Fly Fishing Tips Archives

Up Close and Personal: One Of My Best Smallmouth Days Ever!

Another awesome day on the St Croix River … lots of smallmouth bass and several over 16 inches with the largest coming in a tad over 20 inches. Every once in a while all the stars align as they did on this day and the fish are up and eager to eat one of my […]

Fly Fishing with Guide Elliot Jacobson of Jacobson Outdoors

Greetings and welcome to another fly fishing adventure on one of the great rivers here in NW Wisconsin. Today I introduce you to Elliot Jacobsen of Jacobsen Outdoors. Together we fly fish down a few miles of truly special water and catch several nice smallies along the way. Elliot is truly a special young man […]

Smallmouth and Musky – On the Fly – Upper St Croix River

What a great day out on the St Croix River as my friend Duane and I fly fished about 3-4 miles of the upper portion of the river; and just in case you are curious, there are lots of definitions of ‘upper’ but for me it is above the Riverside Landing where Wisconsin 35 crosses […]

A New Fly Fisherman and Some Beautiful River Smallmouth

Hey folks, Jeff here with another video. Today I have my good friend Duane Christiansen along with me. Duane is a great guy and attends the same church that we attend. He is an avid outdoorsman. He fishes, hunts deer and upland birds but had never had a fly rod in his hand before this […]

Early Morning Bass On The Fly

While I am retired … I’m really not? What you say …. yes, I retired from teaching 5 years back but the past three years have found me working for the Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture. 4, 10 hour days and that makes Friday morning a great opportunity for me to grab my float tube, fly […]

Float Tubing and Fly Fishing Fun

Greetings and welcome to a very simple video of me fly fishing from my float tube for bluegill and largemouth bass. I was simply sitting on my front porch and decided to go catch a few fish … and in about 10 minutes I was on the lake! Being able to get to one of […]