tough fishing on the root (racine, wi)

I made a solo trip Saturday to the Root River in Racine, Wisconsin looking for some fresh steelhead. The rain from last week showed a tremendous impact in the flows. The Root River was flowing higher and faster then it had been in the last month. It’s sad when 50CFS is considered to be high flows but either way I was extremely optimistic to be fishing moving water. I felt that the mid week rain could...

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forget about the cohos, steelies, and the browns lets have turkey

Happy Thanksgiving to all and just in case you find yourself looking for something to do, check out these couple items to pass some time. Fishing Headquarters newly released quarterly magazine, 1st issue ever!!! http://www.fishing-headquarters.com/magazine/fall2010.html Todd over at Addicted to Angling just yesterday put up a great video on local ice fishing for steelhead!!! http://needtofishmo...

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late fall coho on the oak creek (south milwaukee, wi)

I made it out this weekend with Neal targeting coho on the fly rod. The coho run is quickly coming to an end in Wisconsin. The fish that were left in the river this weekend were sluggish and tired. Some fish had even started the transformation from silver rockets of pure muscle to the moldy and crusty zombie fish. These are the types of fish we are all scared to grab, God forbid a tail falls off in...

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saturday fly fishing coho (milwaukee county, wi)

Saturday I went out again with Damien. We hit the tribs for some late fall cohos. This has been a dry fall and some adjustments had to be made when it came to fishing. Here is a few tips I put together for my experiences this year adapting to no rain and low flows. Sometimes even when you think the conditions aren’t good, you just need to get out there and fish (often times you will be rewarded)....

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fly fishing coho on the pike river (racine, wi)

I fished mid-day on Saturday the 13th after doing some chores around the house in the morning. I didn’t spend too much time out there but was able to hook up on this nice chrome hen. Coho seem to be in all the major tribs right now and are very willing to take a well placed fly on the move. this coho fell for a grey wooly bugger pike river coho ...

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late fall coho on the oak creek (south milwaukee, wi)

I had made plans to fish on Saturday with Neal and our new fishing buddy Damien. We made plans to head up to Oak Creek for a morning chasing coho. The flow were almost nothing but Damien was sure there were still some fish holding in the deeper pools. Friday was my daughters birthday and we went out for dinner with some family and friends after work. After the kids went to bed I had time enough...

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southeast wisconsin trib fishing video

Here's a clip from a recent fishing trip. This can also be found under the new video tab at the top. This video was shot on my cell phone. ...

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