We’d have to be out of our minds to trust the weather after the last two days. Mike Neuman, Matt “Howie” Norton and I have been saturated in rain, frozen by cold and had our brains blown out by the wind fishing Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior here in Wisconsin. Today the forecast dangled a … Read more
Yesterday we fished in a deluge of rain and cold temps making for one of my coldest fishing days in recent memories. So when I climbed out of the back of my Exploder at 6 AM this morning and saw a nearly completely blue sky, I was feeling pretty happy. I wandered up to Howie’s … Read more
It’s certainly a dream to travel the world and fly fish, but I very much enjoy my wide open new world of fishing here in Wisconsin. Honestly, I’ve been chomping at the bit for spring to arrive here so I can get started. I learned a lot about my new waters last summer and expect … Read more
You may have noticed over the winter that my website has gone through some changes. That’s because my site is so big, it literally outgrew the original format. I was warned back in November that functions were beginning to fail. This is my livelihood, so in a panic, my webmaster, Mark Kuhn and I went … Read more
There were a few times today where I caught myself thinking “Is it really August? What happened to July? But I ask myself this every year. The fact is, once July 4th passes summer seems to go faster. Maybe it’s the shortening of the days. Or perhaps we slowdown which in turn speeds up time. … Read more
We woke up to an ominous sky over Bowman Island Lodge here in Ontario. The clouds were dark and stacked like storms were brewing. But not so. After breakfast Joe Wolthuis and I made a run and when we stopped the skies were blue again. The weather changes fast here, including from good to bad … Read more
I’m chomping at the bit to get my fishing season started here in Wisconsin. Like much of the US, winter is holding on here. Most of our lakes still have ice and there remains snow on the ground in a lot of areas. Some of our rivers are open for trout but they are very … Read more
I haven’t needed to elaborate on any “Monsoon Currier” moments in quite a while. The weather has been good for me at home and afar. But last month when I fished with Howie and Mike Neuman on Lake Superior we were drenched by three days of rain. We organized a do over this weekend expecting … Read more
It’s always bad when the weatherman calls for a west wind in October but instead you get blown from the north. Well, that’s what happened starting late yesterday afternoon and it followed through into the evening. I slept in the Ruby Van last night at Howie’s in Iron River and woke up to 3” of … Read more
The forecast has been a little off these three days fishing Lake Superior. Being surprised is kind of fun most of the time. But today called for a few light showers and instead it was a deluge of rain affiliated with some serious thunder and lightning. We left the Washburn boat launch under light … Read more
Granny and I packed the van around 3 PM yesterday and headed for Lake Superior. We camped last night near Bayfield and got up bright and early to start a dock fishing tour around Chequamegon Bay. The sun rose noticeably further to the south than when we were here August 2nd and the air felt … Read more
The man who helped Granny and I with this move to Wisconsin more than anyone was my old Northland College roommate Matt (Howie) Norton. In the process Howie and I talked often about how much fishing we’d be doing once I got here. But since officially moving here on May 9th, we have fished together … Read more