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...
by Chris Hansen | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog
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 used to. Although part of that is that I...
by Chris Hansen | Aug 4, 2015 | Blog
Most of the time if I go camping it is because of necessity, not just because camping is so much damn fun. I may camp out because there just happens to be a campsite where I’m fishing, or maybe I spent too much money on tackle and can’t come up with the funds for a...
by Chris Hansen | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog
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. Surprisingly, for how much he fished, he...
by Chris Hansen | May 20, 2014 | Blog
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. Looks like someone was turned loose with...
