by Chris Hansen | Jun 27, 2017 | Blog
This story is brought to you by “Trout Fishing” –Keeping Chris Sane for Over 40 Years… Yeah, we got the hail. I pointed out the green sky to the kids, told them whenever you see that, hail is coming. I should have covered my truck, or at least parked it...
by Chris Hansen | May 2, 2017 | Blog
Will I see you give more than I can take Well I only harvest some—Neil Young, from “Harvest” There is something about the descent into a trout valley in Southeast Minnesota that puts me in a good mood like few other things can. I started my journey on Saturday with...
by Chris Hansen | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog
Enough with all the talk about lures that work. Most of them do. How about the Worst Lure? I get weekly emails from “Fishing Tackle Retailer”. Even though it’s been a decade since I was a retailer, I still like to keep track of trends and what not. One feature they...
by Chris Hansen | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog, Featured
I mostly fish alone unless I can get one of my kids to come with, but they’re usually not too keen on the whole getting up early thing. I don’t blame them. So my wife was quite surprised when I told her I was going fishing with a Facebook friend I had never actually...
by Chris Hansen | Mar 27, 2016 | Blog, Featured
A foot of snow fell in southern Minnesota this week, seemingly ruining my plans for a recon trout trip I was going to take with Savannah. I figured the runoff would have blown out all the streams, but somehow it melted off slowly enough for the streams to be flowing...