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Video: The Caddis
winonaflyfactory April 26, 2018 April 26, 2018 Everything Else... / Fishing The Streams

Video: The Caddis

Long leaders, tiny flies and rising trout. This is what I remember about my first few years as a trout angler in southeast Minnesota and I was fortunate enough to catch it again yesterday. Nothing except my daughter (she’s 14 months old now) is as challenging to film and photograph …

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Dry Flies: 4/25/18
winonaflyfactory April 25, 2018 April 26, 2018 Fishing The Streams

Dry Flies: 4/25/18

I call it “the show” and it started in earnest at 1:35pm and lasted until roughly 3pm today under sunny skies and an air temp of 61°F. I arrived at 11am and put on a very lightly weighted streamer for the hike downstream. Wet wading season is finally here and …

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Responsible Harvest in the Driftless
winonaflyfactory April 24, 2018 April 24, 2018 Everything Else...

Responsible Harvest in the Driftless

After the opening weekend and recent discussions with other anglers I wanted to post what I use as “guidelines” to practice the responsible harvest of trout on our southeast Minnesota trout streams. Some anglers are turned off by the idea of harvesting trout but I believe that some of our …

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A Busy Weekend: 4/21 & 4/22/2018
winonaflyfactory April 23, 2018 April 23, 2018 Fishing The Streams

A Busy Weekend: 4/21 & 4/22/2018

I fished both Saturday and Sunday this past weekend. Going into the weekend I had tempered my expectations for a couple of reasons. 1st, the weekend had the best weather we’ve had since last fall and because the opening weekend was a bust for many I knew anglers would be …

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Thoughts on Driftless Streamer Fishing
winonaflyfactory April 16, 2018 April 16, 2018 Everything Else... / Fishing The Streams

Thoughts on Driftless Streamer Fishing

I should start by prefacing this with a disclaimer, I am not an expert and I’m not claiming to know it all. I taught myself then compared notes and information with other like-minded anglers who fish similar water in this area. I tend to fish streamers more often than not, …

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Video: Rising Brookies
winonaflyfactory April 14, 2018 April 14, 2018 Fishing The Streams

Video: Rising Brookies

I couldn’t wait and felt I had to upload this brief video of these driftless brook trout rising to #20 and #22 midge. I slowed this footage down 50% and using a polarizing filter I tried to make it as clear as possible. The vantage point we had high on …

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4/12/18: Expectations
winonaflyfactory April 14, 2018 April 14, 2018 Fishing The Streams

4/12/18: Expectations

The plan was to meet up with Carl and cast dry flies hoping to find eager brook trout mouths. I worked the night before 5pm-5am and after getting home, getting my daughter to daycare I took a very brief nap. I woke to a text message at 9:15am instead of …

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4/10 & 4/11/2018
winonaflyfactory April 11, 2018 April 13, 2018 Fishing The Streams

4/10 & 4/11/2018

I’ll be brief, conditions the past two days have been excellent. Tomorrow will be the same or better for dry fly fishing and being outside in general, I plan to take advantage of it while I can. I spent a few hours under cloudy skies on the 10th tossing a …

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4/7 & 4/8/18: Winter In April
winonaflyfactory April 9, 2018 April 9, 2018 Fishing The Streams

4/7 & 4/8/18: Winter In April

Those of you who read this are well aware that we’ve been experiencing colder than normal days this April. It’s easy to get discouraged when the sky is grey, the ground is a combination of muddy brown and patchy white, the bluffs are now totally snow covered and the creeks …

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4/3/18: In the Snow
winonaflyfactory April 4, 2018 April 4, 2018 Fishing The Streams

4/3/18: In the Snow

Back to swinging streamers as the snow came falling down yesterday. It’s easy to be frustrated with a snowstorm in the first week of April especially after we managed to avoid any major run-off problems over the past few weeks. I strung my rod as big wet flakes fell rapidly …

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