The trip is over, and we made it home between violent Mid-West storms. Wisconsin does get tornadoes, and we had three in our locale just before we arrived. The last part of the trip was a two-day fishing excursion on the Madison, probably my most favorite river in the US. When we visited in late […]
My friends, John Beth,Dale Thompson, and Doc Zavadsky hit the ‘horn for a week starting on May 9th. They did catch some fish, but nothing like it has been in past years. As John reports in an email that he entitled, “The Good the Bad and the Ugly of the West”: In spite of months of […]
It’s been a very strange spring. Early on we had warm temperatures that seemed more like days of summer. Then suddenly winter was upon us again. Talk about confused. My flowers haven’t yet figured out what’s happening. Likewise for the trout. The up and down weather patterns have given them a good case of feeding […]
My friend, Jeff Currier, just sent along an email reporting on his trip to fish for Nile Perch. Wow. More photos and info on his blog: Jeff Currier. Here’s Jeff’s report. Hey everyone, I’m just back from the latest adventure. I went to Egypt to be part of a film segment produced by Mikey Wier. […]
My friend, Bill Wilson, sent me a photo of a nice striper on the fly. They’re around and nipping. If you’re near the salt, get the rods out and have at ’em.
My friends Jim Hagar and Dan Gilliland made a trip the Clark’s Fork River in Montana last July and found it very welcoming. Dan says that, “by Hagar’s count 166 trout to the boat in 3 days between us.” That’s some mighty good fishing! Clark’s Fork is Gary LaFontaine’s old stompin’ grounds, and he always […]
My friend Bill Wilson is a striper addict. He pounds the lower Susquehanna and manages his share of stripers–and mine, too, since I can’t get there right now. Not only that, he gets some good largemouths, too. Here’s his latest report. We were fishing for stripers with when I caught the largemouth pictured – 6lbs. […]
My weekend with the St. Vrain Anglers TU group was a great one. Mark Rayman and his wife, Barbara Laneau graciously hosted me at their home. Friday night they held a small, informal, and fun-filled get-together to kick off the weekend events. The next morning we were at the River Ministries Church in Lyons, Colorado […]
While I was flying home from Denver, my friends John Beth and Dale Thompson were out tearing steelhead lips–or at least trying to. I say trying because they very nearly got skunked. John managed one male steelhead that was caught while fishing “blind.” They didn’t see any fish to cast to and they didn’t even […]
Last week we had another big rain storm that drove the river to 10 times normal flow. Of course, all fishing plans were cancelled. Yesterday, my friends, John Beth and Dale Thompson, couldn’t wait a moment longer, so they tore over and hopped into 600 cfs of cloudy roaring water. Surprise, surprise, the fish were […]