Fly Fishing Adventures Archives

Float Tubing with Frank

This past Sunday was just what the doctor ordered…I must admit that I didn’t get to sleep until late on Saturday night; something about winning a sectional volleyball title with a young and gritty group of girls that gets me all pumped up? So…when I woke up on Sunday morning I was a bit tuckered […]

The Fall Fishing Bite Is On

After a long and hot summer…cool days and even cooler nights are upon us. With this cool weather comes cooler water temperatures and that is exactly the impetus needed by our scaly friends here in the lakes and streams of southern Indiana. Saturday, September 22nd was the first day of autumn and for me a […]

Video – Pouting Smallie – Smallmouth Bass In Creek

The following video was taken in a small creek in southern Indiana. The beauty of the fish is that I have caught this same smallie 3 times this spring and summer from two different pools. The fish is a tad over 18 inches and had a very distinct rounded forehead…and is a real fighter on […]

The Big Cat

Labor Day weekend was supposed to be a total washout…that being the case I didn’t plan a lot of fishing. Long about Sunday afternoon the rain started to dwindle at my house and a quick check of the radar signaled the end to my afternoon napping, watching golfers wiggle their way around the TPC of […]

Small Streams, Little Rods & Big Fish

There is a group of fly-fisherman out there called the 20/20 club; if you don’t know, they are casters who try and catch trout of over 20 inches on a fly that is size 20 or less. Many of you probably don’t know what a size 20 fly is…picture a mosquito, maybe one of those […]

The Magic of Montauk

Missouri is an amazing state…the amount of land and water available to a sportsman is worth noting. It is no secret that I love to fly-fish and the feel of a trout on the other end…well, let’s say it is worth a six hour drive; anytime! My dad, Jonas and buddy Frank left early on […]