Sugar Creek’s Giant Smallies
As the old adage goes…you should strike when the iron is hot and if you were with me a couple weeks back you know that I had journeyed north to Sugar Creek and caught the creek on one of those rare days when the fish were both aggressive and big as I caught three fish […]
Micropterus dolomieu
You might not know the name…for me it means relaxation. Truth be told it could be in the dictionary beside stress reliever…but actually Micropterus dolomieu is the scientific name for the smallmouth bass and you can probably figure out that not only am I in love with the species, I am in love with those […]
An Epic Day On Sugar Creek
I had been watching the USGS water gauge from Crawfordsville all week long, anticipating (and hoping) that by Saturday, May 21st it would continue to slowly fall; the last time Frank and I were at Sugar Creek, it was running above 2,000 CFS (cubic feet per second) which made for nothing short of a miserable […]
Thousand Islands Bass From A Float Tube
I was supposed to be turkey hunting but thanks to a quick 30 minute hunt on opening day whereby I basically had a big Tom turkey land in my lap within a few minutes after leaving my truck … I was now pulling out of my driveway at just a bit before 6am to meet […]
Fly Fishing Tip – Missing a Take
Fly Fishing Tip – Get that fly back in there… I saved a clip from one of my most recent fly fishing outings to help illustrate a technique, maybe better a thought process … that I have been doing now for quite some time. While retrieving your streamer for any fish … and you feel […]