Harvest
Will I see you give more than I can take Well I only harvest some—Neil Young, from “Harvest” ...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | May 2, 2017 | Blog | 0 |
Will I see you give more than I can take Well I only harvest some—Neil Young, from “Harvest” ...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog | 0 |
2015 — a look back It seems like I’ve got it in my head that 2015 was a terrible fishing year for me. As a dad, a homeowner, a landlord, an employee, and an actual grownup, I sure don’t have the time to get out like I...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | Aug 4, 2015 | Blog | 0 |
Most of the time if I go camping it is because of necessity, not just because camping is so much...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | Jun 6, 2015 | Blog | 0 |
You want to catch a muskie on a fly? No one said it was going to be easy. Or did they? Be sure...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog | 0 |
There is a special place not far from here, known by many as Willow River State Park. Before I had ever been there, I knew it as Middle Dam. My grandpa was a retired teacher who fished a lot, and often talked of this place. ...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog | 0 |
There was a time when I tied flies a lot. Almost every night in my smoky one room apartment you would find me drinking cheap beer and adding to my inexhaustible supply of flies. There were, and still are, certain flies that I...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | May 20, 2014 | Blog | 0 |
A fine day in May, what to do? I love trouting this time of year, the streams and the woods are alive with all kinds of life. The contrast between the streams when I start out in March and what they look like now is amazing. ...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | May 14, 2014 | Blog | 0 |
There may not be any other event that defines Minnesota fishing like the Walleye Opener. Although the Minnesota fishing opener is a tradition long held sacred by many Minnesota anglers, for a variety of reasons I often skip it....
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | May 5, 2014 | Blog | 0 |
I can’t say for sure what the first year was that I fished the Wisconsin Trout Opener, very early 70s though. Grandpa took me every year, and for the most part I haven’t missed an opening weekend since. Grandpa has...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | Oct 19, 2013 | Blog | 0 |
“Nice fish!” Gunnar yelled from the back of the boat. I looked back to see a...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | Sep 23, 2013 | Blog | 0 |
Well, not completely different–I was on the Mississippi, and I did catch smallies, but the section was quite a bit different from what I’m used to. Just a week ago I was on a section of the Miss that was barely big...
Read Moreby Chris Hansen | Jul 28, 2013 | Blog | 0 |
I have been threatening to take Savannah camping for two years now, we finally made it happen. We made it to our campsite, a semi-remote lake in Paul Bunyan State Forest in the early afternoon, and had the boat launched by...
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