2009-05-30_PickwickCreek
Stino and I decided to get out while we could and we didn’t tell our girlfriends. We opted for the 10 – minute drive to Pickwick Creek to get the fishing in before it gets dug up by Trout Unlimited. The creek is slated to get “habitat improvement” for the introduced exotic Brown Trout. [...]
2009-05-23_SouthBranchWhitewaterRiver
We met on the side of the road where the gravel starts. We headed down the trail into the valley. The road was bumpy however in great shape. The only concern was if it rain would we be able to get out. The sky was overcast. Linda and I decided to walk downstream while [...]
2009-05-22_SouthBranchWhitewaterRiver
I had planned to meet my friends Linda and Lisa at Elba this evening for an evening of Brown Trout angling on the South Branch Whitewater River. We accessed at Lloyd’s Pasture and worked our way upstream from the camper park. There were not a lot of bugs flying around however the Browns were busy [...]
2009-05-18_BackcountryCreek
I had to walk the dogs as they were going crazy in the house. I decided to take them to the forest for a romp while I could hunt mushrooms. We headed down into Filmore County to get on a piece of state forest. There is a trout stream on this patch of [...]
2009-04-28_HoustonCounty
Conditions: Sunny, 65 degrees, light breeze. I accessed the creek at a bridge on a gravel road that shoots east off the highway. My intensions were to scout the creek downstream to the confluence with the river. This hike is about three quarters of a mile. I know the upper section of this creek intimately. [...]
2009-04-24_RootRiver
Each spring brings neat things to SE Minnesota. There are the hatching mayflies, flying caddis, blooming wildflowers, slurping trout and the annual run of Redhorse on the Root River. Watch this video and see what Minnesota’s World Class Root River has to offer anglers in late April.
2009-04-18_WinnebagoCreek
Today I planned on going fishing with Shell. She had tied her own fly rod and her own box of flies now she just needed to get a Brown on a fly. She has caught many fish on a fly rod before however just not a Brown.
2009-04-04_CrookedCreek
I found this creek while scouting with my father opening weekend in 2003. Mayflies were coming off. I had never experienced a mayfly hatch like this in a spring creek in 20 seasons of Trout angling. This was my second season of owning an actual trout fly rod. I had several seasons swinging flies in [...]
2009-04-03_CrookedCreek
Our 400th image gallery!! Wes, Eric and I got out for some spring mayflies. We took fish on top all over as the hatch was great today. There were fish feeding to hatching mayflies in every run, riffle and pool. We encountered no other anglers out today.
2009-04-02_CrookedCreek
Today I headed south to get my annual Dark Hendrickson fix. The hatch was rather brief today however I managed several fish on top with #16 parachute adams. I switched over to a #2 Ugly Tom and caught several fish in the 14-18-inch range.
The mayflies are off.
here is a bit of video from Friday. 50 degrees and windy afforded me a creek to myself catching 64 trout in the afternoon.
2009-3-22_SpringCreekWeekend
The heat was on for air temps, we found 52 degree water, hatching mayflies, and willing trout. Where were you?!
2009-03-07_PossumCreek
Contrary to reports from the MNTU board that “the creeks were in tough shape(suggested to pay $20 to go to the Great Waters Expo),” I found a creek that was running clear and hatching midge that were loosing to feeding trout. I have worked the fly fishing conference tour for many years and do not [...]
2009-02-28_PossumCreek
You’ll have to excuse me for this as I do not care to name this creek anything other than Possum Creek. It is named for the Possum that my friend at Winona Fly Factory treed one day while scouting it. Its not that its the best creek in the region or even the worst however [...]