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A Trout Tail

When an employee of the DNR is impressed with a trout, you take notice. I was at the Madison Fishing Expo and talking with the DNR folks there and one of the guys talked about the 29...

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Still chasing waterfalls until trout opens again.

My Book Of Life



I have fished this stretch for what seems forever. Two hundred yards downstream I caught my first trout at age five. I am certain that I was given one of my lessons on stream...

Wife and I went hiking yesterday


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Took off Monday morning and photographed our way northbound.





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Little Gimp

Went for a week without fishing. It nearly drove me crazy due to this being one of the best times of the year to fish. I did not stop me from asking permission. I have a place I...

Went out at 9:30am today and fished on a stretch I had always looked at but never fished.
The farmer was very friendly and told me exactly where to start. He put in a request for 2 browns for the...

Small water...3 hours before Packer game.



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Took friend Chris out recently. We were on the water at 7:45 this morning. It rained 2 days straight and I did a wander about yesterday in search of clean water.
We hit a Richland County stream...

Went fishing today and hooked into a large trout. Initially I thought it was a brooder rainbow. I cursed to myself and thought : "Who let this DNR hatchery reject into one of my streams in...

Fished in the morning with Chris Young. Watched mostly. Decided I needed an easy spot to scratch my trout itch. Was on the water about 12:30pm. It was the stream I considered mine when I was...

It was 6:23 a.m. this morning and the sun was just peeking over the hill and illuminating the west side of the stream in certain places. The fog was still hanging low but was burning off fast. The...

Dog Days


I typically fish all of my stretches one time during the calendar year. It is a visit the landowner trip. I reaffirm permission and drop off a trout or two if a landowner requests them....

Met up with Scott at 5:48 am at a gas station in rural Richland County. Scott geared up in the parking lot. He asked me what X leader to put on. He asked 3x or 5x. I told him to put on what he was...

love the water photos...keep them coming

Trip Report "Big Male Brookie"




Was on the water at 5:42am this morning. Went to the stretch with the bathing cows the last time. No cows in the stream. I walked all the way to the...

Many people love trout fishing like I do. Some love the adrenaline rush hooking into a large trout and feeling and hearing the drag on their reel screaming. Many go into the outdoors to escape the...

Trip Report "Unusual" and "Wow"




The overcast skies and cool temperatures drew me to the stream. I targeted a trout I had chase my lure and slightly kiss it and off it went in early spring.
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The Surface Action Was Amazing





I drove an hour to a promising stretch of water. The last time I was there I rolled a really big trout. I was unaware there was a prior engagement at the...

The wife has a week off so I took all my fishing equipment out of the SUV and went "Waterfall Hunting"

Is truly a on odd feeling being so close to water and not having a rod in my hand.
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Nearly skunked this morning...Landed 6.




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Long Way Home





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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in old boots and an aged...

rolled a nice brown this spring...went back once and nobody was home.

Walked directly 10 minutes to hole from spring.

2 casts...walked back to vehicle

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