The rain continues today and the soil in the watersheds is in saturated condition. Fortunately the rain is slow and steady, but any large rain event will throw the rivers into a mess. The rainfall totals during these kind of extended wet periods can be highly variable from place to place, so it will be […]

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The rain and overcast continues along with cooler temps and more wet stuff is likely for today. The rivers have stayed in surprisingly good shape through all the rain and the dry fly action has been consistent. There has been good hatches of the small olive bodied mayflies that we as fly anglers refer to […]

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The rain has not messed things up. I was on the river all day yesterday. When we left the water, it was clear. Once again there was a number of different bugs on the surface and in the air. Anglers commented that they were throwing everything in their box at them with less than expected […]

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All through the day, all through the rain, all through the evening there was the widest variety of insect hatches today, than I can remember ever seeing. There were 5 or 6 different mayflies, black and cream midges, crane flies of a couple of different sizes and colors, golden stones and large long horn caddis. […]

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Many of you who know me are aware that in April of this year one of my best friends passed away. Our journeys both began in the late 70’s at UW River Falls. We met fishing in 1982 and became room mates through the end of our college years. Bob was an excellent trout angler […]

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