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Grip it and STRIP IT!!!
Sunday I headed to Grant County to get my Driftless fix, in hopes that I might find some caddis hatching despite the cloudy forecast. After poking around the earlier hours with a small streamer I only had one rainbow to show for it. As I moved around and waited for the sun to gain momentum … Continue reading
A Day in the Driftless
The last week or so the weather has finally started to resemble spring. Saturday morning Andrew and I geared up and headed for the Driftless to get our first fix of the year on small stream trout. Upon our arrival at the first creek we noticed the run-off had stained the water more than we … Continue reading
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
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
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
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