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All is not lost when we get muddy water and rains.  Fishing recently has been blown during the day due to thundershowers at night.  But mid day and into evening the smaller tributary streams are clearing and fishing well (until they get blown out again by late night storms...)  ...

Fly boxes.  Too many options out there, most fly shops remind me of a toothpaste aisle with tons of options that all do the same thing.   Rarely does an option come along that really makes you sit up and take notice.  Our Driftless Angler Magnetic boxes have me switching over all of...

A great short explination of rod action versus power.  This is a very misunderstood concept that often confuses anglers.  A medium action rod does not necessarily mean that it has no "backbone" or power.  There can be powerful fiberglass rods that bend into the cork...

Cloudy weather, drizzles and showers, and a high in the high 60's.  Yesterday was perfect weather to hit some new water.   We have been fishing on the Mississippi river qute a bit over the past year and as we learn the water and the habits of the big water we are catching more and more...

Wild Parsnip.  A pretty plant with some tasty roots (harvest it before it blooms for the best tasting roots) that can do some nasty things.  It is all over in our area, usually on edges of fields and roadsides, but also present along area streams.  It is evident by its yellow flowers...

Very short trip driving between our house and a friend's house for dinner.  Fished a spring feeding a tiny brook trout stream.  The stream itself is something you would pass over, the spring something that you would not even notice, but it was on the way, my rod was in the car, and...

I have had a couple questions lately about the Scott Custom Rod Shop listing a G2 7'3" 3 weight rod as an option.   It is a rod not commercially available in the United States called the Japan Special. Designed to fish for very technically demanding Yamame with sometimes...

My wife and I were out fishing again last night on a larger stream that runs a bit warmer than other area streams.  Geri cleaned up fishing yellow sallies in the riffles, while I caught a few fish on beetles and craneflies.  Concentrating on the water directly below riffles and in...

The holiday weekend is over.  What do you do when your actually have an evening to spend with your wife?   Well go fishing of course!  Geri and I had a date night last night on a tiny, crystal clear, and foot numbing cold stream.   Got in at the conservation easement and...