Tagged With: lake-run trout
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
Swinging Old School for Lake-Run Trout
Today I switched up my presentation a bit to suit the low, clear river conditions by sizing down my fly and tippet to see if the old saying might pay off. The general rule is that a smaller fly is best in low/clear river conditions and a larger fly for higher/stained water. In the past … 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
Lake-Run Trout 9/30/12
I attended my fourth wedding of the summer this past weekend and thankfully it was the last because It’s time to use my days off to chase steelhead and lake-run brown trout! Luckily for me this wedding was in Milwaukee, and my friend Chad was in from Boulder and he just so happens to be … Continue reading
SE Wisconsin Trib Pics
Here’s a few more pics from the last few weeks coming from Southern Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan tributaries.
Southeast Wisconsin Tributary Report
I’ve been able to fish southern Wisconsin’s tributaries twice in the last two weeks and things seem to bee improving. As long as this mild weather holds up so will the fishing. After the salmon spawn and fade away so does most of the angling pressure. The absence of salmon in combination with deer season … Continue reading