St. Croix Fly Fishing on a Sunday Afternoon
Today was a special day … a perfect weather Sunday and an opportunity to catch some quality smallmouth on my favorite river, the St. Croix. Our spring was long and cold and it took a while for the smallies to find their summer spots … but finally they have and what great action I had. […]
Interview: Craig Roberts – Wisconsin Fisheries Biologist
Below is an email conversation/interview that I had with Craig Roberts who is located here in Spooner, Wisconsin. Craig is the Fisheries Biologist for Washburn and Burnett Counties here in the northwestern part of the state. I might add that there is more water than you can even possibly imagine; in Burnett County alone there […]
Fly Fishing for Brookies on Memorial Day Weekend
What an incredible day …. in all my years fly fishing all over this great country, I am not sure I have enjoyed a day more than I did this one when I went fly fishing for brookies. And to think it was all literally in my backyard, wow! I take my kayak and paddle […]
Fin and Feather in Wisconsin
Hey folks …. Jeff here with a great video from an incredible day here in Burnett County Wisconsin. Wow …. how many times can you harvest a mature Tom turkey in the morning and just a few miles away and a few hours later …. catch several nice smallmouth bass on a gorgeous stream? I […]
Pike On The Fly
The weather was too good to sit at home … not with fishing in the air! I took a short drive southwest from our property and found a small DNR lake with a short portage … and along with my 3 weight rod, dropped my float tube into the dark water and shoved off. Three […]
Bass On The Fly In Early May
Another great Sunday afternoon spent on my float tube, fly rod in hand …. on a small lake near my home here in NW Wisconsin. To be honest, I didn’t know if there was a population of fish or not … but quickly found out as a nice bass hit my streamer on the first […]