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North Platte River, Wyoming Fly Fishing with Four Seasons

  I’ve been excited for this day for quite some time.  How cool is it to have an opportunity to float the North Platte river on a gorgeous day with my good friend Kevin Hansen of Rod & Rivet a...

Big Laramie, Big Surprises, Wyoming

  Grayling in Wyoming   2020 continues to throw us curve balls.  During my visit to Wyoming, the area sustained a major wildfire named The Mullen Fire.  This one is still burning, and its quite sa...

Little Laramie, Big Fish in Wyoming

  Last week I was fortunate to be invited to join a good friend of mine, Kevin Hansen, owner of our local fly shop in Des Moines on a trip to Wyoming.  Kevin has some connections to a ranch locate...

North Bear Creek, The Driftless Morning Fly Fishing Before Work

  Need to get away?  A friend of mine recently said to me that the best thing about fly fishing is that there are 4-5 things you always need to be thinking about while fly fishing to do it well.  ...

Driftless Region in August Fly Fishing Break From the Real World

  There’s something about being without cell phone coverage, holding a beautiful fly rod in your hand, and landing a few trout that makes the problems of the world melt away. I found a small windo...

Raccoon River Summer Carp on the Fly

  When it’s ninety five degrees and it feels like one hundred and something because of the humidity, it‘s a great day to go out in search of carp on the fly.  The beautiful thing about fly fishing...

Raccoon River Carp on the Fly

Today was a special day because I got out on the river with our daughter, which doesn’t happen very often.  She recently graduated from high school, and is attending The University of Montana in t...

Floating The Big Blackfoot Near Missoula, Montana

  Naturally, on a college visit to Missoula with our daughter, there must be some time allocated for fly fishing.  That was my excuse this time, as if I needed an excuse to test some fly fishing g...

Montana’s Wild Brook Trout

  My family and I had an opportunity to visit Missoula in mid June, this was our first time flying and first time staying in a hotel since mid March.  This is a recent record for me, it’s been 15 ...

Epic Afternoon on Waterloo Creek

  Waterloo Creek, located just outside of Dorchester, IA is one of the most surprising gems in the Iowa Driftless region.  There are several miles of fishable waters.  There is great access due to...

South Pine Creek, Iowa’s Home for Native Brook Trout

  The Driftless region in Iowa is one of the best kept secrets in fly fishing.  The state has a ton of different cold water creeks, and through a well run stocking program by the Iowa Department o...

Late May Smallmouth on the Fly

  Don‘t you just love it when you show up to your fishing location to find a couple of anglers on kayaks already there?  Well, this one had a funny ending.  They were super nice people, gave me a l...