Hey Streamer Guys – Match the Hatch
On my most recent fly fishing trip up through Iowa, Wisconsin, Canada and both upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan…the idea of matching the hatch became a factor that I just couldn’t ignore. Most often we associate the idea of “match the hatch” with the dry fly guys…possibly even those sub-surface specialist of the nymphing […]
Fly Fishing The Namekagon On The 4th
Sometimes you have an inkling…you know that something might be the case but you just won’t let your mind take you into a full blown reality; then, when faced with the facts of the matter it somehow just seems wrong. I’m not sure if you have been there along with me mentally…but this past July […]
Eagles
Our fore-fathers; Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were all given the job of coming up with a design of an official seal for our new country…their work must not have been very good because Congress didn’t give them approval and in fact, two other committees also failed before the job was turned over […]
Best Of The Driftless
The last stop on an eleven states in eleven day tour of the west for my son Harrison and I was northeast Iowa, Decorah to be exact…we would pause for a couple of days to fish an area known as “The Driftless” which encompasses parts of four states; northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, southwest Wisconsin and […]
Float Tube Fishing In Pactola Basin, South Dakota
If you are a fly-guy and a float tuber…then look no further than Pactola Basin Dam/Reservoir, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota…about 30 minutes due west of Rapid City. This is one of those very special areas that I hit each time I go through the area as it offers both float tubing […]
Sugar Creek’s Giant Smallies – Part 2
It is not often that I use the word ‘sinful’ but on Memorial Day of 2016 I experienced a very good ‘sinful’ day as I was able to land and video over 40 fish of which 12 were at or over 18 inches. I had to divide the day up into two videos and this […]