Wye!! A live blog post

Well here it is the first day of the season on the Wye!!
I am booked on with Jt...
Meeting for breakfast then strolling about in search of the Ldo
Will be doing a live update today with pics on my iPhone
Keeping it real
Ltd



'living the dream'

Wouldn't you have liked this to be your 16th Bday?

We are always thrilled to hear when people have a good experience with us, especially when we can help fulfill  a young person's dream, with a memorable experience.

We received this letter from Judy Marshall who brought her 16 year old grandson Nick, down to Cabo for the ultimate fishing adventure.

Below are Judy's comments which really made us feel good, especially in regard to our crews

"Hi just wanted to let you know how wonderful our experience was with the Pisces fleet, best of all we caught and released 2 marlin. The boat, the excitement of the morning boarding, out to the sea but the very best was wonderful captain Nicholas and his mates, the skill at handling the boat, fishing and making the 2 days we spent with them just the best. Your organization should be proud to have such skilled people as part of the team.  

Thanks for a great vacation and the very best 16th birthday present a young man who loves fishing could possible have sincerely,

Judy Marshall."

weekend steelhead forecast

Flows are falling in a major way on every river in southeast Wisconsin. Many of the smaller rivers that have been producing in a big way over the last few weeks are just starting to experience low flows. Light rain is in the forecast for Friday with heavier rain coming through on Sunday. I’m not a meteorologist but am excited to see what impact the rain will have on our rivers.

BOB with a lake michigan tributary steelhead

Pike River- Still flowing and fishable but without rain the flows will slowly start to taper off. If you are looking to fish here, try to get out in the next couple days.

Root River- This weekend could be tremendous for fly fishing on the Root River. Flows have come down close to 1500 CFS in the last week and spawn and plug fisherman have recently been scoring some nice fish. The Root is my prediction for this weekend’s hot bite. I’m convinced that the river is full of fish but expect heavy pressure.

Oak Creek- Flows are almost nonexistent, and all fish will be in the deeper pools. Drifting will be out of the question but do try twitching streamers in the deeper sections.

Milwaukee River- The Milwaukee River is still high, but as time goes by the flows will continue to drop. Without any major rain, look for the Milwaukee River to be hot in the next week or so.

Damien scores this steelhead mid-week on a small tributary

Are we nearly there yet...

The end of the calm weather has brought a flood of small Bass to our shores.

This one took a 6" Zipper Shakin' Worm in Hologram Shadow

mounted on a 1/2oz / 14g Power Football Jig Jig Head and was most welcome!

Straight Stud

Over spring break I got to go fishing with some of my closest friends. We went up to the White and fished for a about a day and a half. It was awesome. We ate good food, caught some nice fish, laughed some good laughs, and just loved life. Jack is their Son. He is 11 yrs old and throws a loop as tight as most adults I know! This is a photo of a solid brown he hooked up on about 4 gens of water on the White! What a little stud, right?

Bruce and William

Bruce and William fished with me last week. We decided to put in on the lower river for a day of fishing. Even though it was pretty stained, the guys probably caught more fish than any other boat. At about 11 a.m. I decided to pull the plug and go look for clean water. Not only did we find clean water we found better fish! The boys probably had 7 fish over 16 inches hooked up and a couple around 20 inches! We lost some good ones,landed some good ones and that's just what fishing is all about! It turned out to be a stellar day on the water and a lot of fun!

Another day in Paradise

Last week, I took my good buddy Ed Drilling out for a day of fishing. We mixed it up a bit...we fished from the boat, we did some wading, we all around crushed it! We caught a lot of fish. We had to work hard for all of them though and that's OK..I don't mind it when the fish act that way, it keeps things interesting! We fished a lot of new water and Ed tried a few new techniques, manipulating flies in new ways. I think that was pretty cool stuff. It's always rewarding to me to teach an already good angler new tricks!