by Chris Hansen | Mar 19, 2016 | Blog, Featured
It troubles me that I am going into this trout season with a genuine lack of enthusiasm. I’m still looking forward to walking the creeks, taking in the sights, sounds, and smells, but I just know the trout catching is going to be off. For reasons I’m...
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 | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog
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 can’t ever seem to have enough of—things...
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...
by Chris Hansen | May 5, 2014 | Blog
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 been gone for a while, but I do my best...
