May 29th, 2014: Contemplating Size
Just another day in S.E. Minnesota. Stream conditions are the same as they were the day prior, getting up to the low 80’s again and sun, oh the glorious sun. We have only had alittle under half an inch...
View ArticleMay 30th, 2014: Consolation Prize
Fished big water for the second day in a row searching for nasty big brown trout willing to nail a streamer. Not much to report, a lot of casting and very little catching. In the few hours I spent...
View ArticleJune 2nd, 2014
Fished from ~1-4pm Sunny Skies and High 15+mph Winds Lots of Dandelion seeds in the air and creek surface. Airtemp 81°F on Arrival Water Temp 62°F on Arrival Rising began around 1:30pm Lt. Hendrickson...
View ArticleJune 6th, 2014: Life On the Creek
Fished the mid-morning to afternoon spot 9am-12:30pm roughly. Got to the creek, figured I’d stick with what was working…nymphs. Spent sometime scanning for mayflies, saw a couple and along with them a...
View ArticleJune 12th, 2014: Fish Hard
The plan: Hit some dirty streamer water and cover some serious ground before hitting the bike for the Thursday Night Group ride at Brone’s Bike shop. What better way to spend an afternoon and evening....
View ArticleJan. 28th: If It Feels Like March
Then fish like it’s March. I picked a new creek not realizing it would turn out to be the Holy Grail. You might be thinking what the… Holy Grail? Well, it hit me as I was hiking back to the car at the...
View ArticleJan. 31st, 2015
Get it while you can. That’s what I have to live by these days. Woke up, pounded out the bike routine, started reading for class then got the urge to touch a trout. Wife was out the door for a girls...
View ArticleDriftless Love
Driftless Love. This is a compilation of footage I’ve taken over the last couple years. I put this together for a Citizens Watershed Summit last fall and I’ve been holding onto it since then. Part of...
View ArticleFeb. 9th, 2015: Winter Sun
Winter Sun: Molly Fisk How valuable it is in these short days, threading through empty maple branches, the lacy-needled sugar pines. Its glint off sheets of ice tells the story of Death’s brightness,...
View ArticleMarch 2nd, 2015: Cold Hands
We are imperfect creatures. I am imperfect. I am stubborn. I am also determined. I approached a slow shallow section of creek laden with what could have been hundreds, literally hundreds of brook...
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Fly Factory Films: Searching
Blood, sweat and tears went into this project. I tried to push myself beyond my comfort zone, working harder to tell a story and to move away from only images set to music. I started, then restarted...
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May 10th, 2018
I was out in the later afternoon from 3-5pm enjoying the sun and beautiful weather yesterday. I arrived and noticed a couple random caddis skittering around, saw a rising trout or two but opted to fish...
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5/14/18: In The Rain
I fished from ~11:30am-3pm yesterday and lucked into two factors that made the day. I arrived at my given location to find a seriously large heard of cattle crowding one bank. I spied the water and...
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5/25/18: Summer is Here
Summer is here as evidence by the thigh high burning nettles, the heat and the jungle growing fast around us. Ryan and I met up to fish a spot I’m well acquainted with. This place is hard to hike this...
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5/31/18: Nymphing
I took the afternoon to visit a spot that I hold in high regard. It’s on private property and I’ve built a rapport with the owners over the past eight or so years simply by taking the time to get to...
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The First Half: June 14th, 2018
Note: Childish Grin of Elation I fished with Carl from ~10:30am-11pm on the 14th. The initial plan was to hit a series of beaver ponds for larger browns then during the hottest part of the day find...
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My Leaky Waders: Father & Son
I met David Nash a few years back when him and his father got out with me on an excellent late April day. I’ll never forget the fish his dad landed on his tenkara rod while we were out, a beautiful...
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The Second Half: June 14th, 2018
Carl’s Cranefly Pattern on Display If you haven’t read the First Half I suggest you do so as it will give this post better context. Sitting on the bank of the creek with a beer in one hand and watching...
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Goldilocks: 6/21/17
By Wednesday June 20th southeast Minnesota had received a significant amount of rain and going into Thursday it was predicted to continue raining on and off overnight. I figured if I could find cleaner...
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Short Film: Goldilocks
When you managed to find fishable water amidst a swath of blown streams you should be pretty pleased but to be able to find a stream that’s not a little stained and not a river of mud but instead is...
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