Hi Andy, I moved to the twin cites area about 4 years ago and have been fishing MN trout streams where I caught quite a few brown trout. This year I finally spent the extra money and bought a Wisconsin license and stated fishing the Kinnikinnick. The first two brown trout I caught and 4 […]

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The water was as low,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and as clear as I had seen it in the past decade on this river. The sun was shining brightly and the National Weather Service had just reported that our part of the country was on the fringe of severe drought. The surge of major hatches for the year had […]

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I noticed the first of the Wild Parsnips in bloom yesterday. Contact with this plant can cause severe irritation, blistering, weeping and sloughing of the skin. The combination of contacting this plant and sunlight can be extremely unpleasant for anglers. The reaction is caused by the sun and is called photo-dermatitis.  I always wear long sleeve shirts whenever I […]

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Water in the area is fine. The Kinni had extremely low flow rates yesterday even after rain. We had storms last night and hail with 3/4 inches in the rain gauge to add to the 4/10″ from yesterday and the Kinni showed no color. There are probably some storms east of Ellsworth as I write, […]

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Each of the last 3 days the blue wings(baetis) have made an appearance in the afternoon. The cool and overcast conditions that they favor have been with us for a while but will probably change today. This mayfly has jet black wings and is the darkest olive I have ever seen. The size is an […]

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SE MN Report Tuesday June 9 There was a lot of rain that fell over the weekend into Monday morning. As of right now, most of the Whitewater except the South Branch is clear, the South Branch is fishable but not clear. The South Branch Root River is cloudy and high, but the water is […]

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  By 2:30PM the Rush River had gone off color to near muddy at the 570Th street crossing. The volume of water had increased all day until the sediments stirred up from the rain and run-off of the last two days kicked her off color. This MAY NOT be the case all the way up […]

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Saturday we received 1 inch of much needed rain. The Rain came slow and steady, perfect to wet the ground and recharge the river. The Blue Wings liked it too, with a tremendous hatch on the Kinni late in the day. The water level spiked a bit but came back down rapidly and only put […]

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Joseph Meyer is a friend , writer and proprieter of One More Cast fly shop in Chicago. He has allowed Gray Goat to add his stories for your pleasure. Enjoy, there will be more…..   We are a loosely bound team of casting instructors who gather at Fly-Fishing shows and we donate our time giving […]

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  This has been one of the best springs for fly fishing that I have seen in a long time.  The streams have stayed clear and the rain has come in a timely manner and never hard like in years past.  In April I never fished a nymph once, only dry flies.  In the beginning […]

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