Return to the Hardwater’s of Wisconsin

by | Feb 8, 2018 | ice fishing, Wisconsin fishing

Several friends laugh at me for going to Wisconsin every February for a few days of ice fishing, but honestly, this is one of my favorite trips of the year.  I’m certain there’s a few of you readers scratching your head as well thinking, “This guy fly fishes all over the world.  How can ice fishing in Wisconsin be so great?”

 

First of all, this is an annual event going back at least 15 years.  My Jackson Hole friend Rick Schreiber and I go as guests of our friend George Hillenbrand.  George once hired Rick and I as his fishing/tour guides for his trips to Jackson, Wyoming.  We became great friends and now George includes us on a trip a year ice fishing at Chippewa Retreats in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin.

 

Furthermore, I’ve always enjoyed ice fishing since my childhood winters growing up in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  Then I went to Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Superior.  Hands down, four years in Northern Wisconsin treated me to some of the best ice fishing on the planet.

 

In those four college years I learned a ton about the feeding habits of numerous warmwater species ranging from Northern pike to walleye.  It doesn’t matter if you learn a fish through ice fishing or open water, the knowledge I gained helped make me a better fly fisherman.

 

I love coming to Wisconsin.  It brings back fond memories of college and all the great ice fishing trips Rick and I have had with George and his crew.  And the folks of Wisconsin are down to earth fun to be with people.  I am pumped to be back

 

Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing

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I started fly fishing at age 7 in the lakes and ponds of New England cutting my teeth on various sunfish, bass, crappie and stocked trout. I went to Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, where I graduated with a Naturalist Degree while I discovered new fishing opportunities for pike, muskellunge, walleyes and various salmonids found in Lake Superior and its tributaries.

From there I headed west to work a few years in the Yellowstone region to simply work as much as most people fish and fish as much as most people work. I did just that, only it lasted over 20 years working at the Jack Dennis Fly Shop in Jackson, WY where I departed in 2009. Now it’s time to work for "The Man", working for myself that is.

I pursue my love to paint fish, lecture on every aspect of fly fishing you can imagine and host a few trips to some of the most exotic places you can think of. My ultimate goal is to catch as many species of fish on fly possible from freshwater to saltwater, throughout the world. I presently have taken over 440 species from over 60 countries!

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