I made a goal last night as I bedded down, guide my two buddies (regulars on the blog), Mike Neuman and Matt “Howie” Norton, to their first muskellunge on the fly. Not an easy task being Neuman is new to chucking the big fly rods and Howie is jinxed with the elusive freshwater giants. To … Read more
Granny joined Bob and I on a long float today. In October Granny choses her fishing days based on air temperature rather than the likely fishing results. While not quite the record-breaking warm we had yesterday, the thermometers did push up into the 70°s and the muskies did not cooperate. There’s something special however … Read more
I’m continuing to hit the northern Wisconsin water hard this October and today I was right back out there with Bob. There’s a serious heatwave going on. While I didn’t think to get a pic during the heat of the day, this gives you an idea. I took this photo at 4 PM and it … Read more
I skimmed through my blogs of past October 18th birthdays. It’s a fact, I always go fishing and today was no different. After the big float yesterday Granny and I visited a couple backwoods Wisconsin bars then parked the Ruby Van in a nice spot for dinner and a good night’s sleep. When we got … Read more
I always try to go big on my birthday so Granny and I started the celebration a day early and made it a two day one night camping trip. Today is the day before and we fished with Bob and took on a long float. We were hesitant and nearly cancelled last night due to … Read more
It was a cold 36° for first cast today but under sunny skies with very little wind. I fished a short day with Bob. We each hooked one musky and we each lost them immediately. Mine was about a 28” fish that launched out of the water and came down on top of my fly. … Read more
I’ve spent too much time at the computer screen since getting off the flats of Australia ten days ago and I want to spend most of the last two weeks of October musky fishing. This will lead to a few shorty blogs. Today I fished with friends Josh Hulbert and Brandon Judy. It was … Read more
Granny and I walked in our house from Australia early Sunday morning. 1:30 AM to be exact. We slept a ridiculous 9 hours straight and woke around 10 AM. A big no-no as far as defeating jetlag and getting back on schedule at home. But we grabbed the bull by the horns since. Sunday turned … Read more
Granny and I could not have ended this extraordinary trip to Australia any better than we did tonight. In approximately 1994, Peter and Janet Homes À Court of Sydney, Australia entered the fly shop I worked at in Jackson Hole, WY. Peter and Janet were fairly new to fly fishing and there on a two … Read more
Our last day drive north with Josh and Aussie Fly Fishers was lively. We had a wallaby barely clear the front of the truck. Later in the ride we saw two dashing kangaroos cross. We spotted more animals from afar that we weren’t sure of. Perhaps a feral pig and a dingo. The aggressive controlled … Read more
We are having a blast here in Cape York Australia fishing with Aussie Fly Fishers crew. We’ve caught a lot of fish. Just about everything but the Anak permit. We came close yesterday to landing an Anak but in the end the beautiful fish came unbuttoned. We fished north again which meant an hour … Read more
Friend Mike Lodge of Rhode Island, someone who travels on each and everyone of my hosted Yellow Dog trips, fished here on the west side of Cape York with Aussie Fly Fishers earlier this year. Mike is an incredible fly tier and enjoys matching the crab hatches for permit, triggerfish and more around the world. … Read more