It has been a fabulous three days celebrating a big-time birthday this week. I don’t have time to elaborate but I caught my usual birthday fish. Like last year, it was a smallie. It’s a little guy for Chequamegon Bay on Lake Superior dock tour but this one stole the fly from a larger one … Read more
My mom and sister Becky rolled into town yesterday right on schedule. As planned, today I took Becky fishing with hopes she could stick her first muskellunge. While she once fly fished a lot, almost taking the trout bum route that I took many years ago, she took the all-American route instead and got married, … Read more
Like most outdoorsman, I love the fall. I cherish every minute of October and these days I prefer relishing it in Wisconsin. But I’ve been gone a lot lately and it’s been building inside me that I’m missing out on my favorite time at home. Last night, the minute Granny got out of work we … Read more
Yesterday I completed my portion of teaching for The School of Trout. This was my third time instructing for this in-depth program and it was fun and as always, rewarding. The students that enroll are truly dedicated in learning fly fishing and are a pleasure to be with. While our first full day and … Read more
I woke up in Bozeman, Montana this morning. I’m on my way to teach two and a half days for The School of Trout in Last Chance, Idaho. I came a day early and I’ll stay a day late so I can fish two of my old favorite bodies of water from when I lived … Read more
September 26-28, 2025 I’m even further behind so another quick blog. I had no business fishing three days in a row on Lake Superior but that’s exactly what I did. It was on the books and a fun trip with Howie, Mike Neuman and another college buddy that has retired and moved to northern Wisconsin, … Read more
I’m very satisfied with the finished Gangler’s blogs, however each daily account took almost a full day to write and edit photos. Therefore, I am far behind in my work. I have a choice, either don’t fish for the next ten days or make short blogs the next ten days. Being I can’t stop fishing, … Read more
There really was no last day magic needed for our final day at Gangler’s. No matter what happened, fish or no fish, even if the weather was so bad we couldn’t fish, the trip has been no less than exceptional. The fun we’ve had with Ken and his family, his lodge staff, the bush pilots, … Read more
On my first blog for this adventure I mentioned that lake trout on fly would be a major focus of this trip to Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge here in the north of Manitoba. We aimed for lakers on our 2023 trip but the stars didn’t align. But this year I could feel that things … Read more
To say we had a change in weather overnight was an understatement. If Granny knew how bad it was, there’s no doubt she would have taken the day off. When we left the Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge dock to fish Egenolf Lake it was 47°, windy and raining. But it’s a good thing Granny … Read more
Instead of the 8 am start today here at Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge, Granny and I told our guide Marcus yesterday that 9 would be better. At that time we were counting on another late night of the Northern Lights. They didn’t happen, however, that extra hour was nice for getting some email and … Read more
Granny and I are getting lucky with the elements up here in the north of Manitoba at Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge and because of the excellent weather, Ken Gangler told us to be ready to fly again this morning at 8 am. It didn’t matter that we were a bit groggy from watching the … Read more