Fishing Destinations
Fly Fishing Wakeley Lake
Rarely does something in print meet or even come close to expectations … but on Friday, July 15th, I had the privilege of fishing a small lake, Wakeley Lake, in north-central Michigan and it more than met any preconceived notions I had going in. As I opened up my March/April of 2016 edition of Eastern […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]