Tag: family fishing

2015–a look back

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...

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Middle Dam

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. ...

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The Stream Less Traveled

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. ...

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Trout fishing is a family tradition

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...

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Quick Trip to the North Woods

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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