Got out yesterday for a few hours on a creek that is small and difficult to fish especially during the late spring and summer. The weeds are already knee to thigh high and crowding the banks making casting accuracy more important. It is quickly feeling more and more like summer, soon …
Life in the Driftless Area is good. The caddis are out, the creeks are in great shape and the Morel mushrooms are starting to come up. More moisture and warmer weather will help things along but for now if you look you’ll start to see these popping up around the …
Trout are carnivores and this time of year they demonstrate that fact by chasing fat streamers to your feet despite the clear low water. These fish are hungry, period. Note the below image for this post, look closely and you’ll see a brown trout holding a sucker in it’s jaws. I peered …
Sit back after a day of work, two hours of quality trout angling, a 5.4 mile run at a pace of 7 min/mile with a glass of red wine, Faded From Winter on the radio and try not to smile. Try not to feel like you’ve got everything the world …
Beautiful weather, hatching midge, and cooperating trout made this day spectacular. I should note that I’m about to make big investments in new and updated photography and video equipment as I am feeling rather limited with what I can do given my current equipment. It’s likely going to take a …
Arrival Time: 10:42am Arrival Air Temp: 31°F Arrival Water Temp: 38°F Mostly Sunny Skies Light 5-10mph S. Wind Rising on Arrival Water Temp @ 11:45 40°F Water Temp @ 12:40 42°F Water Temp @ 2:45 44°F Water Temp @ 3:45 46°F Find the Midge, that was the goal. Parked at …
That’s the goal for today. I’ll be heading out the door in an hour, down into a valley to drop these bombs on a few unsuspecting hungry brown trout. Lets hope they are up for it, I know I am. Next few days should make for some excellent trout fishing …
Recipe: Whole Roasted Rainbow Trout Procured from an Online Resource found here. Review: I used the last three trout I had stashed away in the freezer for this recipe. I did make adjustments to account for the 3rd trout as the recipe indicated only 2. The prep was minimal and …
Arrival Time: 10:30am Arrival Air Temp: 37°F Water Temp @ 11:09am 44°F Midge On Arrival Rising On Arrival Water Temp @ 12:27 45°F Water Temp @ 2:30pm 47°F Water Temp @ 3:38pm 48°F I parked and from the roadside without seeing the water, before I turned the ignition off I …
Arrival Time: 1pm Arrival Air Temp: 27°F Arrival Water Temp: 41°F Small #’s of Midge Present Very limited Rising Departure Time: 3:30pm Departure Air Temp: 30°F Departure Water Temp: 44°F Thick Ice Shelves Present Saw the sun come out and decided a trout needed to be found. The snow was …
