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Big Browns in the Apostle Islands

40 years ago today I lived on the shores of Lake Superior.  I was a sophomore at Northland College in Ashland, WI.  On Tuesdays and Thursdays I had a very light load of classes so that I could fish.  But I can assure you I would not have thought about getting in a boat on … Read more

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Fly Fishing the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior

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

It’s too Early for Snow!

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