Wisconsin friend Matt Norton, better known by his college pals as Howie, and who has been on the blog several times this last year, deserves a reintroduction now that I too live in WI. Howie and I will be fishing together far more than in the past. Howie was my Northland College roommate in … Read more
Granny and I made the 1.5 hours drive back from Shannon’s during the heat of the day. I don’t need to tell anyone its not prime time. BUT, I stopped at this gorgeous little creek and made a few casts. I was unprepared in that I had only old flipflops and it was hard to … Read more
It was an enjoyable day with our friend Shannon McCormick and his family at their cottage in Wisconsin. Shannon and I used to fish the Henry’s Fork together back in the 80’s. I hadn’t seen him in at least five years. He moved away from the Yellowstone Country a while back but like with all … Read more
There are numerous trout rivers to choose from here in Wisconsin. I know that’s a surprise to most. But its true. Only a short distance any direction from our new place in Hayward there are trout streams. I hardly know much about them and I’m sure many have mainly little brookies, but supposedly some of … Read more
My new home trout fishing waters of Wisconsin are 100% different from what I left behind in Idaho. But this is a good thing. These winding smaller streams have plenty of quality trout. The rocks are more slippery, the hatches are different and the trout less fished, making them more wild and spookier. This place … Read more
The north shore of Lake Michigan isn’t as wade fishing friendly as the east. Granny and I crossed the Mackinac Bridge into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan around 8 AM and began sniffing our way westward. At that time it was a beautiful day but the clouds were coming. We stopped at a lot of … Read more
After a year of moving chaos, I feel like Granny and I are getting our groove on. We’re camping from the new van and getting our fishing feet back on the ground. This little stopover along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan enroute back to Wisconsin has been a blast. Today Granny and I waded … Read more
One of the many great things about being in the fly fishing industry for nearly 40 years are my affiliations with the top anglers, guides and companies. As Granny and I made our way towards Lake Michigan yesterday, I rang my friend Joe Wolthuis at Scientific Anglers. SA is based in MI so I figured … Read more
We made good time zipping the Ruby Van from NH to the Midwest. Yesterday I drove us nearly 800 miles from Wolfeboro to Toledo, OH. We stopped around 10 PM. Today we got up at 4:30 AM and made a much shorter jaunt into Michigan. To the north east shores of Lake Michigan to be … Read more
It’s hard to believe Granny and I went three days here in Wolfeboro, NH without making a cast. Believe me, I thought about fishing, but the weather went south since our last outing. The temps dropped to the low 50°s and there’s been a bunch of cold rain. Toss in a family boat ride around … Read more
Granny and I had a couple hours to spare this afternoon on Lake Winnipesaukee. I took her to my favorite smallmouth bass waters. But we’re two weeks earlier than normal and it appears most the smallies are on the nest. Granny tossed poppers off ledges and my usual haunts but all that we could persuade … Read more
Nearly every day since arriving in NH I’ve been up before 5 AM. A few of these days I fished but when not, I got work done for my biz. Today I awoke in the back of my 1991 Explorer in friend Dan Swifts driveway at 4:30 (I love sleeping in my truck and it’s … Read more