Why not end what has been an extraordinary year with a bang. The Drake Magazine chose a pretty cool picture for their Fall Season cover shot. Though the pike is by far the star here, its cool simply to be on any magazine cover. The shot was taken by Austin Trayser when I was being … Read more
Granny bought some cod the other day and it was exceptionally delicious. At first when she told me she spent money on cod, I was aggravated. After all, here we are in Hayward, Wisconsin surrounded by lakes teaming with delicious walleye, northern pike, perch and a few others. But the truth is, unless you get … Read more
It’s been a busy December. Unfortunately, not due to fishing which is why the lack of blogs. But this is good because I’m still resting the shoulder. I’m not sure it has done me much good as far as getting totally better but at least its not hurting like after Mexico. The worst thing about … Read more
I expected to hit the ground running upon return home to Hayward, WI from Mexico and that’s exactly what happened. I edited all the photos from the trip and added some to my PowerPoint Presentations for the Fly Fishing Shows then filed the trip away. When I started seriously checking in on heaps of emails … Read more
Six months ago, when Sammy rang me and said to block out a week in early November to chase striped marlin on fly, my response was, “I’ll have a look at my schedule”. I knew dang well the schedule was open. However, I was excited about my new digs in Wisconsin. I wanted to … Read more
Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone! Granny and I were so focused on our fishing and relaxing that we missed TG altogether. While yesterdays fishing was slow, our chicken wing dinner was delicious. And perhaps all the good wing protein led to todays excellent day of fishing. Granny and I landed three of these cute little roosterfish. … Read more
Granny and I did some beach hopping today. I even worked some rocky areas with hopes of some odd species or a snapper. But attempts were unsuccessful in all locations. Once again the surf was big and although I fought it, I could not find a fish. No complaints however. I’m in Baja with my … Read more
If you have never fly fished the surf before I’ll tell you this, it can be intimidating. The waves themselves are stronger than they look. The force of even a small wave can knock you over. And when they don’t knock you over on the incoming, sometimes the outgoing wash will take the sand out … Read more
We made a drive today to a remote Pacific beach. Our target fish – anything. But we were disappointed when we arrived. Todays swells and crashing waves were huge. I can fight the waves to a degree timing casts and running back out of the crashes but the acres of churned up sand lowered my … Read more
We’re a few days away from the insignificant tidal changes that came with the neap tides early this week. Now we are headed towards the new moon which means a higher high tide and a lower low tide. They call these the spring tides. In turn this means more water movement and more bait pushed … Read more
November 19-21 Granny and I have been a little lazy the last few days. Fishing from the beach has been flat out lousy. I’ve done 20-30 minutes of casting from Cerritos Beach each of the last three days without even seeing a fish. So in order to save my shoulder, Granny and I have been … Read more
Granny and I returned to the beach where we caught the mini roosterfish two days ago. If there are little ones there’s bound to be big ones at least occasionally. Well, that was not today. We are half way between full moon and no moon right now which means we have the smallest tide … Read more