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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
January Trout Fishing – Driftless Area
With the warmer than normal weather we experienced last weekend some friends and I got out for a day of trout fishing in the driftless area. Due to some rain and snow melt we encountered some situations that we all learned from which in turn will make us more successful in the future. The first … 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
Summer is Here
Been too long since the last post, but a lot has happened so I’ll do my best to catch up. Last update was in April when the caddis started hatching and they did so for several weeks. Surface and sub-surface caddis patterns provided some of the best hatch fishing of the year. Fish come out … Continue reading
Driftless Caddis 4/17/2016
Sometimes you head to your favorite trout stream looking for a particular hatch and all the conditions seem right, and for some random reason of cruel fate, it never materializes. This was not that day. Everywhere you found rocks and riffles, you found Caddis popping and trout rising. The heads of pools was where the action … Continue reading