Since Granny and I left Victor, Idaho (the Jackson Hole area) we haven’t had any friends from our old homeland visit us yet. Undoubtedly it’s because for most of them, leaving the Tetons for the flatland dairy state of Wisconsin is unthinkable. Why would I spend precious vacation time in WI? Well, while we miss … Read more
The earliest we’ve floated our favorite river here in the north of Wisconsin is July 12. While fishing wasn’t by any means incredible last July it was a good day. The question we’ve had is, “What about late June?”. Today we found out. Granny and I loaded our Outcast Striker Raft last night. We … Read more
Lake St. Clair, literally on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan, has been famous for its rich fish food environment, huge smallmouth bass and Great Lakes muskellunge for decades. Being a longtime ambassador for Scientific Anglers (SA), which is located in Midland, MI, I’ve been aware of St. Clair but wetting a line there never quite … Read more
T.J. Rung and I met in Belize on a permit trip during the peak of Covid. That trip cost him a ton less than meeting me – so the joke goes. T.J. and I hit it off and he has since traveled with me on Yellow Dog trips I hosted to the Seychelles on three … Read more
Congrats to one of the top companies in all of fly fishing. Today is Scientific Anglers 80th Anniversary and they celebrated in style with a party at the SA facility right there in Midland, Michigan. Granny and are honored to have been invited and fortunate that we were able to time our trip to Pennsylvania … Read more
After yesterday’s outstanding flats fishing for smallies on the Old Mission Peninsula Lighthouse flat, I planned to return today and let Granny catch a few more. Instead, we opted to keep exploring this gorgeous region on the east side of Lake Michigan and we checked out some recommended carp flats on the Leelanau Peninsula. Though … Read more
Granny and I awoke at our amazing campsite on the Rudbeckia Farm on the outskirts of Petoskey, Michigan and over coffee planned our Day 2 pursuit of Lake Michigan carp on the flats. Yesterday we couldn’t find a single carp up north near the Mackinac Bridge but today we were further south and there was … Read more
Granny and I left Hayward about 6 pm last night in the Ruby Van starting a ten day road trip to take part in the Scientific Anglers 80th Anniversary party which takes place Friday and then over the weekend we’ll travel somewhere near Pittsburgh to pick up a Clackacraft Drift Boat that’s being given to … Read more
Bob and I went on an adventure today. What this means is that we floated a piece of water we’ve not yet done and likely very few have which in turn means there was nowhere to get info. When you do this you could encounter some issues such as a completely blocked passageway. But Bob … Read more
I’m often given flies when at fly fishing shows and speaking gigs by generous fly tyers. I do my best to fish each and every one of them. At the January Edison Fly Fishing Show, the “Girl with the Musky Tattoo” gave me one of the most amazing flies ever. It’s a muskellunge fly exactly … Read more
Yesterday reminded me how much I love this Wisconsin fishing. So much so, that even though its only early June, I feel like a may not get enough. So today, Granny and I launched the Outcast Striker raft at one of our favorite early season haunts, then tonight I attempted to hit the brown drake … Read more
It’s only been about 48 hours since I walked in the door from Belize but buddy Bob Butler was ready to go muskellunge fishing. Musky season opened about ten days ago and he’d already seen a few. We headed out on a smokey morning to where we did very well on the toothy predators last … Read more