Fly Fishing for Smallies After the Flood
If you were living here in the eastern half of the US early to mid-May then you know we had rain, a deluge that went on and on. Here in Indiana it was one of the worst I can remember. I know that farmers will be out repairing and replanting fields while others will have […]
A 40 Inch Musky on the Fly – From My Float Tube
Just recently, while fly fishing on Bass Lake in the West Dugger Unit of The Greene-Sullivan State Forest I caught and landed a 40 inch Musky. Now here in southern Indiana a 40 incher is pretty good and for me it was probably my 10th musky from Bass Lake…and while I had lost two at […]
Fly Fishing for Smallmouth on New Water
One of my very favorite things to do is working and fishing new water. Frankly, here in southern Indiana…I don’t get that opportunity a lot due to the fact that I have been on many of our good smallmouth waters. When our trip to Sugar Creek fell through due to torrential rains in northern Indiana…my […]
Three Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Streamer Fishing
Just this week I read a short but interesting piece on MidCurrent Fly Fishing News (if you don’t subscribe to it….it is a weekly blurb online and well worth the time). The topic was the three things I wish I had known when I started fly fishing. This got me thinking and therefore, below, are […]
Legalities of Using a Float Tube for Fishing
A recent situation prompted me to write the following e-mail regarding the legalities of float tube fishing … Greetings, I am a high school teacher and avid fly fisherman who lives in Owen County. A friend of mine who has a float tube (as I do) recently went to Spring Mill to partake in the […]