To say Mike Neuman and I have been eagerly waiting for our first day fly fishing the flats together in the Wessel Islands of Australia is an understatement. I booked this Yellow Dog Flyfishing hosted trip 18 months ago and Neuman was one of the first to sign up. I’m happy to say, today we … Read more
Mike Neuman, Michael Lodge and I ended our 4th long day of travel last night at 6 PM at the Walkabout Hotel in Nhulunbuy, N.T. Outback Australia. The other three of my Yellow Dog Hosted trip folks, Steve Fitzsimons, Therese Rappazini and Jeff Smith were already here. They have actually been in Australia a few … Read more
Mike Neuman (Numzie) and Michael Lodge and I had an absolute blast in Sydney yesterday. I posted yesterdays blog around 10 am Australia time right after we arrived off our international flight. Then we hopped on a train right from the Rydges Sydney Airport Hotel to a stop near the famous Opera House. We indulged … Read more
It’s been another amazing year of fishing but it’s not done yet. Over the last 30 hours, since the minute Thanksgiving came to an end, I’ve been traveling for Sydney Australia with my buddy Mike Neuman. Numzie is one of five anglers I’m hosting to Australia for Yellow Dog Flyfishing that include some of my … Read more
As we winched the boat on the trailer after yesterday’s magnificent musky fishing experience, we made plans to do the same exact float today. Regardless of being a cold November day. But overnight, Josh Hulbert and Brandon Judy had a few beers celebrating Brandon’s mammoth musky and they decided to put in where we took … Read more
It doesn’t matter that it was 21° at daybreak here in the north of Wisconsin. Josh Hulbert, Brandon Judy and I went fly fishing for muskellunge because my “Windy” App had three fish bars all day long. Meaning, some computer robot predicted today would be an insanely good day of fishing. Well guess what, … Read more
If you recall, Granny ended her Wisconsin fishing season about a week ago. She just plain assumed from looking at the calendar, that it would be too cold from there on out to go fishing. Finally she was wrong about something – ha! While traveling home from Atlanta last night Granny texted me saying … Read more
It was another fine one here in Atlanta and I’m happy to say much warmer than yesterday. Today I was taken to the Jimmy Carter Library ponds to hunt down a few elusive koi that a friend of Austin Kane , David O’Banion, chases around on occasion. The two ponds are absolutely gorgeous as are … Read more
When I disembarked my flight here in Atlanta, Georgia last night, it was 41°. This morning when I woke up, it was 34°. To say it was crisp for November in GA is an understatement. I’m here for two evenings of gigs. A fly fishing film fest that took place tonight where I showed my … Read more
Granny’s favorite line in mid to late October is, “This is my last day. Its getting too cold”. But it’s never true. No doubt, Granny reduces her time on the water but she still finds herself on a few more trips right into the first couple weeks of November. Though it was a brisk 34° … Read more
I’ve managed to put a muskellunge in the boat five days in a row. Five musky fishing days that is. Today, I grabbed visiting buddy Paul Cavanaugh again with hopes of going six for six. A large task being we didn’t make our first cast until almost noon and Paul doesn’t fly fish often. Furthermore, … Read more
You can fish Lake Superior in November but you better be damn sure the gales of November don’t come early. Me, Howie, Granny and our good college friend Paul Cavanaugh, paid serious attention to the forecast and decided it was safe for an Apostle Island journey out of Bayfield. I was badly distracted by a … Read more