Good times with the FishingPorn crew and friends
Last Thursday I was on the highway at 4am heading north for one of my favorite places in the world, Michigan. I had been invited to the Fishing Porn 2012 Salmon Camp. I didn’t know what to expect. I’d...
View ArticleGetting ready for Esox Masquinongy
Soon, very soon I’ll be casting flies the size of small children in the hopes of sticking a freshwater version of Jaws. It’s been a few years since I last attempted to land the infamous water wolf....
View ArticleGetting ready for Esox Masquinongy part two
I got an awesome package in the mail yesterday. Musky obsessed fly tying bad ass Matt Grajewski sent these wrapped in a paper plate (which is a great way to ship big flies by the way). These are some...
View ArticleWeekend trip to Ohio or Always avoid the third plate at the buffet
I got a call from Tim last week. Tim was one of the first people to check this little site out when I first started. We’d talked about fishing before but schedules for me are almost always crappy. He...
View ArticleA most excellent trip to musky land
The plan was to catch fish. Isn’t that always the plan? Jordan hit me up from Alaska. He was heading home from a season of guiding and was going to be kicking it around northern Wisconsin being a bum...
View ArticleGood times in Illinoise
Jordan and I drove out to the western burbs on Friday night to meet up with Kurt, Jen, Austin, Cathy, Kevin, and Steve for a little pre-show get together. It was a damned good time. Lots of laughs,...
View ArticleFilling the fly boxes for spring
I’m on a mission. I have a plan. A goal. I was talking to Sweet Chili Martinez one day and told him I was building some boat boxes using ArtBin quickview boxes. I didn’t want to spend the money on a...
View ArticleLong Walks part 2
Sometimes you walk a long ways in snow to stand in chocolate milk colored water. Sometimes you have awesome folks with you to keep you company. New friends and old. This is what fly fishing is about.
View ArticleNeeds moar articulation!
A new fly I’m working on. This is Iteration #1. Pretty happy with it. It’s 8.5″ long which is small for a musky fly. I wanted something like a DeLong Kilr Eel. It’s gonna take some work, but I think...
View Article2 photos
I never posted these after Jordan and I fished northern Wisconsin for musky. I found them and am kicking myself for not posting them back then. This pretty much sums up how awesome that was. These are...
View ArticleTie One On at People’s 2/23/15 – the photos
Last year when Abel and I started this little Monday night shindig there were no grand schemes of world domination. Hell we weren’t even sure people would show up to tie flies with us. Some nights it’s...
View ArticleFishing and talking
Yesterday I was privileged to spend the evening floating, fishing, and conversing with a new […]
View ArticleFloat. And be happy.
Floating with some friends on one of my favorite waters. We need rain. Bad. The […]
View ArticleTying and bs’ing with Krebsie
Earlier this summer my buddy Andrew and I stopped over at Gary Krebs’ place to […]
View ArticleHow ya doing, Dude?
“How ya doin’ there, Dude?”“Not too good, man.”“One a those days, huh.”“Yeap.”“Well, a wiser fella […]
View ArticleIt’s the little things that bring so much joy
A Hog Island skiff and a boat dog. Life is pretty damned good.
View ArticleFishing on the Fourth
A little 4th of July float. Woke up late thanks to garden drinking with my […]
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