Fly Fishing Adventures
Jeff’s summaries of his fly fishing exploits.
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 […]
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 […]