Alright …. feels a little odd to say I am now 63! Seems like yesterday I was 36 …. time does indeed fly and it goes even faster when you are having fun and fly fishing one of the great rivers in America, the St Croix River.
My friend Duane and I sat out on a 4-5 mile stretch of the upper river with fly rods in hand looking for big smallmouth and yes, fish were caught … and yes, fish were lost! Fish also took one fly from each of us. Guess it is better to have danced and lost …. or is that loved and lost … than to have never loved at all! I love fly fishing for multi-species like smallies, pike and musky; but losing flies along the way to those toothy critters can be frustrating.
Stay tuned all the way to the end for my story about my fly fishing genesis … from my shop. I feel quite fortunate to have come full circle from a young man in Southern Indiana dreaming of fly fishing the big waters of the St Croix to actually having it in my backyard and getting to do this on a regular basis.
If you haven’t experienced a river like the St Croix you are truly missing out on a special time and one you won’t quickly forget. Remember to get a hold of my friend Elliott Jacobson at Jacobson Outdoors if you would like to book a trip this summer for smallmouth bass or maybe you have always wanted to try and catch a big, toothy musky on the fly …. Elliott can make that happen.
If you have any follow up questions you can contact me at flyfishingwithjeff@gmail.com or by leaving a comment below. Here is hoping your soon to be summer is going well.
Share This Post with Your Friends ...
Fly Fishing For Smallmouth Bass On The River
Greetings from Fly Fishing with Jeff; once again I have found my way back out on another of the three local rivers that are all within 4 miles of our cabin here in NW Wisconsin. In today’s video, I land several big smallmouth bass on the river, lose one angry musky and catch a couple […]
Four Species of Big Fish On The Fly
Let me start off by telling you that within this video is the best 30 minute section of fly fishing that I have ever experienced in my 45 plus year career. On that note I will apologize for the video going so long but it was difficult and almost impossible for me to cut too […]
A Great Way To Spend Memorial Day
Greetings from Fly Fishing with Jeff with another adventure here in NW Wisconsin as we float 4 miles of one of the most beautiful rivers in America, the St Croix … located just a few miles down the road from our cabin. It was Memorial Day and the start of summer; temps in the 80’s […]
NW Wisconsin’s Big Smallmouth On The Fly
Welcome back folks to another video on Fly Fishing with Jeff as me and my buddy Duane drift about 4 miles of a beautiful river here in NW Wisconsin. My goal on the day was to catch any and everything I could on the fly … as it turns out, it was indeed a great […]