Tag: Wisconsin

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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Recreational Tying with Peacock

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...

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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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