Life in NW Wisconsin
Smallmouth on the Fly on the St Croix River
Some days are just better than others and on this mid July day, fly fishing on the St Croix River, here in Northwest Wisconsin … it all came together in a both beautiful and powerful way. The water was at a near perfect level allowing me enough cover to make cast into various pools and […]
A Tale Of Spring Grouse in Northern Wisconsin
Hey folks …. spring has indeed arrived here in northern Wisconsin with turkeys gobbling, ruffed grouse drumming, loons making noise at all times of the day … and our sharp tailed grouse dancing on their leks! I ran across a female ruffed grouse while on a walk one day and she had just laid her […]
The Wisconsin Fishing Opener 2024
Saturday, May 4th was our fishing opener here in Wisconsin and to be honest, it is a big deal! I traveled south about 15 minutes to a small lake where our DNR stocks trout .… oh, and there are crappie, panfish and bass as well. Starting out at 5:30am and just a few minutes ahead […]
Pheasant Hunting in SW Minnesota
Greetings Fly Fishing With Jeff followers; in today’s video, I am not fly fishing but in SW Minnesota pheasant hunting …. which is my other great outdoor passion. I love to hunt these large tracts of big grasses in search of pheasants and have been doing so for just over 40 years. As you watch […]
Wild Ricing in NW Wisconsin 2023
In today’s video adventure we are once again back on the water … but this time we are wild ricing with my good friend, Connie. If you watched our video last year you will remember that we are in search of Manoomin (wild rice) in the native Ojibwa tongue. The water and rice were perfect […]
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 […]