Fly Fishing Adventures Archives

Fly Fishing The Driftless In 2015

This video was shot in July of 2015 in the Decorah, Iowa area. This area is known as “The Driftless” and is an incredible place loaded with miles of fishing. You can get maps at the Decorah Hatchery (contact Brian Milaise for expert tips and help into getting started), but do start as the fishing […]

Footloose and Fancy Free

Surely you remember way back when you were a teen and you had the entire afternoon with nothing to do. Chores were done and dad didn’t get home for another few hours? You were truly foot-loose and fancy-free…and it felt great. Then along came college or a job, kids, bills, more kids, more bills and […]

Father Time

“You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes”, a quote by Walter M. Schirra, Sr. This past month I’ve had some quality father-time…with both of my boys, Harrison and Jonas. I got to follow Jonas […]

An Epic Cicada Hatch

I’m not sure how things are in your neighborhood but in certain spots there is an explosion going on…the cicadas are on the loose and in those areas where fish are hiding, lying in wait…well, let’s just say that the result is epic! If you were with me last week then you came along as […]

Fly Fishing for Carp from a Float Tube

Possibly you view a carp as a big goldfish…maybe you don’t really even know what a carp is? In the fly fishing world carp are now a pursued commodity…the freshwater bonefish as many have called them. Truth is that until just recently I hadn’t been able to actually hook a carp on a fly…but that […]

Memorial Day Weekend – Golf, the Brickyard and Fly Fishing

Wow….can you believe all us “Hoosiers” had to do over Memorial Day Weekend? It seemed like everywhere I turned there were outdoor activities…from golf to racing to fishing…and probably lots more that I wasn’t even aware of. Jonas, Dad and I were up early on Saturday; we drove south like many others did and participated […]