brown on a small scud, and I fooled a few fish with both the ray charles and the pink squirrel.  We had a bit of trouble … Continue reading »

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Driftless Update

Fish in Driftless Area were easy to please this weekend.  They were eating just about any nymph we tried as well as leeches and even a little action on a foam beetle.  I didn’t see much bugs hatching, but there were a few crane flies floating around that were bringing some fish to the surface. … Continue reading »

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