wisconsin's northwoods brook trout streams

In the land of monster musky, slab smallmouth, and mouthwatering walleye it’s quite possible that the trout streams of Northern Wisconsin are often overlooked. Tourism promotes the plethora of lakes and flowages so heavy that finding information on the trout fishing is near impossible. Internet searches result in nothing concrete and it just may be that the best source of information could be the...

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bushy's bongo

Bushy's Bongo Created by the Australian "Bushy" Bush as a saltwater streamer for tarpon. For larger predators in saltwater it is tied up to six inches or more but for a smaller quarry it can be sized down. Just like clousers and deceivers it makes the transition to freshwater easily. thread- red tail- 2-6 grizzle hackles and some flash collar- 2 grizzle hackles eyes- bead...

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spawning redhorse

While not my normal target species, some of the info I have come across online about this fish they call the redhorse has been almost too much to resist. The sucker runs of the spring can be pretty prolific as I have experienced while fishing the Lake Michigan tributaries in the early spring. Here I have caught more of these white suckers, while fishing steelhead, than I’d care to admit. With that...

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SCHLABBIN! One For The Books

 This past weekend  was one for the books without a doubt. I hit the water with my good friend Travis. We haven't fished together since last summer so it was great to catch up, and slaughter the fish. I have never in my years of fishing had such a great evening or outing as good as this past weekend.  We set out at about 4 PM this past weekend in search of fish. The bite itself started...

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lefty's deciever

Created in the 1950's by the master Lefty Kreh as a saltwater baitfish imitation, but has applications in both fresh and salt. hook- 2/0 - 4/0 tail- 3 or 4 hackle feathers add some flash body- bucktail 2 colors add some flash throat- red flash cut short inside the hook point head- lead eyes  ...

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Mixed Bag With A Twist

 It seems the nice weather has finally hit the Midwest. This past weekend was awesome for fishing. Sun was shinning, fish where biting, and the breeze rolling across the lake was perfect. Saturday evening I was able to hit the water with my best friend, my little brother. My brother isn't a fisherman by any means. He is a golf bum if anything. I give him a lot of credit chasing down his...

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Bohen's Hangtime Gets It Done

  Lately I have been tying a lot of warm water flies. I have set a personal goal to try and accomplish the feat of catching as many different species of fish as possible with a fly rod. It is a personal challenge that keeps me on edge as an angler. I like standing out in the crowd of fisherman, and doing what most would not try.  This is how I felt last night as I stood on the casting deck...

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trout on spinning gear

Its a nice change of pace to give the spinning rod a work out while trout fishing. We pounded them in the afternoon in Richland County. Nothing big but was sure nice to have a good numbers day....

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Streamer Largemouth

  This past weekend had nothing but rain and thunderstorms in the forecast for a majority of the Midwest. So I decided to play it safe and stick around the home waters. Saturday after the storms steered clear, I gathered up my gear, son, and my adopted son. Adopted son is just a neighborhood kid that I treat as my son because he is always at the home front. Hooked up the ole Sylvan...

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Early Season Closes On A Good Hatch!

 This past weekend I headed North for the last hoorah of the early season. My good friend Joe and I headed to the Driftless early Saturday morning. Our first stop was a small stream nestled in the hills of Vernon Co. I as usual started off throwing the good old pink squirrel. 2 casts in I was hooked up! First fish to hand was a nice 8-9 inch Brookie. Next few casts brought a few...

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F3T Rolls Through Wilmette,IL

 The Fly Fishing Film Tour rolled through Wilmette,IL last night. Blake and I where there to see this years films. One word description- phenomenal! We arrived roughly around 7:30 PM and greeted by RT welcoming us to the show. Tons of free stuff and info was handed out at the beginning. They had a sweet raffle for a DVD set and an Orvis rod,reel,and fly line package. The show...

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Blake's Big Brown From New Years Eve

  This past weekend I headed up to the Driftless area and was packing my camera with my gear. I did a quick scan through the camera to make sure I had a clean SD card for the trip. Well low and behold I found some footage that I had forgotten about(Sorry again my friend). This was filmed on the Root on New Years Eve. This was this first time meeting and fishing with Blake. We had a blast, and caught some really nice fish that day. I believe we each landed three a piece.This was one...

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vernon county wisconsin trout fishing

Saturday morning we experienced periods of intermittent rain but the streamer bite remained pretty consistent. The orange wooly bugger out performed most other colors. I like using the highly visible colors when fishing streamers, the takes could be seen even from the bottom of the deepest pools. The vast majority of what we caught were brookies but there were a few browns...

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