October 27 & 28, 2022
Granny has been heavily devoted to our new home. The 1984 fixer-upper needed a ton of work when we bought it back in May. We’ve learned a lot and nibbled away at it all summer. Since we got floors and half a kitchen early this month, lately Granny’s been decorating. She loves it. I hate it. But the weather was glamourous the last couple days so I insisted she take a break and do a little camping and fishing with the Ruby Van.
There isn’t much to say about our fishing. It’s surprising being we went to the same waters I caught three muskies on during the float Wednesday. But that’s the nature of the beast. The weather was so nice that the muskie bite was off and despite lots of wading and long casts with big flies, we got nothing more than one small pike on each day.
Any time you can sit around a campfire in late October in Northern Wisconsin however, is a great trip. I trimmed off all dead branches from the trees on our lot last week and packed them up for the jaunt. Last night we had three hours of dancing flames under the stars. In the background we heard barred owls and coyotes.
Though it will be our last fishing and camping trip in WI this year, its not the last camping of the year. I’m actually headed up to Iron River with the van to hang around the campfire with a bunch of college buddies passing through WI tomorrow night. Then next week its off to Mexico for a month. There will be some beach camping this trip as well. More on this adventure in coming blogs!
Don’t forget the holidays will sneak up on you! Visit my online store for “Gifts for the Angler that has Everything”. Or order a Cliff Fly Box with my original sharpie art, a painting or order my decals as the ultimate stocking stuffer from my friends at Pescador on the Fly!
Great to see Granny out and about! Seems to be tough for everyone this year. Low clear water.