Fly Fishing Tips Archives

Low Water on the St Croix River on the Fly

In this video I take a small/short trip down the St Croix River here in NW Wisconsin in search of my favorite game fish …. the smallmouth bass. The water is as low as I have ever seen it and for sure it requires some stealth in both approaching and casting to these fish. The […]

Fly Fishing Instruction; 3 Wt for Smallmouth Here in NW Wisconsin

Hey folks …. Jeff here with a really neat video. If you haven’t yet tried ‘going-small’ while fishing for smallmouth …. give it a go. There is nothing better than fighting a big smallmouth in river current with a smaller rod … in this case, I use my 3 weight along with floating line. I […]

Float Tubing, Fly Fishing Topwater with a 3 Wt

Hey folks …. Jeff here with yet another simple, but very fun video. On this Sunday night I grabbed a 3 wt, float tube and a few terrestrials and headed to a small lake just a couple of minutes from home. If you haven’t yet tried a float tube, there is no time like right […]

Interview: Craig Roberts – Wisconsin Fisheries Biologist

Below is an email conversation/interview that I had with Craig Roberts who is located here in Spooner, Wisconsin. Craig is the Fisheries Biologist for Washburn and Burnett Counties here in the northwestern part of the state. I might add that there is more water than you can even possibly imagine; in Burnett County alone there […]

Pike On The Fly

The weather was too good to sit at home … not with fishing in the air! I took a short drive southwest from our property and found a small DNR lake with a short portage … and along with my 3 weight rod, dropped my float tube into the dark water and shoved off. Three […]

Float Tubing and Fly Fishing in Early May

Today is the opener for fishing season here in Wisconsin and for me, it was a lot of fun. The climate up here in the north woods is pretty amazing and after a very long winter … people were in a mood of enjoying both fishing and the great weather that we had on this […]