Granny and I had river plans today but with all the rain we’ve had this month, the river was far too high. We bagged it and went to a musky lake we fished a couple times last year. I should mention we were skunked both of those trips. Today, we didn’t get … Read more
Bob Butler and I had trouble deciding what to do today. Bob has a new lake boat and a new raft. We opted for the lake boat trip. It’s a fantastic Lund with an amazing platform for fly casting. We hit a little lake known for having a high population of decent sized muskellunge. … Read more
It was an enjoyable 7 hour drive home from Nipigon on Friday. I daydreamed about the incredible fishing run of the last two months from Bhutan to Colombia to Canada. It was unbelievable. But it was great to finally be home for a normal dinner with Granny on the back porch. I unpacked on … Read more
It’s happened before – going fishing when I probably shouldn’t be going fishing. But while I was galivanting in Mexico earlier this month and while down on Georgia last week, buddy Mr. Bob Butler has been back home in WI catching muskies. When he invited me along for an afternoon on the water today I … Read more
I was literally cleaning the boat and adjusting my Simms tackle bag from our Wisconsin season to get it ready for a trip to Baja this week. When I reeled in yesterday I was 99% sure I was done with local fishing. I had a few big musky flies laying out and Granny walks over … Read more
Any scientist will tell me it’s a bunch of bologna, but I’m a believer in the “autumn equinox storm”. My definition is: a storm that provides a deluge of rain, strong wind and leaves us with much cooler temperatures permanently till next spring. It’s the true and noticeable shift from summertime to wintertime. Yeah, I’m … Read more
If I ever had a day where I had no business fishing, it was today. I’m just back from fifteen fun days of adventure fishing at Gangler’s in Manitoba and leaving right back to Canada on Saturday to British Columbia to help Team USA Master Fly Fishing defend the gold medals we won last year … Read more
Last summer Granny worked hard to get our fixer-upper house here in Hayward, Wisconsin completely finished. This meant missing out on lots of fishing. It’s been great to get her out on the water almost every week this season between her work days. She has been enjoying it so much that today it was her … Read more
All great fishing days in June start early. Today was no different. Friend Josh Hulbert picked me up at 4:30 AM and we headed to the river to meet up with a new friend, Tanner. Young Tanner is 24 and was raised in the Hayward, Wisconsin area. The sun rose at 5:15 and it was … Read more
I’ve been on a roll in 2022 as far as competing in fly fishing tournaments. The World Championships in Italy could not have been better and 2nd Place at the Jackson Hole One Fly was certainly acceptable. So why not challenge myself to enter another? There isn’t a reason. Especially when the competitions I’ve … Read more
I felt it in my bones. There was a serious chill in the air. I loaded the car for fishing in my bare feet like I have every fishing morning since May. But there was frost on the ground. Out came the first socks in months and my duck boots. Then I started the car … Read more
I left the house late this morning compared to most this year’s Wisconsin fishing days. It was 6:55 AM when I hopped in the car. But fall is here. Its not light till 7. A cool rain fell as I waited in the Kwik Trip parking lot. Today I floated with Josh Hulbert and … Read more