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
I’ve had several productive days at home preparing for what will be another busy winter show and speaking schedule. I also packed for some amazing trips coming up soon. I’m feeling less stressed and more caught on things than I have in a month. After a beautiful fall bike ride, this afternoon I jumped in … 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
We all love the sweet smell of home cooking. But there’s one thing even better, a drift down one of your home waters after you’ve been gone a long time. I didn’t move to Northern Wisconsin to travel constantly but I have been of late. So some local fishing today with fishing buddy Bob Butler … Read more
It was almost calm here at Gangler’s Courage Lake Tundra Outpost this morning when I got up at 6:30 am. It was cold and we remained socked in with clouds. But the rain stopped. The hellacious storm that hammered us yesterday afternoon and evening and shortened our fishing day was over. Being calm meant … Read more
Scott Smith, Josh Gallivan and I squeezed out a few early hours fly fishing for pike today before our long drive back home. My luck continued and I landed two more nice pike including a hefty 37”. Its been a magnificent little jaunt to say the least and great times with two friends. While … Read more
The weather gods are shining over us this week. Scott Smith, Josh Gallivan and I are camping and fly fishing for northern pike in November and there wasn’t even a frost this morning. When I lit my stove and started my coffee water it had to be 40°. Then as the sun rose over my … Read more