I made a goal last night as I bedded down, guide my two buddies (regulars on the blog), Mike Neuman and Matt “Howie” Norton, to their first muskellunge on the fly. Not an easy task being Neuman is new to chucking the big fly rods and Howie is jinxed with the elusive freshwater giants. To … Read more
My lady and I hit the road at a reasonable time this morning. It was just after 6. It was about an hour drive then we dropped our blue boat down a muddy slot on absolutely gorgeous Wisconsin river. Today’s target, muskellunge. My shoulder doesn’t need any extra big stick chucking so … Read more
The hardest thing about departing Idaho wasn’t saying goodbye to my beloved Henry’s Fork, it was leaving 34 years worth of friends. What eased the pain was that lucky for us, we have a lot of friends here in Wisconsin that we left 34 years ago for Idaho. Most all were our Northland College pals … Read more
Granny and I put another 24 hours in on the house and at 3 PM today we headed over to my friend Bob Butlers house. Butler is the Bob I’ve been floating with once a week pretty much all summer. Bob and his wife Janna live on a cool little lake not too far out … Read more