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Colombia Bound

As much as I hate to leave home during the gorgeous month of May, I’m on my way to Colombia and I am stoked.  To be more specific, I’m headed to Darien Lodge which is in the Darien Gap on the Pacific Ocean side of Colombia.  The lodge is not far from the border of … Read more

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Fishing 2024 is Just Getting Started

There’s a lot of fishing to be had the next six months.  Now in the tail end of spring here in Wisconsin many or our waters are open and the fish are about to turn on.  The only season not open around Hayward yet is muskellunge.  But that opens soon.     Today I woke … Read more

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First Launch of the Season

When you launch your boat to kick off a new season it’s a treasured day.  And especially killer when you get to do it with your lady.  Granny and I got an early start on this crisp and foggy May morning on a near home Wisconsin waterway.       This flowage has become a … Read more

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Fly Fishing the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior

We’d have to be out of our minds to trust the weather after the last two days.  Mike Neuman, Matt “Howie” Norton and I have been saturated in rain, frozen by cold and had our brains blown out by the wind fishing Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior here in Wisconsin.  Today the forecast dangled a … Read more

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The Windiest Fishing Day in Recent Memory

Yesterday we fished in a deluge of rain and cold temps making for one of my coldest fishing days in recent memories.  So when I climbed out of the back of my Exploder at 6 AM this morning and saw a nearly completely blue sky, I was feeling pretty happy.  I wandered up to Howie’s … Read more

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The Coldest Fishing Day in Recent Memory

It’s certainly a dream to travel the world and fly fish, but I very much enjoy my wide open new world of fishing here in Wisconsin.  Honestly, I’ve been chomping at the bit for spring to arrive here so I can get started.  I learned a lot about my new waters last summer and expect … Read more